Dominic Samuel

Dominic Samuel
Personal information
Full name Dominic James Samuel[1]
Date of birth (1994-04-01) 1 April 1994[2]
Place of birth Southwark, England
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Blackburn Rovers
Number 9
Youth career
0000–2012 Reading
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2017 Reading 11 (2)
2013 → Colchester United (loan) 2 (0)
2014 → Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 1 (0)
2015 → Coventry City (loan) 13 (6)
2015–2016 → Gillingham (loan) 25 (7)
2017 → Ipswich Town (loan) 6 (0)
2017– Blackburn Rovers 38 (5)
National team
2011–2013 England U19 3 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14:21, 8 September 2018 (UTC)

Dominic James Samuel (born 1 April 1994) is an English professional footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers.

Club career

As part of the Reading Academy, Samuel enjoyed a prolific start to the 2011–12 season, scoring 13 goals in 14 games for the under-18 side. As a result, he was rewarded with his first professional contract on 17 December 2011.[3] He made his debut for Reading coming on as a 72nd-minute substitute, for Garath McCleary, in Reading's 3–0 defeat away to Sunderland on 11 December 2012.[4][5] On 3 January 2013 Samuel joined League One side Colchester United on a one-month youth loan deal.[6] After making two appearances, he returned to Reading on 31 January.[7] On 9 January 2014, Samuel joined teammate Lawson D'Ath at Dagenham & Redbridge on a one-month youth loan.[8] He made his debut three days later against Fleetwood Town though he was forced off during the first half with a knee injury.[9] Reading later confirmed that his loan had been cut short as the damage needed to be repaired surgically.[10]

On 29 January 2015, Samuel joined Coventry City on loan till 28 April 2015,[11] scoring on his debut against Rochdale.[12]

On 13 November 2015, Samuel joined League One side Gillingham on an emergency loan deal until 10 December.[13] On 9 December, Samuel had his loan spell with Gillingham extended until 2 January 2016.[14]

On 5 January 2016, Gillingham announced that Samuel had extended his stay at Priestfield for another three weeks.

Samuel scored his first goal for Reading against Burton Albion on 19 November 2016.[15]

On 31 January 2017, Samuel joined Ipswich Town on loan for the remainder of the 2016–17 season.[16]

Blackburn Rovers

On 18 July 2017, Samuel signed a three-year deal with Blackburn Rovers for an undisclosed fee.[17]

International career

Samuel made his debut England under-19 against Portugal on 7 October 2011.[18] Samuel scored his first goal for the under-19s in his next match for them, against Ukraine, in a 3–1 victory on 9 October 2011.[19]

Career statistics

As of match played 26 September 2017
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Reading 2012–13[20] Premier League 100000— 10
2014–15[21] Championship 001000— 10
2015–16[22] Championship 100010— 20
2016–17[23] Championship 920020— 112
Total 1121030— 152
Colchester United (loan) 2012–13[20] League One 20——— 20
Dagenham & Redbridge (loan) 2013–14[24] League Two 10——— 10
Coventry City (loan) 2014–15[21] League One 136——— 136
Gillingham (loan) 2015–16[22] League One 257——— 257
Ipswich Town (loan) 2016–17[23] Championship 600000— 60
Blackburn Rovers 2017–18[25] League One 93002100 114
Career total 6719105100 7219

References

  1. ↑ "Premier League Clubs submit Squad Lists" (PDF). Premier League. 12 December 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Dominic Samuel". 11v11. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  3. ↑ "Striker Samuel signs pro contract". Reading FC. Archived from the original on 26 January 2012. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  4. ↑ "Sunderland 3–0 Reading". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  5. ↑ "Match Report". Reading F.C. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  6. ↑ "Samuel loaned to U's". Reading F.C. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  7. ↑ "Samuel returns to the Royals". Reading FC. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
  8. ↑ "Samuel joins Daggers". Reading F.C. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  9. ↑ "Match reaction: Darren Currie". Dagenham & Redbridge F.C. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  10. ↑ "HRK returns". Reading F.C. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
  11. ↑ "Coventry City have completed the emergency loan signing of Reading striker Dominic Samuel". ccfc.co.uk. Coventry City F.C. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
  12. ↑ "Coventry 2-2 Rochdale". BBC Sport. 31 January 2015. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
  13. ↑ "Striker Samuel joins Gills on loan". readingfc.co.uk. Reading FC. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  14. ↑ "Samuel agrees Gills loan extension". www.readingfc.co.uk/. Reading F.C. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  15. ↑ "Reading 3-0 Burton Albion". BBC Sport. 19 November 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
  16. ↑ "Samuel makes loan move to Ipswich". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  17. ↑ "Samuel completes move to Ewood Park". readingfc.co.uk. Reading F.C. 18 July 2017. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  18. ↑ "Portugal vs England". The Football Association. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  19. ↑ "Ukraine vs England". The Football Association. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  20. 1 2 "Games played by Dominic Samuel in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  21. 1 2 "Games played by Dominic Samuel in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
  22. 1 2 "Games played by Dominic Samuel in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  23. 1 2 "Games played by Dominic Samuel in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 September 2016.
  24. ↑ "Games played by Dominic Samuel in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 January 2014.
  25. ↑ "Games played by Dominic Samuel in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 21 August 2017.

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