Sammy Skytte

Sammy Skytte
Personal information
Full name Sammy Solitaire Siddharta Skytte
Date of birth (1997-02-20) 20 February 1997
Place of birth Denmark
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 AC Horsens (on loan from FC Midtjylland)
Number 2
Youth career
Silkeborg KFUM
Silkeborg IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Silkeborg IF 52 (2)
2018– FC Midtjylland 0 (0)
2018– → AC Horsens (loan) 11 (0)
National team‡
2014 Denmark U-17 2 (0)
2014–2015 Denmark U-18 5 (0)
2015–2016 Denmark U-19 6 (0)
2017 Denmark U-20 2 (0)
2017– Denmark U-21 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 October 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 30 September 2018

Sammy Solitaire Siddharta Skytte (born 20 February 1997) is a Danish footballer, who plays as a midfielder for AC Horsens on loan from FC Midtjylland.

Youth career

Skytte started playing football at Silkeborg KFUM at the age of 8, before signing a youth contract in 2012 with Silkeborg IF.

Club career

Silkeborg IF

Skytte is a product of Silkeborg IF and has played for the club since he was a kid. Skytte signed his first senior contract 12 August 2015, at the age of 18, after sitting on the bench for the first team in a game against Lyngby BK.[1]

Skytte got his debut for Silkeborg IF on 22 September 2015.[2] Though his young age, he played 5 matches in the rest of the season in the Danish 1st Division. Skytte suffered from a shoulder injury in May 2016 and went through an operation, that kept him out for the rest of the season.[3]

From the summer 2016, Skytte started to play on full-time with the rest of the squad, after completing his school. His contract got extended in December 2016 until 2019.[4] This extension emphasized his important role on the team.

FC Midtjylland

FC Midtjylland announced the signing of Skytte on a 5-year contract, on 13 June 2018.[5] Skytte was immediately loaned out to AC Horsens. Silkeborg IF later revealed, that FCM had triggered his purchase clause that was set to 3,7 million danish krone.[6]

Personal life

Skytte is the cousin of american footballplayer, Andreas Knappe.

References

  1. ↑ "Silkeborg skriver to år med midtbanetalent". bold.dk.
  2. ↑ "SAMMY SKYTTE". silkeborgif.com.
  3. ↑ "Sæsonen slut for Silkeborg-talent". bold.dk. 4 May 2016.
  4. ↑ Silkeborg forlænger med Skytte‚ bold.dk, 10 December 2016
  5. ↑ "FC MIDTJYLLAND KØBER OG UDLEJER STORTALENT". fcm.dk. 13 June 2018.
  6. ↑ "Silkeborg: Skytte havde frikøbsklausul". fcm.dk. 13 June 2018.
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