Sammy Skytte

Sammy Solitaire Siddharta Skytte (born 20 February 1997) is a Danish footballer who plays as a midfielder for Norwegian club FK Bodø/Glimt.

Sammy Skytte
Personal information
Full name Sammy Solitaire Siddharta Skytte
Date of birth (1997-02-20) 20 February 1997
Place of birth Silkeborg, Denmark
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Bodø/Glimt
Number 20
Youth career
2005–2012 Silkeborg KFUM
2012–2015 Silkeborg IF
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Silkeborg IF 51 (1)
2018–2020 FC Midtjylland 0 (0)
2018–2019 → AC Horsens (loan) 25 (0)
2019 → Stabæk (loan) 13 (1)
2020– Bodø/Glimt 3 (1)
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)
2017–2018 Denmark U-21 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 26 June 2020

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 five-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]

On 8 July 2019, Skytte was loaned out to Norwegian club Stabæk Fotball.[7]

Bodø/Glimt

Without making a single appearance for Midtjylland, the club confirmed on 25 February 2020, that Skytte had signed a 5-year contract with Norwegian club FK Bodø/Glimt.[8]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 25 June 2020[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Silkeborg 2015–16 NordicBet Liga 9000–90
2016–17 Superligaen 19100–191
2017–18 23030–260
Total 51130--541
AC Horsens (loan) 2018–19 Superligaen 25010–260
Total 25010--260
Stabæk (loan) 2019 Eliteserien 13100–131
Total 13100--131
Bodø/Glimt 2020 Eliteserien 3100–31
Total 3100--31
Career total 92240--962

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.
  7. SAMMY SKYTTE KLAR FOR STABÆK, stabak.no, 8 July 2019
  8. FC MIDTJYLLAND SÆLGER SAMMY SKYTTE TIL NORSK TOPKLUB, fcm.dk, 25 February 2020
  9. "Sammy Skytte". altomfotball.no. tv2. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
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