Samuel Somerville

Samuel Jacob Somerville (born 6 August 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bruneian club DPMM FC of the Malaysia Super League. Born and raised in England but with a Malaysian grandmother from Kulim, he took Malaysian nationality in 2015, and was called up for the Malaysia national team in 2021.

Club career England Somerville started his career playing in the youth team of English sixth tier side Farnborough, where he first met fellow Malaysian player Junior Eldstål, In 2012, he went on a season-long loan to Godalming Town in the Division One Central of the Southern League, after which he made 70-plus appearances for Slough Town and had a season with Tooting & Mitcham United.

Malaysia Encouraged by Eldstål, Somerville recorded four clean sheets in helping Penang win the 2020 Premier League and only conceded eight times in 11 matches.

On 17 December 2021, Somerville switched sides to join Selangor for the 2022 season, making 15 league and four cup appearances,

International career

On 10 May 2021, Somerville received a first call-up from Malaysia as third choice keeper for the World Cup qualifying matches against Kuwait, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam and Thailand.

Honours Godalming Town Surrey Senior Cup: 2012–13

Johor Darul Ta'zim II Malaysia Challenge Cup: 2019

Penang Malaysia Premier League: 2020

Selangor Malaysia Cup runner-up: 2022 Malaysia Super League runner-up: 2023 MFL Challenge Cup: 2024–25

Personal life In addition to his playing career, Somerville also started a company, SJS Goalkeeping, marketing goalkeeping gloves in Malaysia and Japan.