Sidney Sam

Club career Early career Sam started playing football at TuS Mettenhof.

Bayer Leverkusen Sam then moved to Bayer Leverkusen in 2010 signing a five-year contract. On 11 May 2015, he was suspended indefinitely from the club in the aftermath of a loss to 1. FC Köln.

Loan to Darmstadt 98 In January 2017, Bundesliga club SV Darmstadt 98 announced that Sam has signed a loan agreement with the club until 30 June 2017.

Short spells at the end of his professional career On 31 August 2017, VfL Bochum signed Sam on a two-year deal. On 2 October 2019, Sam signed a contract with Austrian club SCR Altach until the end of the 2019–20 season. His last professional club was Antalyaspor in Turkey.

Retirement Sam announced his retirement from playing at the age of 33 in September 2021. Overall he played more than 220 matches in the first and second level of the German league pyramid. In December 2022 he started his coaching training with MSV Duisburg.

International career

Born to a German mother and Nigerian father, Sam would have been eligible to play for the Nigeria national team, but decided early on to represent his country of birth.

Style of play Sam has been likened by observers in German football to the Dutch winger Arjen Robben of Bayern Munich, Sam is likened to a young Ryan Giggs,

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