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Sammy Ameobi
Ameobi playing for Cardiff City in 2015
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samuel Oluwaseyi Ameobi[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 1 May 1992 [1] | ||
| Place of birth | Newcastle upon Tyne, England | ||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 41⁄2 in)[2][3] | ||
| Playing position | Winger | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team
| Cardiff City (on loan from Newcastle United) | ||
| Number | 38 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2010 | Newcastle United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2010– | Newcastle United | 53 | (2) |
| 2013 | → Middlesbrough (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2015– | → Cardiff City (loan) | 2 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011 | Nigeria U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2011–2013 | England U21 | 5 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:57, 26 May 2015 (UTC).
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 21:50, 9 September 2013 (UTC)† Appearances (Goals). | |||
Samuel Oluwaseyi "Sammy" Ameobi (born 1 May 1992) is a professional footballer who plays as a winger forCardiff City, on loan from Newcastle United. He is the younger brother of fellow players Shola and Tomi Ameobi.
Born in England, Ameobi was capped by England at under-21 level before switching his allegiance to Nigeria in August 2014.
Club career
Newcastle United
Early career
Born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear,[2] Ameobi joined the Newcastle United Academy in July 2008 after finishing school[4] and made his reserve team debut on 29 September 2008 against Blackburn Rovers.[4] He made his first-team debut on 15 May 2011 as a second-half substitute against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge in a 2–2 draw, alongside his brother Shola, coming on for Peter Løvenkrands just before Chelsea made the game 2–1. This prompted Newcastle fans to change a chant from "There's only one Ameobi" to "There's only two Ameobis". They became the first pair of brothers to play for Newcastle in a league match since George and Ted Robledo in 1952.[5][6]
Ameobi scored his first senior goal on 15 July 2011, in a pre-season friendly against Darlington. Prior to the goal, supporters chanted, "If Sammy scores we're on the pitch" and thus the goal was followed by a pitch invasion which caused the game to be delayed for 10 minutes.[7] He scored his first competitive goal on 25 August 2011, scoring the winner in extra time against Scunthorpe United in the second round of the Football League Cup.[8]
On 17 November 2011, Ameobi signed a new three-and-a-half-year contract extension with Newcastle United, keeping him at the club until 2015.[9] On 19 November 2011, he started his first-ever Premier League match, away to Manchester City.
Ameobi scored his first senior league goal for Newcastle on 26 October 2014, within seven seconds of the second half against Tottenham. [10]
Middlesbrough (loan)
Ameobi joined Middlesbrough on 25 February 2013 on loan until the end of the 2012–13 season. On 2 March, Ameobi scored on his debut for the club in a 2–1 victory overCardiff City.[11]
Cardiff City (loan)
International career
Ameobi joined the Nigeria U-20 squad training in Turkey ahead of the 2011 African Youth Championship.[13] He appeared in two friendly games for the Nigeria U20s against Saudi Arabia and Egypt.[14] However, in November 2011, he was called up to the England U-21 squad for matches against Iceland and Belgium by Stuart Pearce. He met up with his team mates for the first day of training on 7 November. On 10 November Ameobi made his England Under-21 debut against Iceland in a 5–0 win to maintain England's perfect start to their Euro 2013 Under-21 Qualifying group. On 14 November Ameobi made his first start against Belgium Under-21s. England were winning 1–0 when Ameobi was subbed off after 67 minutes, the game eventually ended 2–1 to Belgium.
On 6 August 2014, Ameobi confirmed that he has chosen to follow elder brother Shola in declaring for Nigeria.[15]
Personal life
Ameobi has two older brothers who are also footballers: Shola, his former teammate at Newcastle, and Tomi, who plays for FC Edmonton in Canada.[4] He attended Heaton Manor School in Newcastle and Grindon Hall Christian School in Sunderland, and finished school with 11 GCSEs prior to joining the Newcastle academy on a scholarship.[6]
Career statistics
- As of 8 August 2015[16]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Newcastle United | 2010–11[17] | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| 2011–12[18] | Premier League | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 12 | 1 | ||
| 2012–13[19] | Premier League | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5[a] | 0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Newcastle United | 2013–14[20] | Premier League | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | 12 | 1 | |
| 2014–15[21] | Premier League | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 27 | 2 | ||
| Newcastle United total | 53 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 66 | 4 | ||
| Middlesbrough (loan) | 2012–13[19] | Championship | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 9 | 1 | |
| Cardiff City (loan) | 2015–16[22] | Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Career total | 62 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 75 | 5 | ||
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