Bright Osayi-Samuel

Bright Osayi-Samuel (born 31 December 1997) is a Nigerian–English footballer who plays as a left midfielder for Queens Park Rangers.

Bright Osayi-Samuel
Osayi-Samuel playing for Queens Park Rangers in 2017
Personal information
Full name Bright Osayi-Samuel[1]
Date of birth (1997-12-31) 31 December 1997[2]
Place of birth Okija, Nigeria
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Queens Park Rangers
Number 20
Youth career
2014–2015 Blackpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Blackpool 64 (4)
2017– Queens Park Rangers 82 (8)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 5 August 2020 (UTC)

Career

Osayi-Samuel was born in Benin, Nigeria, then moved with his family to Spain before emigrating to England when he was ten years old, settling in Woolwich, London.[3]

He made his professional debut for Blackpool on 7 March 2015 in a 0–1 home defeat to Sheffield Wednesday.[4][5]

Queens Park Rangers

On 1 September 2017, Osayi-Samuel joined Championship side Queens Park Rangers on a three-year deal.[6]

On 23 September 2017 Osayi-Samuel was named as a substitute against Burton Albion he came on at half-time to make his QPR debut.[7]

Career statistics

As of match played 7 March 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Blackpool 2014–15[8] Championship 60000060
2015–16[9] League One 23000102[lower-alpha 1]0260
2016–17[10] League Two 31441106[lower-alpha 2]0425
2017–18[11] League One 40100050
Total 644413080795
Queens Park Rangers 2017–18[11] Championship 18100181
2018–19[12] Championship 27 2 4 0 3 1 34 3
2019–20[13] Championship 29 5 2 1 1 0 32 6
Total 74861418410
Career total 13812102718016315
  1. Appearances in Football League Trophy
  2. Four appearances in EFL Trophy, two in League Two play-offs

Honours

Blackpool

gollark: Sorry, clay is balance itself, not balance*d*.
gollark: Clay is balanced, so it can't be easy to make it, see.
gollark: How surprising.
gollark: It might work as a very ethical source of mana, actually. Via narslimmus. GTech™ Botanics™ requires arbitrary mana, for purposes.
gollark: It was in a dungeon chest. I don't actually need it, probably.

References

  1. "The Football League Limited: Club list of registered players as at 16th May 2015" (PDF). The Football League. 16 May 2015. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 December 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  2. "Bright Osayi-Samuel". 11v11. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  3. Emmanuel, Ifeanyi (13 April 2016). "Blackpool Tricky Winger Bright Osayi-Samuel Picks Nigeria Ahead Of England". all NIGERIA soccer. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  4. "Double delight for Kyle". Blackpool F.C. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  5. "Blackpool 0–1 Sheffield Wednesday". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  6. "Bright Osayi-Samuel joins from Blackpool". Queens Park Rangers F.C. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  7. "Queens Park Rangers 0–0 Burton Albion". BBC Sport. 23 September 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  8. "Games played by Bright Osayi-Samuel in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  9. "Games played by Bright Osayi-Samuel in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  10. "Games played by Bright Osayi-Samuel in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  11. "Games played by Bright Osayi-Samuel in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  12. "Games played by Bright Osayi-Samuel in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  13. "Games played by Bright Osayi-Samuel in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  14. Law, James (28 May 2017). "Blackpool 2–1 Exeter City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 December 2018.

Bright Osayi-Samuel at Soccerbase

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.