Sam Surridge

Samuel William Surridge (born 28 July 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club AFC Bournemouth. He has spent time on loan at Weymouth, Poole Town, Yeovil Town, with whom he made his Football League debut, Oldham Athletic and Swansea City.

Sam Surridge
Personal information
Full name Samuel William Surridge[1]
Date of birth (1998-07-28) 28 July 1998[2]
Place of birth Slough, England
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[2]
Playing position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 AFC Bournemouth
Number 44
Youth career
20??–2012 Bournemouth Sports
2012–2015 AFC Bournemouth
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015– AFC Bournemouth 6 (0)
2015–2016 → Weymouth (loan) 7 (1)
2016 → Poole Town (loan) 12 (7)
2017–2018 → Yeovil Town (loan) 41 (8)
2018–2019 → Oldham Athletic (loan) 15 (8)
2019–2020 → Swansea City (loan) 20 (4)
National team‡
2019– England U21 2 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:02, 15 July 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:36, 19 July 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Early Career

Surridge was born in Slough, Berkshire, and moved to Ferndown, Dorset, at the age of seven.[3] He joined the AFC Bournemouth academy at the age of 14 from local club Bournemouth Sports.[4]

AFC Bournemouth

Surridge returned to the Cherries academy when he joined the under-15s and was soon offered a scholarship, scoring freely for the club's youth team, before impressing during a productive loan spell with Poole Town during their debut season in National South in 2016/17 season.[5] Surridge made his Premier League debut for the club in a 5–1 loss to Arsenal on the 28th February 2019, replacing Ryan Fraser on the 80 minute mark.[6] Surridge was awarded the club award for Under-21 Player of the Year on the 14th May 2019, after a fruitful loan spell at Oldham Athletic and making his Premier League debut for the club against Arsenal[7]

2017–18 season: Loan to Yeovil Town

On 3 August 2017, Surridge joined League Two club Yeovil Town on loan until the end of the season.[8] Surridge made his Football League debut as a second-half substitute for Yeovil against Luton Town, on 5 August 2017.[9] He scored his first goal for Yeovil in an EFL Trophy tie against Exeter City on 29 August 2017.[10] Surridge finished the season with Yeovil having scored 10 goals in 53 total appearances across all competitions for the club.

2018–19 season: Loan to Oldham Athletic

On 30 July 2018, Surridge joined League Two club Oldham Athletic on a season-long loan deal.[11] Five goals from four matches in September earned him the League Two Player of the Month award,[12] and by 6 January, he had twelve goals from twenty appearances in all competitions. Surridge scored against Premier League opposition in the Third Round of the FA Cup, scoring a penalty as Oldham came from behind to beat Fulham 2–1.[13] He was then recalled by his parent club in early January.[14]

2019–20 season: Loan to Swansea City

On 6 August 2019, Championship side Swansea City signed Surridge on a season-long loan deal.[15] He scored his first Swansea goal in a 3–1 away win at Queens Park Rangers on 21 August 2019[16] before being recalled on 1 January 2020 by AFC Bournemouth.[17] Surridge finished the season with Swansea having scored 7 goals in 23 total appearances across all competitions for the club.

2019–20 Season: First Team Breakthrough

Surridge signed a new contract with the Cherries in early January of 2020, a four-and-a-half year deal that would keep him with the club until the summer of 2024.[18] He scored his first professional goal for the Cherries in the FA Cup Fourth Round, with a late goal against Arsenal in a 2–1 defeat on the 27th January 2020.[19] Surridge was thought to have scored his first Premier League goal for the club, equalising 1–1 in the penultimate game of the 2019–20 season against south coast rivals Southampton. However, it was ruled out by VAR due to teammate Callum Wilson adjudged as being in an offside position. The game finished 2–0 to Southampton.[20] Surridge was described by Cherries coach Mark Molesley as being the perfect example to loan players at non-league clubs in how to make the grade, citing his successes in loan spells at non-league level and football league clubs like Yeovil, Oldham and Swansea as being evidence of Surridge "climbing the ladder and earning his stripes".[21]

International career

On 8 October 2019, Surridge received his first call up to the England U21 squad[22] and made a goalscoring debut during a 2–2 draw against Slovenia in Maribor on 11 October 2019.[23]

Career statistics
As of match played 19 July 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
AFC Bournemouth 2015–16[24] Premier League 000000—00
2016–17[25] Premier League 00—00—00
2017–18[26] Premier League 00———00
2018–19[27] Premier League 20—00—20
2019–20[28] Premier League 4011——51
Total 601100—71
Weymouth (loan) 2015–16[29] SL Premier Division 71———71
Poole Town (loan) 2016–17[30] National League South 12710—3[lower-alpha 1]1168
Yeovil Town (loan) 2017–18[26] League Two 41840107[lower-alpha 2]25310
Oldham Athletic (loan) 2018–19[27] League Two 15821—3[lower-alpha 2]32012
Swansea City (loan) 2019–20[28] Championship 204—33—237
Career total 10128824313612639
  1. Two appearances in FA Trophy, one appearance and one goal in Dorset Senior Cup
  2. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy

Honours

Individual

  • League 2 Player of the Month: September 2018[31]
  • AFC Bournemouth U-21 Player of the Year: 2019[32]

References
  1. "Premier League clubs publish 2019/20 retained lists". Premier League. 26 June 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  2. "Sam Surridge". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  3. Perrett, Neil (25 January 2018). "Cherries feature: Sam Surridge is preparing to meet Manchester United in the FA Cup and then Grimsby in League Two". Dorset Echo. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  4. "AFC Bournemouth: Surridge rewarded with new deal". Bournemouth Echo. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  5. "Sam Surridge". AFC Bournemouth. 1 July 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  6. "Arsenal 5–1 AFC Bournemouth". BBC Sport. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  7. "Fraser scoops double at Player Awards Evening". AFC Bournemouth. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  8. "Sam Surridge: Yeovil Town sign Bournemouth forward on loan". BBC Sport. 4 August 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  9. "Luton Town 8–2 Yeovil Town". BBC Sport. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  10. "Yeovil Town beat Exeter City 3–1 in Checkatrade Trophy but injury to Southampton youngster clouds win". somersetlive.co.uk. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  11. "Chris O'Grady and Sam Surridge: Oldham Athletic sign strikers". 30 July 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
  12. "West Brom pair Darren Moore and Dwight Gayle win Sky Bet Championship September awards". Sky Sports. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  13. "Fulham 1–2 Oldham Athletic". BBC Sport. 6 January 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  14. Lewis, Jason (7 January 2019). "Sam Surridge is 'on a lot of people's lists' after being recalled from Oldham loan". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  15. "Swansea City complete Sam Surridge loan deal | Swansea". www.swanseacity.com.
  16. "QPR 1–3 Swansea". BBC. 21 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  17. "Rhian Brewster: Swansea City sign Liverpool striker on loan". BBC. 7 January 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  18. "Surridge pens New Contract". AFC Bournemouth. 3 January 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  19. "AFC Bournemouth 1–2 Arsenal". BBC Sport. 27 January 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  20. "AFC Bournemouth 0–2 Southampton". BBC Sport. 19 July 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  21. "Surridge the Perfect Example". BBC Sport. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  22. "SAM SURRIDGE, BEN WILMOT AND CONOR GALLAGHER CALLED INTO ENGLAND U21S SQUAD". The FA. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  23. "GOALS FROM EDDIE NKETIAH AND SAM SURRIDGE CANCELLED OUT AS YOUNG LIONS TIE IN MARIBOR". The FA. 11 October 2019. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  24. "Games played by Sam Surridge in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  25. "Games played by Sam Surridge in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  26. "Games played by Sam Surridge in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  27. "Games played by Sam Surridge in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
  28. "Games played by Sam Surridge in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  29. "Sam Surridge Profile". Aylesbury United F.C. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  30. Sam Surridge at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 August 2017.
  31. "Player of the Month: Sam Surridge". 5 October 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
  32. "Fraser scoops double at Player Awards Evening". AFC Bournemouth. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 5 August 2020.
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