Adulai Sambu

Adulai Sambu

Personal information
Date of birth	(2004-06-28) 28 June 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth	Lisbon, Portugal
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Merthyr Town
Youth career
	Cheltenham Town
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2022–2024	Cheltenham Town	3	(0)
2022	→ Cirencester Town (loan)	7	(5)
2022	→ Redditch United (loan)	4	(0)
2023	→ Stratford Town (loan)	2	(0)
2023	→ Cirencester Town (loan)	20	(15)
2023–2024	→ Hungerford Town (loan)	28	(9)
2024	Rushall Olympic	0	(0)
2024	→ Hungerford Town (dual-registration)	3	(0)
2025–	Merthyr Town	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:14, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

Adulai Sambu is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Southern League Premier Division South club Merthyr Town.

Playing career

Sambu made his first-team debut for Cheltenham Town on 30 August 2022, coming on as an 81st-minute substitute for Charlie Brown in a 2–1 win away at Milton Keynes Dons.

Sambu then went on to make his first team full debut for Cheltenham Town on 18 October 2022, His strong performance against the Hammers West ham United encouraged fans to vote for him as their Man of the match Which he comfortably won. ^[1]

In March 2023, Sambu joined Cirencester Town on a work-experience loan until the end of the season. ^[2]

In September 2023, Sambu joined Hungerford Town on an initial one-month loan deal. ^[3]

On 30 April 2024 Cheltenham announced he would be leaving the club at the end of the season. ^[4]

On 3 October 2024 it was rumoured that Sambu had signed with National League North club Rushall Olympic to combine part time football with a role within the Cheltenham Town academy.

In January 2025, Sambu joined Merthyr Town. ^[5]

Career statistics

As of match played 26 August 2023

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		EFL Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Cheltenham Town	2022–23 [6]	League One	1	0	0	0	0	0	2 [a]	0	3	0
	2023–24 [7]	League One	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
	Total		3	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	6	0
Cirencester Town (loan)	2022–23 [8]	Southern League Division One Central	14	10	3	1	—		3 [b]	4	20	15
Redditch United (loan)	2022–23 [8]	Southern League Premier Division Central	4	0	—		—		—		4	0
Stratford Town (loan)	2022–23 [8]	Southern League Premier Division Central	2	0	—		—		—		2	0
Career total			23	10	3	1	1	0	5	4	32	15

1. Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
2. Appearances in FA Trophy

References

1. "Wade Elliott on victory in the Papa John's Trophy opener". www.ctfc.com. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
2. "Sambu and Guinan depart for first team minutes". www.ctfc.com. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
3. "Sambu joins Hungerford Town on loan". www.ctfc.com. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
4. "Curtis Davies one of seven released by Cheltenham Town". BBC Sport. 30 April 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
5. "New Signing - Adulai Sambu". www.merthyrtownfc.co.uk. 6 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
6. "Games played by Adulai Sambu in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
7. "Games played by Adulai Sambu in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
8. "Adulai Sambu | Player Profile". Aylesbury United Archive. Retrieved 8 September 2023.