Junior Ngong Sam

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Junior Ngong Sam
Personal information
Full name Junior Stephen Ngong Sam [1]
Date of birth (1998-02-17) 17 February 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Bambili, Cameroon
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Stallion Laguna
Number 33
Youth career
2012–2015 Puissance Avenir
2015–2017 Cosmos FA du Mbam
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2022 United City 0 (0)
2022–2023 Mendiola 1991 19 (6)
2023 → Stallion Laguna (loan) 5 (3)
2024– Stallion Laguna 1 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 April 2024

Junior Stephen Ngong Sam (born 17 February 1998), known as Junior Sam, is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Stallion Laguna of the Philippines Football League. [2]

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Club career

Early career

Sam was born in Bambili  [ fr ], Cameroon. He played the majority of his youth career in Cameroon, first for Puissance Avenir then transferring to Cosmos FA Du Mbam. [1]

In 2017, he moved to the Philippines to play amateur football for LAOS FC, a former club in the UFL, before playing 7's football for Manhur FC. [3] During this time, he also represented his club in tournaments such as Neymar Jr's Five World Finals. [4] [5] [6]

Mendiola FC 1991

In 2022, he signed his first professional contract with Filipino side United City alongside other foreign recruitments, [3] but did not play a match and was transferred to Mendiola 1991 before the club's cup campaign, the 2022 Copa Paulino Alcantara, kicked off. He remained with Mendiola for the 2022–23 season of the PFL and was successful, with 6 goals and 1 assist in 19 appearances, though Mendiola finished second-last. [7] [8] [9]

Stallion Laguna

During the 2023 Copa Paulino Alcantara, Sam was re-signed by Mendiola and played matches for the club, [10] [11] though he was loaned to fellow PFL club Stallion Laguna as a foreign reinforcement for the club's matches in their maiden AFC Cup campaign. In the opening match at the Biñan Football Stadium, Stallion lost 5–2 to Indonesian side Bali United, with Sam scoring the equalizer in the 30th minute. [2] [12] [13] [14]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Junior Ngong Sam – Global Sports Archive". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  2. 1 2 Junior Ngong Sam at Soccerway
  3. 1 2 "Welcome Sam Junior to UCFC!". United City Football Club on Facebook. 9 March 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "Tondo FC Falls Short at Neymar Jr's Five National Finals to Winners Perspolise". primer.com.ph. 26 April 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "Perspolise rules Neymar Jr Five meet". philstar.com. 25 April 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  6. ↑ "Perspolise is PH's representative to Neymar Jr.'s Five World Finals". news.abs-cbn.com. 24 April 2018. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  7. ↑ "Junior Sam puts on masterclass as Mendiola repeats over Maharlika Manila". dugout.ph. 10 November 2022. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  8. ↑ "Cebu trounces Mendiola, takes PFL lead". Manila Bulletin . 2 April 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  9. ↑ del Carmen, Lorenzo (24 September 2022). "PFL: Dynamic Herb Cebu staves off Mendiola 1991 upset, gains lead". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  10. ↑ "Kaya fires 11 goals past Garelli; Adamson almost clips Mendiola in 1-1 draw". pfl.org.ph. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  11. ↑ "𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐌 𝐑𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐄𝐑: Mendiola FC 1991". Twitter. wearepfl. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  12. ↑ Leyba, Olmin (21 September 2023). "Stallion suffers 2-5 loss to Bali United at AFC Cup". bworldonline.com. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  13. ↑ "Group G: Stallion Laguna FC (PHI) 2-5 Bali United FC (IDN)". the-afc.com. 20 September 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  14. ↑ del Carmen, Lorenzo (20 September 2023). "Missed penalties haunt Stallion Laguna vs Bali United in AFC Cup debut". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
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