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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Sam Obi Metzger Jr. | ||
Date of birth | 19 September 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Freetown, Sierra Leone | ||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder, second striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2003 | Ports Authority | 6 | (4) |
2004 | Mighty Blackpool | 0 | (0) |
2004 | Racing Beirut | 21 | (14) |
2005–2008 | Atlantis | 45 | (12) |
2009 | PP-70 | 22 | (8) |
2009–2010 | MFK Topvar Topoľčany | 11 | (5) |
2010 | Viikingit | 8 | (6) |
2011–2012 | FC Haka | 46 | (8) |
2013 | Viikingit | 21 | (5) |
2014 | FC Haka | 18 | (2) |
2015–2021 | Atlantis | ||
International career | |||
2003 | Sierra Leone U17 | 3 | (2) |
2008–2012 | Sierra Leone | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Sam Obi Metzger, Jr. (born 19 September 1987 ) is a Sierra Leonean former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or second striker.
Metzger played at the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Finland. Sierra Leone lost two of the three games at the tournament, including a 2–1 loss to the United States team. Metzger played in all three games and was again the top scorer for Sierra Leone with two goals. Metzger made his senior international debut for Sierra Leone on 6 September 2008, as a substitute replacing Mustapha Bangura in a 2010 FIFA World Cup and 2008 African Nations Cup qualifier as Sierra Leone defeated Guinea Bissau 2–0 in Freetown.
He also played second division in Slovakia for MFK Topvar Topoľčany which he joined for the second half of the 2009 season.
On 1 February 2011, he joined Veikkausliiga side FC Haka on a two-year deal. [1]
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