Personal information | |||
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Full name | Samuel John Bell [1] | ||
Date of birth | 23 May 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Bristol, England | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Bristol City | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Youth career | |||
2011–2019 | Bristol City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019– | Bristol City | 79 | (8) |
2019 | → Clevedon Town (loan) | 4 | (3) |
2019–2020 | → Yate Town (loan) | 12 | (7) |
2021–2022 | → Grimsby Town (loan) | 4 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2023– | England U20 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 February 2025 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:05, 24 November 2023 (UTC) |
Samuel John Bell (born 23 May 2002) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for EFL Championship club Bristol City.
A youth product of Bristol City, [2] Bell joined Clevedon Town on loan in April 2019, [3] where he scored three goals in four matches. [4] Bell joined Yate Town on loan on 20 December 2019. [5] [6]
On 5 December 2020, Bell made his professional debut with Bristol City in a 1–0 Championship loss to Birmingham City. [7] [8]
On 22 November 2021, Bell signed for Grimsby Town on a short-term loan, linking him up with Robins teammate Ryley Towler. [9]
He began to break into the Bristol City first team in December 2022, and scored his first Bristol City goal in the 2022-23 FA Cup third round replay against Swansea City, scoring an extra time winner. [10] He followed this up with a brace against West Bromwich Albion in the 4th round. [11]
After a 1-1 stalemate in the fifth-round of the FA Cup against Nottingham Forest in February 2024, Bell's penalty in the penalty shootout was saved by US keeper Matt Turner, which led to Bristol City being knocked out of the cup 5-3 on penalties. [12]
In November 2023, Bell received his maiden international call up and made his England U20 debut during a 3-0 defeat to Italy at the Eco-Power Stadium. [13]
Bell is the son of the retired English footballer Micky Bell, who also represented Bristol City from 1997 to 2005. [8] [14]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Bristol City | 2018–19 [15] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
2019–20 [16] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2020–21 [17] | Championship | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||
2021–22 [18] | Championship | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | ||
2022–23 [19] | Championship | 24 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | 29 | 6 | ||
2023–24 [20] | Championship | 33 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 39 | 5 | ||
2024–25 [21] | Championship | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 9 | 0 | ||
Total | 74 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | 88 | 11 | |||
Clevedon Town (loan) | 2018–19 [4] | Western League Premier Division | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | |
Yate Town (loan) | 2019–20 [22] | Southern League Premier Division South | 12 | 7 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 12 | 7 | |
Grimsby Town (loan) | 2021–22 [18] | National League | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 [a] | 0 | 5 | 1 | |
Career total | 94 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 109 | 22 |