Personal information | |||
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Full name | Samuel Patrick Robert Long [1] | ||
Date of birth | [2] | 16 January 1995||
Place of birth | Bicester, England [3] | ||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Oxford United | ||
Number | 2 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2013 | Oxford United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013– | Oxford United | 194 | (13) |
2014 | → Kidderminster Harriers (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2018 | → Hampton & Richmond Borough (loan) | 14 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 06:28, 8 April 2024 (UTC) |
Samuel Patrick Robert Long (born 16 January 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for EFL League One club Oxford United.
Long began his career with Oxford United and made his professional debut on 27 April 2013 as a late substitute in a 3–0 victory over Accrington Stanley on the last day of the 2012–13 season. [4] His first starting appearance was in a 1–1 draw with Morecambe in League Two on 22 February 2014. [5]
On 20 November 2014, he joined Kidderminster Harriers on loan as part of a deal that saw Chey Dunkley going the other direction. [6] Following his return to Oxford, he scored his first goal, in a 2–3 home defeat against Southend United in EFL League Two on 17 January 2015. [7] Injuries limited his appearances in 2015–16 and 2016–17, [8] [9] although his contract with Oxford was extended by a year in March 2017. He was loaned to Hampton and Richmond Borough in January 2018, [10] a loan that was later extended. [11] Despite not having played a first-team fixture for Oxford in 2017–18, he signed a new one-year contract in June 2018. [12] Already the club's longest-serving player, having joined the club as an 8-year-old, in June 2020 he signed a two-year extension with Oxford United. [13] In April 2021, Long signed a further three-year deal with the club. [14] He was voted both the Players' and Supporters Player of the Season at the end of the 2020–21 season. [15]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Oxford United | 2012–13 [16] | League Two | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2013–14 [17] | League Two | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
2014–15 [18] | League Two | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
2015–16 [19] | League Two | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
2016–17 [20] | League One | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
2017–18 [21] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2018–19 [22] | League One | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 26 | 0 | |
2019–20 [23] | League One | 19 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 4 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 32 | 2 | |
2020–21 [24] | League One | 32 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 40 | 6 | |
2021–22 [25] | League One | 36 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 39 | 1 | |
2022–23 [26] | League One | 43 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 48 | 3 | |
2023–24 [27] | League One | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | |
Career total | 179 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 225 | 14 |
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