Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 4 January 2002 | ||
Place of birth | Derry, Northern Ireland | ||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | St Johnstone | ||
Number | 18 | ||
Youth career | |||
2010–2015 | Limavady Youth | ||
2015–2018 | Coleraine | ||
2018–2022 | Chelsea | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022–2023 | Chelsea | 0 | (0) |
2022–2023 | → Barrow (loan) | 27 | (1) |
2023– | St Johnstone | 7 | (0) |
2024 | → Dundee United (loan) | 6 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2017–2019 | Northern Ireland U17 | 11 | (0) |
2019 | Northern Ireland U19 | 5 | (0) |
2021– | Northern Ireland U21 | 10 | (0) |
2021– | Northern Ireland | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 May 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 September 2022 |
Sam McClelland (born 4 January 2002) is a Northern Irish professional football player who plays for Scottish Premiership club St Johnstone and the Northern Ireland national team. He has had loan spells with Barrow and Dundee United. [1] [2]
McClelland began his youth career playing for Limavady Youths before moving to the Coleraine Academy. [3] He made his Chelsea U18 debut against Arsenal in September 2018 and signed his first professional contract in July 2019.
On 23 June 2022, he signed on a year long loan for League Two side Barrow. [4] McClelland made his debut on 30 July, starting in a 3–2 away win against Stockport County. [5] [6] He scored his first career goal in a 2–1 win over Walsall on 16 August 2022. [7]
On 16 June 2023, Chelsea announced that McClelland would leave the club when his contract expired at the end of June. [8]
On 3 August 2023, McClelland signed for Scottish Premiership club St Johnstone. [9] He moved on loan to Dundee United in February 2024. [10]
McClelland made his international debut for Northern Ireland on 3 June 2021 against Ukraine in a friendly. [11]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Chelsea U21 | 2021–22 | — | — | — | — | 1 [a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
Chelsea | 2022–23 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Barrow (loan) | 2022–23 | League Two | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 [a] | 0 | 30 | 1 | |
St Johnstone | 2023–24 | Scottish Premiership | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
Career total | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Northern Ireland | 2021 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 1 | 0 |
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