Sam Messam

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Sam Messam
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Personal information
Full name Samuel Messam
Date of birth (1986-03-02) 2 March 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth New Zealand
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
St. George Saints Football Club
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2008 Hawke's Bay United
2010 Macarthur Rams Football Club
2011 APIA Leichhardt Tigers
2012– St. George Saints Football Club
International career
2008 New Zealand U-23 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Samuel Messam (born 2 March 1986) is a New Zealand Association football player who plays for St. George Saints Football Club and has represented New Zealand at the Olympic Games.

Messam was included in the New Zealand squad for the football tournament at the Summer Olympics in Beijing [1] where he played in just one of New Zealand's group matches, a 0–1 loss Belgium. [2]

Messam was signed by New South Wales Premier League Club APIA Leichhardt for the 2011 season.

He is an old boy of Rotorua Boys' High School. [3]

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References

  1. "Olympic Football Squads Named". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 4 July 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2008.
  2. 2008 Olympic football tournament – New Zealand squad list
  3. Ngā Raukura i te Ao - Hall of Fame. www.rbhs.school.nz - official site.