Samir Carruthers

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Samir Carruthers
Personal information
Full name Samir Badre Carruthers [1]
Date of birth (1993-04-04) 4 April 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Islington, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) [2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Dartford
Number 4
Youth career
Cambridge United
2005–2009 Arsenal
2009–2012 Aston Villa
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2012–2014 Aston Villa 3 (0)
2013–2014 → Milton Keynes Dons (loan) 23 (2)
2014–2017 Milton Keynes Dons 94 (4)
2017–2019 Sheffield United 28 (1)
2018–2019 → Oxford United (loan) 10 (0)
2019–2020 Cambridge United 10 (0)
2020–2022 Hemel Hempstead Town 26 (0)
2022 → Dartford (loan) 6 (0)
2022–2023 Dartford 35 (10)
2023–2024 Chelmsford City 37 (3)
2024– Dartford 16 (3)
International career‡
2011–2012 Republic of Ireland U19 10 (1)
2012–2013 Republic of Ireland U21 10 (3)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:10, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:59, 14 August 2013

Samir Badre Carruthers (born 4 April 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Dartford. He has represented the Republic of Ireland at U19 and U21 level.

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With over 160 Football League appearances, his former clubs include Aston Villa, Sheffield United, Milton Keynes Dons, Oxford United, Cambridge United and Dartford.

Club career

Early career

Born in Islington, London, Carruthers was playing football local to his hometown of Hatfield, Hertfordshire when he was signed by Cambridge United's under-10 side. [3] He trained frequently with Manchester United, but when Cambridge United abandoned their youth team set-up he signed for Arsenal, the team he supported as a child. [3] He went on to represent Arsenal at under-18 level and captained the club's under-16 side. However, in 2009 Carruthers rejected offers from Fulham and Arsenal in favour of a move to Aston Villa. [4]

Aston Villa

Carruthers signed for Aston Villa in June 2009, aged 16. He made his name playing for the club's reserve and academy sides as an attacking midfielder and winger. Following a number of injuries to Alex McLeish's first team squad in the latter stages of the 2011–12 season, the young midfielder was brought in to train with the first team on a number of occasions.

Carruthers made his first-team debut in Villa's 1–1 Premier League draw at Liverpool on 7 April 2012, replacing Barry Bannan for the final four minutes. [5] He made two further substitute appearances that month.

On 1 April 2013, Carruthers captained Aston Villa's youth squad to the final of the NextGen Series where they beat Chelsea 2–0, at the Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia, in Como, Italy. [6]

Milton Keynes Dons

Carruthers was sent out on loan to League One side Milton Keynes Dons on 10 August 2013 on a youth loan until 4 January 2014. [7] He made his debut against Preston North End on 17 August. Coming on as a substitute in the 56th minute, Carruthers won a penalty, which was in turn converted by Shaun Williams, levelling the score at 2–2. [8] A week later he scored within 15 minutes of coming on as a substitute against Bristol City, hitting a left-footed effort into the top corner to earn another 2–2 draw. [9] On 8 January 2014, he extended his loan spell until 3 April. [10] However, on 18 February, he withdrew from a match against Preston North End with a knee injury in the 13th minute, ending his season. [11]

On 6 August 2014, Carruthers signed for Milton Keynes Dons on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee. [12] He scored his first goal of the season on 13 September in a 5–3 away win against Barnsley, and on 25 April 2015, he scored a second goal, opening a 3–2 win over Rochdale at Spotland. [13] Eight days later the team earned their first promotion to the Championship with a 5–1 home win over Yeovil Town on the final day, with Carruthers setting up the first goal from Carl Baker. [14]

On 19 September 2015, Carruthers received a straight red card for a foul on Stuart Dallas in a 2–1 home loss to Leeds United. [15] He scored once in 39 appearances – opening a 3–2 loss at Blackburn Rovers on 27 February 2016 [16] – as Milton Keynes were relegated.

Sheffield United

On 3 January 2017, it was announced that Carruthers had signed for League One leaders Sheffield United on a three-and-a-half-year deal for an undisclosed fee, thought to be worth £250,000. [17] [18] He made his debut four days later in a 4–2 win at Southend United, coming on as a 68th-minute substitute for Mark Duffy but lasting only 15 minutes before withdrawing with injury. [19] He totalled 14 appearances for the Blades, who won the league title with 100 points. [20]

Again as Duffy's replacement, Carruthers scored his first goal for the Blades on 21 November 2017 in a 5–4 loss to Fulham at Bramall Lane. [21] He was transfer-listed by Sheffield United at the end of the 2017–18 season. [22]

Carruthers joined Oxford United in June 2018, on loan for the 2018–19 season. [23] He suffered a knee injury during the first game of the season, and his recovery was interrupted by a recurrence of the injury later in the autumn that required surgery. [24]

Cambridge United

On 29 August 2019, Carruthers joined League Two side Cambridge United on a one-year deal following his release by Sheffield United. [25] He was released by the club at the end of the season. [26]

Non-League

Carruthers dropped down into non-league football with Hemel Hempstead Town for the start of the 2020–21 season. On 24 March 2022, he joined Dartford on loan. [27]

On 9 June 2022, Carruthers joined Dartford on a permanent deal ahead of the 2022–23 season. [28]

On 22 May 2023, Carruthers joined Chelmsford City on a permanent deal ahead of the 2023–24 season. [29] On 3 May 2024, Carruthers announced he had left the club following the culmination of Chelmsford's season. [30]

On 16 May 2024, Carruthers re-joined Dartford. [31]

International career

Carruthers is of Irish, Italian and Moroccan descent and is eligible to play for Italy, Morocco, England and the Republic of Ireland, the country of his grandparents. [3] [32] [33] In 2011, he made his debut for the Republic of Ireland U19 team. On 10 September 2012, Carruthers made his debut for the Republic of Ireland U21 team away to Italy.

Controversy

On 15 March 2016, whilst attending the Cheltenham Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse, Carruthers and Northampton Town's James Collins were photographed urinating into a beer glass whilst standing on a balcony. The following day, Carruthers apologised for his behaviour, [34] and following a meeting with MK Dons manager Karl Robinson and chairman Pete Winkelman he was fined two weeks' wages and suspended by the club. [35] He pledged his fine to charities, including one chosen by the racecourse. [36]

Career statistics

As of 14 December 2024. [37]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupLeague CupOther [a] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Aston Villa 2011–12 Premier League 3000000030
2012–13 Premier League0000000000
2013–14 Premier League0000000000
Total3000000030
Milton Keynes Dons (loan) 2013–14 League One 232301010282
Milton Keynes Dons 2014–15 League One322203010382
2015–16 Championship 391301000431
2016–17 League One231101030281
Total9446050401094
Sheffield United 2016–17 League One140———140
2017–18 Championship1412010—171
Total2812010—311
Oxford United (loan) 2018–19 League One100000021121
Cambridge United 2019–20 League Two100000000100
Hemel Hempstead Town 2020–21 National League South 6000—2080
2021–22 National League South20000—10210
Total260000030290
Dartford (loan) 2021–22 National League South60——2080
Dartford 2022–23 National League South351010—3 [b] [c] [d] 03910
Total42101000504710
Chelmsford City 2023–24 National League South37320—3 [e] [f] 0423
Dartford 2024–25 Isthmian League Premier Division 16330—2 [g] [h] 1214
Career total290231707020234425
  1. ↑ Includes Football League Trophy, FA Trophy, National League South play-offs and the Kent Senior Cup
  2. ↑ One appearance in the FA Trophy
  3. ↑ One appearance in the London Senior Cup
  4. ↑ One appearance in the National League South Play-Offs
  5. ↑ Two appearances in the FA Trophy
  6. ↑ One appearance in the National League South Play-Offs
  7. ↑ One appearance in the FA Trophy
  8. ↑ One appearance and one goal in the Velocity Cup

Honours

Aston Villa U19

Milton Keynes Dons

Sheffield United

Dartford

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