Personal information | |||
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Place of birth | Australia | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Cambridge United | ||
Youth career | |||
2024– | Cambridge United | ||
International career‡ | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2025– | Seychelles | 2 | (0) |
‡ National team caps and goals as of 16:39, 9 September 2025 (UTC) |
Samuel Okolie is a footballer who plays as a forward for the academy of EFL League Two club Cambridge United and the Seychelles national team.
Okolie joined the under-16 team of Cambridge United in 2024. After impressing team management during his first season, he was signed to a full scholarship and promoted to the under-18 team for the following year. [1]
Okolie was born in Australia and is of Nigerian descent. [1] In 2025, he spent a month in training camp with the Seychelles national under-17 team and earned a senior call-up for 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifiers against Gabon and Kenya in September of that year. [2] [3]
Seychelles national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2025 | 2 | 0 |
Total | 2 | 0 |