Samuel Okolie

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Samuel Okolie
Personal information
Date of birth (2008-03-22) 22 March 2008 (age 17)
Place of birth Australia
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
 Cambridge United
Youth career
2024– Cambridge United
International career‡
YearsTeamApps(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.

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Club career

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]

International career

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]

International career statistics

As of match played 9 September 2025 [4]
Seychelles national team
YearAppsGoals
202520
Total20

References

  1. 1 2 "Eight New Scholars Welcomed into the Academy". Cambridge United FC. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  2. ↑ "Seychelles picks Nigerian Cambridge scholar Okolie for 2026 World Cup qualifiers". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  3. ↑ "Samuel Okolie Receives Senior International Call-Up". Cambridge United FC. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  4. ↑ "NFT profile". National Football Teams. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
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