Samuel Somerville (footballer)

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Samuel Somerville
Personal information
Full name Samuel Jacob Somerville
Date of birth (1994-08-06) 6 August 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Farnborough, England
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Selangor
Number 23
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2011–2012 Farnborough 13 (0)
2012-2013Godalming Town (on loan) 55 (0)
2013–2015 Slough Town 72 (0)
2014Badshot Lea (on loan) 10 (0)
2015 Tooting & Mitcham 32 (0)
2016–2019 Johor Darul Ta'zim II 36 (0)
2020–2021 Penang 27 (0)
2022– Selangor 25 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of July 15, 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of May 21, 2021

Samuel Jacob Somerville (born 6 August 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Malaysia Super League side Selangor. Born in England, he plays for the Malaysia national team.

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Career

Somerville started his career with English sixth division side Farnborough. [1]

In 2012, he signed for Godalming Town in the English non-league. Later in 2015, Somerville moved to Malaysia, making his appearance in Malaysian League in the 2015 season, with Johor Darul Ta'zim brought in him along with other hybrid players such as Curran Ferns, Stuart Wark, Nick Swirad, Kevin Gunter and Daniel Ting.

For four seasons, Samuel Somerville played a lot for Johor Darul Ta’zim II in the Premier League and he won the 2019 Challenge Cup trophy before leaving the team where JDT II beat UKM FC in the final.

Before the 2020 season, Somerville signed for Malaysian club Penang [2] after playing for the youth academy of Johor Darul Ta'zim II. Sam Somerville recorded four clean sheets in helping Penang win the 2020 Premier League and only conceded eight times in 11 matches. For the Super League this season, he has recorded three cleansheets in seven games.

Selangor

On 17 December 2021, Somerville switch sides to join Selangor for 2022 season. [3]

International career

On 10 May 2021, Sam received a first call-up from Malaysia for the matches against Kuwait, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam and Thailand. [4]

Honours

Godalming Town

Johor Darul Ta'zim II

Penang

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References

  1. "Sam Somerville: It'd be great if I could represent Malaysia alongside Junior Eldstal". fourfourtwo.com. Archived from the original on 3 April 2015.
  2. "Somerville looking forward to first ever Super League outing". goal.com.
  3. "OFFICIAL : Samuel Is RED!". selangorfc.com. Selangor FC. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  4. "Siaran Media: Senarai 25 Pemain Ke Kem Latihan Pusat Skuad Harimau Malaya Bermula 16 Mei 2021" (in Malay). Football Association of Malaysia. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.