Personal information | |||
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Full name | Samir Badre Carruthers [1] | ||
Date of birth | 4 April 1993 | ||
Place of birth | Islington, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) [2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Dartford | ||
Youth career | |||
Cambridge United | |||
2005–2009 | Arsenal | ||
2009–2012 | Aston Villa | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (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 | 0 | (0) |
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, 3 May 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.
With over 160 Football League appearances, his former clubs include Aston Villa, Sheffield United, Milton Keynes Dons, Oxford United, Cambridge United and Dartford.
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]
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]
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.
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]
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]
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.
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] [31] [32] 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.
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, [33] 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. [34] He pledged his fine to charities, including one chosen by the racecourse. [35]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other [lower-alpha 1] | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Aston Villa | 2011–12 | Premier League | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
2012–13 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2013–14 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
Milton Keynes Dons (loan) | 2013–14 | League One | 23 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 2 |
Milton Keynes Dons | 2014–15 | League One | 32 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 | 2 |
2015–16 | Championship | 39 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 1 | |
2016–17 | League One | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 1 | |
Total | 94 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 109 | 4 | ||
Sheffield United | 2016–17 | League One | 14 | 0 | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | |||
2017–18 | Championship | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 17 | 1 | ||
Total | 28 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 31 | 1 | |||
Oxford United (loan) | 2018–19 | League One | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 1 |
Cambridge United | 2019–20 | League Two | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
Hemel Hempstead Town | 2020–21 | National League South | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
2021–22 | National League South | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
Total | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 0 | ||
Dartford (loan) | 2021–22 | National League South | 6 | 0 | — | — | 2 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
Dartford | 2022–23 | National League South | 35 | 10 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 [lower-alpha 2] [lower-alpha 3] [lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 39 | 10 | |
Total | 42 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 47 | 10 | ||
Chelmsford City | 2023–24 | National League South | 37 | 3 | 2 | 0 | — | 3 [lower-alpha 5] [lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 42 | 3 | |
Dartford | 2024–25 | Isthmian League Premier Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Career total | 274 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 1 | 323 | 21 |
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Milton Keynes Dons
Sheffield United
Dartford
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