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Sidney Sam

Sidney Sam

Attack - Right Winger  at Retired
Age38
CitizenshipGermany Nigeria
Height1.74 m
Footleft
BornJanuary 31, 1988
👕200+ Apps 50+ Goals 🎯50+ Assists 🏴25+ Caps Veteran
Market value
Right Winger Attack

Career snapshot

11
clubs played for
04/05
debut season
0.19
goals / match
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
top club · 124 apps

Position rank · 20/21

#611
goals rank
#1062
assists rank
81
season goals
57
season assists

Among 1,303 Attack - Right Wingers · ≥200 mins

Career highs

€10.00m
peak value · 2013
€2.50m
top transfer fee · 14/15
13
best season · 13/14
38 / 4
int'l caps / goals
420Appearances
81Goals
57Assists
46Yellow cards
3Red cards
84Full matches (90′)
Full nameSidney Sam
Date of birth1988-01-31 (38 yrs)
Place of birthKiel, Germany
CitizenshipGermany Nigeria
PositionAttack - Right Winger (main: Attack)
Footleft
Height174.00 m
Current clubRetired
Joined2021-07-01
Contract expires
OutfitterPuma
Jul 2021
Transfer: Antalyaspor → Retired
21/22 · Transfer
Apr 2021
Injury: unknown
5 games missed
Dec 2020
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Nov 2020
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Sep 2020
Transfer: SCR Altach → Antalyaspor
20/21 · Transfer
Jul 2020
20/21 — Antalyaspor
30 matches · 3 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Oct 2019
Transfer: Without Club → SCR Altach
19/20 · Transfer
Jul 2019
19/20 — SCR Altach
23 matches · 6 G · 8 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2019
Transfer: VfL Bochum → Without Club
19/20 · Transfer
Mar 2019
Injury: unknown
9 games missed
Jul 2018
18/19 — VfL Bochum
19 matches · 2 G · 3 A · across 1 competition
Sep 2017
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Aug 2017
Transfer: FC Schalke 04 → VfL Bochum
17/18 · Transfer
Jul 2017
17/18 — VfL Bochum
24 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 2 competitions
Jun 2017
Transfer: Darmstadt 98 → FC Schalke 04
16/17 · Return from loan
Apr 2017
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Mar 2017
Injury: unknown
Feb 2017
Injury: unknown
Feb 2017
Injury: unknown
Jan 2017
Transfer: FC Schalke 04 → Darmstadt 98
16/17 · Loan
Jul 2016
16/17 — SV Darmstadt 98, FC Schalke 04, FC Schalke 04 II
23 matches · 4 G · 3 A · across 3 competitions
Apr 2016
Injury: unknown
5 games missed
Sep 2015
Injury: unknown
12 games missed
Jul 2015
15/16 — FC Schalke 04, FC Schalke 04 II
8 matches · 1 G · 0 A · across 3 competitions
Apr 2015
Injury: unknown
2 games missed
Mar 2015
Injury: unknown
3 games missed
Feb 2015
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Feb 2015
Injury: unknown
1 games missed
Jul 2014
14/15 — FC Schalke 04, FC Schalke 04 II
16 matches · 0 G · 1 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2014
Transfer: B. Leverkusen → FC Schalke 04
14/15 · Transfer · €2.50m
Jul 2013
13/14 — Bayer 04 Leverkusen
31 matches · 13 G · 9 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2012
12/13 — Bayer 04 Leverkusen
28 matches · 5 G · 5 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2011
11/12 — Bayer 04 Leverkusen
25 matches · 6 G · 4 A · across 3 competitions
Jul 2010
10/11 — Bayer 04 Leverkusen
40 matches · 12 G · 8 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2010
Transfer: Hamburger SV → B. Leverkusen
10/11 · Transfer · €2.00m
Jun 2010
Transfer: 1.FC K'lautern → Hamburger SV
09/10 · Return from loan
Jul 2009
09/10 — 1.FC Kaiserslautern
35 matches · 11 G · 7 A · across 2 competitions
Aug 2008
Transfer: Hamburger SV → 1.FC K'lautern
08/09 · Loan
Jul 2008
08/09 — 1.FC Kaiserslautern, Hamburger SV II
27 matches · 4 G · 8 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2007
07/08 — Hamburger SV, Hamburger SV II
26 matches · 3 G · 0 A · across 4 competitions
Jul 2007
Transfer: Hamburger SV II → Hamburger SV
07/08 · Transfer
Jul 2006
06/07 — Hamburger SV II, Hamburger SV U19
25 matches · 5 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2006
Transfer: HSV U19 → Hamburger SV II
06/07 · Transfer
Jul 2005
05/06 — Hamburger SV II, Hamburger SV U19
23 matches · 4 G · 0 A · across 2 competitions
Jul 2004
04/05 — Hamburger SV U19
17 matches · 2 G · 0 A · across 1 competition
Jul 2004
Transfer: Holst. Kiel U17 → HSV U19
04/05 · Transfer
Jul 2002
Transfer: Kilia Kiel Yth. → Holst. Kiel U17
02/03 · Transfer
Jul 2001
Transfer: Mettenhof Yth. → Kilia Kiel Yth.
01/02 · Transfer
Jan 1970
Peak market value: €10.00m
Highest valuation recorded in dataset

Percentile rank vs 625 other Attack - Right Wingers with ≥500 minutes in 20/21. Higher = better (except cards, where lower = better — inverted automatically).

Goals3 total · 0.65/90
76
Assists0 total · 0.00/90
0
G+A3 total · 0.65/90
55
Yellow cards1 total · 0.22/90
59
7,532 min
Minutes played by club
Antalyaspor 5.5%
SCR Altach 3.1%
VfL Bochum 7.6%
FC Schalke 04 0.0%
FC Schalke 04 II 7.4%
SV Darmstadt 98 5.9%
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 29.1%
1.FC Kaiserslautern 11.4%
Hamburger SV II 11.9%
Hamburger SV 0.0%
Hamburger SV U19 18.1%
ClubSeasonsFirstLastMatchesGoalsAssistsMinutes
Antalyaspor 1 20/21 20/21 30 3 0 418
SCR Altach 1 19/20 19/20 23 6 8 237
VfL Bochum 2 17/18 18/19 43 2 4 574
FC Schalke 04 3 14/15 16/17 22 0 1 0
FC Schalke 04 II 3 14/15 16/17 12 3 2 554
SV Darmstadt 98 1 16/17 16/17 13 2 1 443
Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4 10/11 13/14 124 36 26 2,192
1.FC Kaiserslautern 2 08/09 09/10 61 15 14 859
Hamburger SV II 4 05/06 08/09 47 8 1 895
Hamburger SV 1 07/08 07/08 5 0 0 0
Hamburger SV U19 3 04/05 06/07 40 6 0 1,360

Career trajectory — goals, assists & market value

6€2.5M11€5M17€7.5M22€10M04/05 — 2 goals (Hamburger SV U19)204/0505/06 — 4 goals (Hamburger SV U19)405/0606/07 — 5 goals (Hamburger SV II)506/0707/08 — 3 goals (Hamburger SV II)307/0808/09 — 4 goals (1.FC Kaiserslautern)08/09 — 8 assists1208/0909/10 — 11 goals (1.FC Kaiserslautern)09/10 — 7 assists1809/1010/11 — 12 goals (Bayer 04 Leverkusen)10/11 — 8 assists2010/1111/12 — 6 goals (Bayer 04 Leverkusen)11/12 — 4 assists1011/1212/13 — 5 goals (Bayer 04 Leverkusen)12/13 — 5 assists1012/1313/14 — 13 goals (Bayer 04 Leverkusen)13/14 — 9 assists2213/1414/15 — 1 assists114/1515/16 — 1 goals (FC Schalke 04 II)115/1616/17 — 4 goals (SV Darmstadt 98)16/17 — 3 assists716/1717/18 — 1 assists117/1818/19 — 2 goals (VfL Bochum)18/19 — 3 assists518/1919/20 — 6 goals (SCR Altach)19/20 — 8 assists1419/2020/21 — 3 goals (Antalyaspor)320/2106/07 — €100K07/08 — €200K08/09 — €600K09/10 — €1.3M10/11 — €5M11/12 — €6.5M12/13 — €6.5M13/14 — €10M14/15 — €10M15/16 — €7M16/17 — €2M17/18 — €750K18/19 — €700K19/20 — €550K20/21 — €800KGoalsAssistsMarket value

Goals by season

04/05: 2204/0505/06: 4405/0606/07: 5506/0707/08: 3307/0808/09: 4408/0909/10: 111109/1010/11: 121210/1111/12: 6611/1212/13: 5512/1313/14: 131313/1414/15: 0014/1515/16: 1115/1616/17: 4416/1717/18: 0017/1818/19: 2218/1919/20: 6619/2020/21: 3320/21

Assists by season

04/05: 0004/0505/06: 0005/0606/07: 0006/0707/08: 0007/0808/09: 8808/0909/10: 7709/1010/11: 8810/1111/12: 4411/1212/13: 5512/1313/14: 9913/1414/15: 1114/1515/16: 0015/1616/17: 3316/1717/18: 1117/1818/19: 3318/1919/20: 8819/2020/21: 0020/21
SeasonCompetitionClubMatchesGoalsAssistsYCRCMinutes
20/21 Süper Lig Antalyaspor 25 3 0 1 1 418
20/21 Türkiye Kupasi Antalyaspor 5 0 0 0 0 0
19/20 Bundesliga SCR Altach 21 6 7 3 0 237
19/20 Bundesliga EC-Play-off SCR Altach 1 0 0 1 0 0
19/20 ÖFB-Cup SCR Altach 1 0 1 1 0 0
18/19 2. Bundesliga VfL Bochum 19 2 3 0 1 574
17/18 2. Bundesliga VfL Bochum 23 0 1 3 0 0
17/18 DFB-Pokal VfL Bochum 1 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Bundesliga SV Darmstadt 98 13 2 1 1 0 443
16/17 Europa League FC Schalke 04 1 0 0 0 0 0
16/17 Regionalliga West FC Schalke 04 II 9 2 2 1 0 385
15/16 Bundesliga FC Schalke 04 2 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Europa League FC Schalke 04 4 0 0 0 0 0
15/16 Regionalliga West FC Schalke 04 II 2 1 0 0 0 169
14/15 Bundesliga FC Schalke 04 11 0 1 1 0 0
14/15 Champions League FC Schalke 04 3 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 DFB-Pokal FC Schalke 04 1 0 0 0 0 0
14/15 Regionalliga West FC Schalke 04 II 1 0 0 0 0 0
13/14 Bundesliga Bayer 04 Leverkusen 22 8 7 2 0 173
13/14 Champions League Bayer 04 Leverkusen 6 2 0 0 0 236
13/14 DFB-Pokal Bayer 04 Leverkusen 3 3 2 2 0 57
12/13 Bundesliga Bayer 04 Leverkusen 22 5 5 2 0 190
12/13 DFB-Pokal Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2 0 0 0 0 0
12/13 Europa League Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4 0 0 0 0 0
11/12 Bundesliga Bayer 04 Leverkusen 18 4 2 1 0 352
11/12 Champions League Bayer 04 Leverkusen 6 1 2 1 0 516
11/12 DFB-Pokal Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1 1 0 0 0 120
10/11 Bundesliga Bayer 04 Leverkusen 30 7 4 4 0 310
10/11 DFB-Pokal Bayer 04 Leverkusen 2 2 1 0 0 54
10/11 Europa League Bayer 04 Leverkusen 7 3 3 2 0 184
10/11 Europa League Qualifying Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/10 2. Bundesliga 1.FC Kaiserslautern 33 10 7 5 0 278
09/10 DFB-Pokal 1.FC Kaiserslautern 2 1 0 1 0 135
08/09 2. Bundesliga 1.FC Kaiserslautern 26 4 7 4 0 446
08/09 RL Nord Hamburger SV II 1 0 1 0 0 0
07/08 Bundesliga Hamburger SV 4 0 0 0 0 0
07/08 Regionalliga Nord Hamburger SV II 21 3 0 2 0 541
07/08 UEFA Cup Hamburger SV 1 0 0 0 0 0
07/08 UI Cup Hamburger SV 0 0 0 0 0 0
06/07 Regionalliga Nord Hamburger SV II 23 4 0 2 0 328
06/07 U19-BL N/NE Hamburger SV U19 2 1 0 0 0 150
05/06 Regionalliga Nord Hamburger SV II 2 1 0 0 0 26
05/06 U19-BL N/NE Hamburger SV U19 21 3 0 4 1 580
04/05 U19-BL N/NE Hamburger SV U19 17 2 0 2 0 630
SeasonDateFromToTypeMarket valueFee
01/02 2001-07-01 Mettenhof Yth. Kilia Kiel Yth. Transfer 0
02/03 2002-07-01 Kilia Kiel Yth. Holst. Kiel U17 Transfer 0
04/05 2004-07-01 Holst. Kiel U17 HSV U19 Transfer 0
06/07 2006-07-01 HSV U19 Hamburger SV II Transfer 0
07/08 2007-07-01 Hamburger SV II Hamburger SV Transfer 100000
08/09 2008-08-19 Hamburger SV 1.FC K'lautern Loan 200000
09/10 2010-06-30 1.FC K'lautern Hamburger SV Return from loan 3000000
10/11 2010-07-01 Hamburger SV B. Leverkusen Transfer 3000000 €2.00m
14/15 2014-07-01 B. Leverkusen FC Schalke 04 Transfer 10000000 €2.50m
16/17 2017-01-14 FC Schalke 04 Darmstadt 98 Loan 500000
16/17 2017-06-30 Darmstadt 98 FC Schalke 04 Return from loan 750000
17/18 2017-08-31 FC Schalke 04 VfL Bochum Transfer 750000
19/20 2019-07-01 VfL Bochum Without Club Transfer 450000
19/20 2019-10-02 Without Club SCR Altach Transfer 450000
20/21 2020-09-03 SCR Altach Antalyaspor Transfer 800000
21/22 2021-07-01 Antalyaspor Retired Transfer 625000
SeasonInjuryFromToDays missedGames missed
14/15 muscle stiffness 2015-02-05 2015-02-12 8 1
14/15 muscular problems 2015-02-16 2015-02-19 4 1
14/15 Torn muscle fiber 2015-03-09 2015-03-26 18 3
14/15 muscular problems 2015-04-16 2015-04-30 15 2
15/16 Tendon irritation 2015-09-21 2015-11-23 64 12
15/16 Adductor injury 2016-04-07 2016-05-12 36 5
16/17 muscular problems 2017-02-20 2017-02-23 4 0
16/17 Back problems 2017-02-27 2017-03-02 4 0
16/17 Thigh problems 2017-03-02 2017-03-02 1 0
16/17 muscular problems 2017-04-06 2017-04-13 8 1
17/18 Rest 2017-09-21 2017-09-25 5 2
18/19 Hamstring injury 2019-03-02 2019-05-05 65 9
20/21 unknown injury 2020-11-22 2020-11-30 9 3
20/21 unknown injury 2020-12-29 2021-01-07 10 3
20/21 unknown injury 2021-04-11 2021-04-29 19 5
Current€675k
Peak€10.00m
Low
Δ since start+€575k
€2.50m€5.00m€7.50m€10.00m197019701970
DateValue
Jan 1, 1970 €675k
Jan 1, 1970 €625k
Jan 1, 1970
Jan 1, 1970 €750k
Jan 1, 1970 €800k
Jan 1, 1970 €450k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €450k
Jan 1, 1970 €550k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €700k
Jan 1, 1970 €750k
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €750k
Jan 1, 1970 €1.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €500k
Jan 1, 1970 €2.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €7.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €10.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €10.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €6.50m
Jan 1, 1970 €5.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €3.00m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.60m
Jan 1, 1970 €1.30m
Jan 1, 1970 €750k
Jan 1, 1970 €900k
Jan 1, 1970 €400k
Jan 1, 1970 €600k
Jan 1, 1970 €200k
Jan 1, 1970 €100k
TeamShirtMatchesGoalsDebutAge at debutStatus
Team #17662 3 0 former national player
Team #17368 2 0 former national player
Team #9067 8 1 former national player
Team #5710 9 2 former national player
Team #5709 4 0 former national player
Team #3817 #18 7 1 former national player
Team #3262 #11 5 0 former national player
TeammatePPG played withJoint goalsMinutes
Bernd Leno 2 0 0
Ömer Toprak 2 0 0
Erik Jendrisek 2 11 0
Tobias Sippel 2 0 0
Wolfgang Hesl 1 0 0
Lukas Hinterseer 1 3 0
Danilo Soares 1 0 0

Single-season peaks across competitions in this player's career.

Top goalscoring seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubGoalsMatches
09/10 2. Bundesliga 1.FC Kaiserslautern 10 33
13/14 Bundesliga Bayer 04 Leverkusen 8 22
10/11 Bundesliga Bayer 04 Leverkusen 7 30

Top assist seasons

SeasonCompetitionClubAssistsMatches
09/10 2. Bundesliga 1.FC Kaiserslautern 7 33
13/14 Bundesliga Bayer 04 Leverkusen 7 22
08/09 2. Bundesliga 1.FC Kaiserslautern 7 26

Every loan spell across this player's career.

SeasonDateFromToTypeFeeValue at transfer
16/17 2017-06-30 Darmstadt 98 FC Schalke 04 Return from loan €750k
16/17 2017-01-14 FC Schalke 04 Darmstadt 98 Loan €500k
09/10 2010-06-30 1.FC K'lautern Hamburger SV Return from loan €3.00m
08/09 2008-08-19 Hamburger SV 1.FC K'lautern Loan €200k

Teams faced most often by Sidney Sam's clubs during seasons he played in those competitions (team-level results, not personal head-to-head goals — see disclaimer above).

OpponentPWDLGFGAGDWin %
Austria Wien 20 8 3 9 30 30 0 40%
FC Admira Wacker 20 4 8 8 25 30 -5 20%
FC St. Pauli 20 7 8 5 30 26 +4 35%
SV Sandhausen 20 7 8 5 29 26 +3 35%
SpVgg Greuther Fürth 18 7 5 6 32 26 +6 39%
Erzgebirge Aue 18 10 2 6 29 27 +2 56%
Rapid Wien 17 4 7 6 20 27 -7 24%
1. FC Heidenheim 1846 16 10 2 4 30 16 +14 63%
Hamburger SV 16 5 5 6 19 22 -3 31%
SV Mattersburg 16 5 6 5 19 17 +2 31%
Arminia Bielefeld 16 3 4 9 17 27 -10 19%
1. FC Köln 14 6 1 7 19 27 -8 43%

Auto-detected milestones based on cumulative career totals.

Season / YearMilestoneDate
04/05 Senior debut season
04/05 First senior goal
12/13 Goal #50 (career)

Yellow / second-yellow / red cards per season. Only seasons with at least one card are shown.

SeasonMatchesMinsYC2nd YCRCCards / 90′
20/21 30 418 1 0 1 0.43
19/20 23 237 5 0 0 1.9
18/19 19 574 0 0 1 0.16
17/18 24 0 3 0 0 0
16/17 23 828 2 0 0 0.22
15/16 8 169 0 1 0 0.53
14/15 16 0 1 0 0 0
13/14 31 466 4 0 0 0.77
12/13 28 190 2 0 0 0.95
11/12 25 988 2 0 0 0.18
10/11 40 548 6 0 0 0.99
09/10 35 413 6 0 0 1.31
08/09 27 446 4 0 0 0.81
07/08 26 541 2 1 0 0.5
06/07 25 478 2 0 0 0.38
05/06 23 606 4 1 1 0.89
04/05 17 630 2 0 0 0.29

Output by competition

Career goals and assists broken down by tournament.

Bundesliga
122 apps
26 G
20 A
2. Bundesliga
101 apps
16 G
18 A
Regionalliga Nord
46 apps
8 G
0 A
DFB-Pokal
12 apps
7 G
3 A
Bundesliga
21 apps
6 G
7 A
U19-BL N/NE
40 apps
6 G
0 A
Europa League
16 apps
3 G
3 A
Regionalliga West
12 apps
3 G
2 A
Champions League
15 apps
3 G
2 A
Süper Lig
25 apps
3 G
0 A

Frequently asked about Sidney Sam

Who is Sidney Sam?

Sidney Sam is a Germany professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Retired.

How old is Sidney Sam?

Sidney Sam is 38 years old. He was born on January 31, 1988 in Kiel.

What position does Sidney Sam play?

Sidney Sam plays as a right winger (Attack - Right Winger).

What club does Sidney Sam play for?

Sidney Sam currently plays for Retired.

How many career goals has Sidney Sam scored?

Across all senior club competitions in our dataset, Sidney Sam has scored 81 goals in 420 appearances.