- Randy Samuel
Infobox Football biography
playername= Randy Samuel
fullname = Randolph Fitzgerald Samuel
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1963|12|23
cityofbirth =Point Fortin
countryofbirth =Trinidad and Tobago
height = height|ft=6|in=1
currentclub = Retired
clubnumber =
position = Defender
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1983-1985
1985-1987
1987-1990
1990-1994
1995-1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
clubs =Edmonton Eagles PSV Eindhoven FC Volendam Fortuna Sittard Port Vale F.C. Harstad I.L. Vancouver 86ers Harstad I.L. Hampton Roads Mariners Montreal Impact
caps(goals) =NA
5 (0)
74 (1)
106 (5)
9 (1)
NA
21 (2)
NA
24 (0)
4 (0)
nationalyears = 1982-1997
nationalteam = Canada
nationalcaps(goals) = 82 (0)
pcupdate =
ntupdate =Randolph Fitzgerald "Randy" Samuel (born
December 23 ,1963 inPoint Fortin ,Trinidad and Tobago ) is a formerCanadian professionalsoccer player who, with 82 caps, played a record number of times forCanada men's national soccer team .A height|ft=6|in=1, convert|185|lb|0 defender, Samuel began his career in 1983 with the
Edmonton Eagles of the short-livedCanadian Professional Soccer League . He played in the old Dutch First Division withPSV Eindhoven from 1985 to 1988 and appeared in one first-team game in 1987. Samuel also played 15 games forFC Volendam in 1989-90, and in a total of 32 matches withFortuna Sittard in 1990-91 and 1991-92. He returned to Holland to play for Sittard in the old Second Division for the 1993-94 season, scoring two goals, and the 1994-95 season. He was withPort Vale F.C. briefly in 1995.Samuel also signed with clubs in Portugal's
SuperLiga , and in the lower divisions of theFootball League in England and in Norway. He played forHarstad I.L. in 1997 inNorwegian First Division , and in 1999 in Group 8 of theNorwegian Second Division . Samuel played in North America in his later years spending the 1998 season with theVancouver 86ers and the 2000 season with theHampton Roads Mariners , both of the A-League. He finished his professional playing career with theMontreal Impact in 2001.Raised in
Richmond, British Columbia , Samuel earned his first cap for Canada in an away loss to Honduras (1-3) onNovember 11 ,1983 and played his country's three matches in its only World Cup finals appearance, the Mexico '86 finals. He retired from international football in 1997.Samuel was inducted into the
Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame in 2006. He runs his own soccer business in Richmond.External links
* [http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/samuel-intl.html Randy Samuel - International Appearances]
* [http://www.thesoccerhalloffame.ca/OSN.nsf/c1bfa845a2dec3bf85256b0b005d4116/03ff590c019ebe738525713e006cd6b5?OpenDocument Canadian Soccer Hall of Fame inductee page]
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