Sammie Szmodics
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Samuel Joseph Szmodics (born 24 September 1995) is an English-Irish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for EFL Championship club Blackburn Rovers and the Republic of Ireland national team.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Samuel Joseph Szmodics[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1995-09-24) 24 September 1995 (age 28)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Colchester, England | ||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Blackburn Rovers | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Youth career | |||
2002–2013 | Colchester United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2013–2019 | Colchester United | 142 | (35) |
2015 | → Braintree Town (loan) | 3 | (2) |
2019–2020 | Bristol City | 3 | (0) |
2020 | → Peterborough United (loan) | 10 | (4) |
2020–2022 | Peterborough United | 79 | (21) |
2022– | Blackburn Rovers | 76 | (30) |
International career‡ | |||
2024– | Republic of Ireland | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15:29, 21 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:44, 26 March 2024 (UTC) |
Szmodics started his career with hometown club Colchester United, where from the age of seven he progressed through the club's Academy. He made his professional debut for the club in September 2013 and scored 38 goals in 162 appearances for the club. While with Colchester, he appeared on loan for Braintree Town in 2015. In June 2019, Szmodics left Colchester to join Bristol City.
Szmodics joined Peterborough in September 2020, after a successful six-month loan spell at the end of the previous season.
Szmodics made his Republic of Ireland debut in a friendly against Belgium in March 2024.[4]