Sammie McLeod

Sammie Thomas McLeod (born 23 April 2000) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder, most recently for League Two club Colchester United.

Not to be confused with Sammy McLeod, footballer born 1934.

Sammie McLeod
Personal information
Full name Sammie Thomas McLeod[1]
Date of birth (2000-04-23) 23 April 2000[2]
Place of birth Royal Tunbridge Wells, England
Height 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2016–2017 Maidstone United
2017–2018 Leicester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Maldon & Tiptree 23 (7)
2019–2021 Colchester United 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:47, 19 September 2020 (UTC+1)

McLeod joined Leicester City's Academy in 2017 from Maidstone United. After appearing in the U18 Premier League, he joined Maldon & Tiptree in 2018. In summer 2019, after impressing at Maldon & Tiptree, he joined Colchester United. He made his professional debut for Colchester in September 2020.

Career

Born in Royal Tunbridge Wells,[3] McLeod started his career with Maidstone United, where he featured twice on the first-team bench but failed to make an appearance.[4] He joined Leicester City in January 2017 where he featured for their Academy under-18 side.[5] He made 14 U18 Premier League and FA Youth Cup appearances for the under-18s.[4]

For the 2018–19 season, McLeod signed for Isthmian League North Division side Maldon & Tiptree, where he scored eight goals in 28 appearances between August and February,[6] before a leg injury ended his season in March.[5]

On 8 June 2019, League Two club Colchester United announced the signing of McLeod on a two-year deal.[5]

McLeod made his professional debut on 19 September 2020, coming off the bench to replace Luke Gambin in Colchester's 2–0 win against Bolton Wanderers.[7] He made his first start for the club ten days later in their 1–0 defeat to West Ham United under-21s in the EFL Trophy.[8]

Colchester announced that McLeod was one of seven under-23 players who had their contract terminated by mutual consent on 1 February 2021.[9]

Career statistics
As of match played 29 September 2020
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Maldon & Tiptree 2018–19[6] Isthmian League North Division 23710–4[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]1288
Colchester United 2019–20[10] League Two 0000000000
2020–21[11] League Two 1000001[lower-alpha 3]020
Total 1000001020
Career total 247100051308
  1. Appearances in Alan Turvey Trophy
  2. Appearances in FA Trophy
  3. Appearance in EFL Trophy

References
  1. "Notification of shirt numbers: Colchester United" (PDF). English Football League. p. 18. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  2. Sammie McLeaod at Soccerbase
  3. "Colchester United". FootballSquads. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  4. "S. McLeod". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  5. Waldron, Jonathan (8 June 2019). "Colchester United sign teenager Sammie McLeod on two-year deal". Colchester Gazette. Colchester. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  6. "Sammy McLeod". Maldon & Tiptree FC. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  7. "Colchester United 2–0 Bolton Wanderers". BBC Sport. 19 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  8. "Colchester United 0–1 West Ham United U21". Sky Sports. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  9. Gregory, David (2 February 2021). "Departures For Young U's". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  10. "Games played by Sammie McLeod in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  11. "Games played by Sammie McLeod in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.