Adulai Sambu is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Rushall Olympic.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adulai Sambu | ||
| Date of birth | 28 June 2004 | ||
| Place of birth | Lisbon, Portugal | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cheltenham Town | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2022–2024 | Cheltenham Town | 3 | (0) |
| 2022 | → Cirencester Town (loan) | 7 | (5) |
| 2022 | → Redditch United (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Stratford Town (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2023 | → Cirencester Town (loan) | 20 | (15) |
| 2023–2024 | → Hungerford Town (loan) | 28 | (9) |
| 2024- | → Rushall Olympic | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:44, 6 Oct 2024 (UTC) | |||
Playing career
editSambu made his first-team debut for Cheltenham Town on 30 August 2022, coming on as an 81st-minute substitute for Charlie Brown in a 2–1 win away at Milton Keynes Dons.
Sambu then went on to make his first team full debut for Cheltenham Town on 18 October 2022, His strong performance against the Hammers West ham United encouraged fans to vote for him as their Man of the match Which he comfortably won. [1]
In March 2023, Sambu joined Cirencester Town on a work-experience loan until the end of the season.[2]
In September 2023, Sambu joined Hungerford Town on an initial one-month loan deal.[3]
On 30 April 2024 Cheltenham announced he would be leaving the club at the end of the season.[4]
On 3 October 2024 it was rumoured that Sambu had signed with National League North club Rushall Olympic to combine part time football with a role within the Cheltenham Town academy.
Career statistics
edit- As of match played 26 August 2023
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Cheltenham Town | 2022–23[5] | League One | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2023–24[6] | League One | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Cirencester Town (loan) | 2022–23[7] | Southern League Division One Central |
14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | — | 3[b] | 4 | 20 | 15 | |
| Redditch United (loan) | 2022–23[7] | Southern League Premier Division Central |
4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| Stratford Town (loan) | 2022–23[7] | Southern League Premier Division Central |
2 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 23 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 15 | ||
- ^ Appearance(s) in EFL Trophy
- ^ Appearances in FA Trophy
References
edit- ^ "Wade Elliott on victory in the Papa John's Trophy opener". www.ctfc.com. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- ^ "Sambu and Guinan depart for first team minutes". www.ctfc.com. 16 March 2023. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- ^ "Sambu joins Hungerford Town on loan". www.ctfc.com. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 15 September 2023.
- ^ "Curtis Davies one of seven released by Cheltenham Town". BBC Sport. 30 April 2024. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
- ^ "Games played by Adulai Sambu in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ "Games played by Adulai Sambu in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ a b c "Adulai Sambu | Player Profile". Aylesbury United Archive. Retrieved 8 September 2023.