Sammie McLeod
Personal information
Full name Sammie Thomas McLeod[1]
Date of birth (1999-12-06) 6 December 1999[2]
Place of birth Royal Tunbridge Wells, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder[4]
Team information
Current team
 Worthing
Youth career
2016–2017 Maidstone United
2017–2018 Leicester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018–2019 Maldon & Tiptree 23 (9)
2019-2021 Colchester United 1 (0)
2021 Concord Rangers 1 (0)
2021–2022 Portadown 20 (3)
2022 Lewes 4 (0)
2022 Þór Akureyri 10 (0)
2022– Worthing 14 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 09:47, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

Sammie Thomas McLeod (born 6th December 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Worthing.

McLeod joined Leicester City 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.[5] He joined Leicester City in January 2017 where he featured for their Academy under-18 side.[6] He made 14 U18 Premier League and FA Youth Cup appearances for the under-18s.[5]

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,[7] before a leg injury ended his season in March.[6]

On 8 June 2019, League Two club Colchester United announced the signing of McLeod on a two-year deal.[6]

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.[8] 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.[9]

Colchester announced that McLeod was one of seven under-23 players who had their contract terminated by mutual consent on 1 February 2021.[10]

After his release, he featured for National League South side Concord Rangers.[11]

In May 2021, McLeod joined NIFL Premiership side Portadown.[12] McLeod scored the Irish Premiership Goal of the Month for November, for his volley against Dungannon Swifts. On 18 January 2022, McLeod left Portadown by mutual consent.[13]

In February 2022, McLeod returned to England and played four matches for Isthmian League side Lewes.[14]

In March 2022, McLeod signed for 1. deild karla side Þór Akureyri.[15]

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[7] Isthmian League North Division 23710–4[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]1288
Colchester United 2019–20[16] League Two 0000000000
2020–21[17] 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: 22 Colchester United" (PDF). English Football League. p. 18. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  2. ↑ "Sammie McLeod player profile". jobs4football.com. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Colchester United". FootballSquads. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  4. ↑ Sammie McLeaod at Soccerbase
  5. 1 2 "S. McLeod". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  6. 1 2 3 Waldron, Jonathan (8 June 2019). "Colchester United sign teenager Sammie McLeod on two-year deal". Colchester Gazette. Colchester. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  7. 1 2 "Sammy McLeod". Maldon & Tiptree FC. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  8. ↑ "Colchester United 2–0 Bolton Wanderers". BBC Sport. 19 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  9. ↑ "Colchester United 0–1 West Ham United U21". Sky Sports. 29 September 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  10. ↑ Gregory, David (2 February 2021). "Departures For Young U's". Colchester United FC. Retrieved 2 February 2021.
  11. ↑ "EASTBOURNE BOROUGH VS. CONCORD RANGERS 1 - 1". uk.soccerway.com. 13 February 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  12. ↑ "Ex-Colchester United youngster Sammie McLeod on new club". gazette-news.co.uk. 23 May 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
  13. ↑ "McLeod departs Ports". Portadown FC. 18 January 2022. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
  14. ↑ "Lewes – Appearances – Sammie McLeod". footballwebpages.co.uk. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  15. ↑ "Sammie McLeod í Þór" (in Icelandic). Þór Akureyri men's football. 22 March 2022. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  16. ↑ "Games played by Sammie McLeod in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Sammie McLeod in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
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