Personal information | |||
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Full name | Samuel Pearson[1] | ||
Date of birth | 26 October 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Cardiff, Wales | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Yeovil Town | ||
Number | 27 | ||
Youth career | |||
2016–2019 | Bristol City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019–2024 | Bristol City | 5 | (0) |
2019–2020 | → Bath City (loan) | 17 | (2) |
2020 | → Weymouth (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2022 | → Inverness Caledonian Thistle (loan) | 8 | (1) |
2022–2023 | → Yeovil Town (loan) | 13 | (2) |
2023 | → AFC Wimbledon (loan) | 16 | (0) |
2024– | Yeovil Town | 16 | (4) |
International career‡ | |||
2017 | Wales U17 | 1 | (0) |
2019 | Wales U19 | 10 | (1) |
2020 | Wales U20 | 1 | (0) |
2020–2022 | Wales U21 | 13 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:49, 20 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:58, 4 June 2022 (UTC) |
Samuel Pearson (born 26 October 2001) is a Welsh professional footballer who plays as a forward for National League club Yeovil Town. He is a former Wales youth international, playing at U17 to U21 level, and began his career at Bristol City.
On 6 March 2021, Pearson made his debut for Bristol City in the Championship as a substitute in a 2–0 defeat against Queens Park Rangers.[3]
On 21 January 2022, Pearson joined Scottish Championship side Inverness Caledonian Thistle on loan for the remainder of the 2021–22 season.[4] He left the club on 1 April 2022 due to a family bereavement and returned to his parent club.[5]
On 28 July 2022, Pearson joined National League side Yeovil Town on an initial one-month loan deal.[6] On 24 August, the loan spell was extended until January 2023.[7] In January 2023, Pearson joined League Two club AFC Wimbledon on loan until the end of the season.[8]
In January 2024, Pearson left Bristol City following the mutual termination of his contract.[9] On 18 January 2024, he returned to now National League South club Yeovil Town, signing a permanent deal with the club.[10] On 20 January 2024, Pearson scored on his returning debut for the Glovers against Hemel Hempstead Town.[11] At the end of the 2023–24 season, Pearson signed a new one-year contract at Yeovil Town to extend his stay at the club.[12]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Bristol City | 2019–20[13] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
2020–21[14] | Championship | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||
2021–22[15] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2022–23[16] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
2023–24[17] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |||
Bath City (loan) | 2019–20[18] | National League South | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 4[a] | 0 | 22 | 2 | |
Weymouth (loan) | 2020–21[2] | National League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Inverness CT (loan) | 2021–22[15] | Scottish Championship | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | |
Yeovil Town (loan) | 2022–23[2] | National League | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | |
AFC Wimbledon (loan) | 2022–23[16] | League Two | 16 | 0 | — | — | — | 16 | 0 | |||
Yeovil Town | 2023–24[2] | National League South | 16 | 4 | — | — | — | 16 | 4 | |||
2024–25[2] | National League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Total | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 16 | 4 | |||
Career total | 73 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 80 | 9 |