Personal information | |||
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Full name | Imari Narain Che Hines-Samuels[1] | ||
Date of birth | 5 February 2003 | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||
Number | 43 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2022 | Reading | ||
2022– | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2023– | Brighton & Hove Albion | 0 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2019 | England U16 | 2 | (0) |
2019–2020 | England U17 | 3 | (0) |
2023 | England U20 | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:36, 12 June 2023 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:36, 12 June 2023 (UTC) |
Imari Narain Che Hines-Samuels (born 5 February 2003) is an English footballer who plays for the academy of Brighton & Hove Albion as a left-back.[2]
A youth product of Reading, he signed scholarship terms with the club as a sixteen-year-old in 2019.[3] He began training with the first team for the first time in August 2020.[4] This came after he signed a one-and-a-half year contract with Reading in January 2020, keeping him with the club until the summer of 2022.[5] Samuels picked up an injury that required surgery in 2021.[6]
In August 2022, Samuels turned down Reading's offer of a new contract in order to join the academy of Premier League team Brighton & Hove Albion on a two-year deal, with Reading receiving compensation from Brighton for his services.[7][8]
On 18 May 2023 Samuels was included in a Premier League match day line-up for the first time, being named as substitute for Brighton away at Newcastle United.[9]
Samuels has been selected at youth level by England at U15, U16 and U17 level.[10] In May 2023 he was selected as part of the England squad for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[11][12] His two appearances during the tournament both came in the group stage as a substitute against Uruguay and starting in a goalless draw against Iraq.[2][13]
Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Brighton & Hove Albion U23 | 2022–23[14] | — | — | — | — | 1[a] | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||||
2023–24[14] | — | — | — | — | 2[a] | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
Career total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |