Personal information | |||
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Full name | Samuel Christian Osaze Amo-Ameyaw[1] | ||
Date of birth | 18 July 2006 | ||
Position(s) | Winger | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Southampton | ||
Number | 27 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2022 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
2022–2023 | Southampton | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2023– | Southampton | 4 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2021–2022 | England U16 | 11 | (1) |
2022–2023 | England U17 | 10 | (1) |
2023– | England U18 | 9 | (2) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 08:30, 29 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 10:31, 26 March 2024 (UTC) |
Samuel Christian Osaze Amo-Ameyaw (born 18 July 2006) is an English professional footballer player who plays as a winger for Premier League club Southampton.[2]
Amo-Ameyaw joined Southampton from Tottenham Hotspur in August 2022 as a sixteen year-old, having reportedly turned down the offer of a scholarship contract with Spurs.[3] Compensation payments owed to Spurs by Southampton were reported to be close to a million pounds for Amo-Ameyaw and his teammate Jayden Meghoma, who made the same journey.[4] Commenting on the decision, Amo-Ameyaw said he choose Southampton because of the clearer pathway to the first-team.[5] He was part of the Southampton under-18 side which reached the semi-finals of the FA Youth Cup in April 2023.[6]
Amo-Ameyaw made his Premier League debut on 28 May 2023 appearing as a second-half substitute for James Ward-Prowse as Southampton played a home match with Liverpool, which finished 4–4.[7] At 16 years and 314 days, Amo-Ameyaw became the youngest-ever player to appear in the Premier League for Southampton.[8]
On 24 July 2023, Southampton announced Amo-Ameyaw had signed his first professional contract.[9]
Born in England, Amo-Ameyaw is of Ghanaian descent.[10] He has represented England at under-16 and under-17 level.[11] He scored his first goal for the under-16 team in a 3–2 home victory against Belgium under-16s on 4 November 2021.[12]
On 6 September 2023, Amo-Ameyaw made his England under-18 debut during a 2–0 defeat to France in Limoges.[13]
In November 2023, Amo-Ameyaw was named in the England squad for the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup and scored in their opening group stage game against New Caledonia.[14][15]
Described as being able to dribble with the ball “fluidly”, Amo-Ameyaw was said to be adapting from a wider role in his first year at Southampton to a more central number 10 role.[16]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Southampton | 2022–23 | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | |
2023–24[18] | Championship | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
Total | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | ||
Career total | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
England U18