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== International career ==
== International career ==
After successful seasons with Fenerbahçe, on 11 November 2022, Osayi-Samuel received his first International call-up from Nigeria to play in a friendly game against Portugal.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-11 |title=Peseiro hands debut calls to Onyemaechi, Bright Osayi for Portugal friendly |url=https://sportsration.com/peseiro-hands-debut-calls-to-onyemaechi-bright-osayi-for-portugal-friendly/ |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=SportsRation |language=en-US}}</ref> He was in the starter eleven and played 90 minutes for his international debut.
After successful seasons with Fenerbahçe, on 11 November 2022, Osayi-Samuel received his first International call-up from Nigeria to play in a friendly game against Portugal.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-11 |title=Peseiro hands debut calls to Onyemaechi, Bright Osayi for Portugal friendly |url=https://sportsration.com/peseiro-hands-debut-calls-to-onyemaechi-bright-osayi-for-portugal-friendly/ |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=SportsRation |language=en-US}}</ref> He was in the starting eleven and played 90 minutes for his international debut.


==Career statistics==
==Career statistics==

Revision as of 06:15, 4 September 2023

Bright Osayi-Samuel
Osayi-Samuel with Queens Park Rangers in 2017
Personal information
Full name Bright Osayi-Samuel[1]
Date of birth (1997-12-31) 31 December 1997 (age 26)[2]
Place of birth Okija, Nigeria
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Fenerbahçe
Number 21
Youth career
2014–2015 Blackpool
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Blackpool 64 (4)
2017–2021 Queens Park Rangers 103 (11)
2021– Fenerbahçe 73 (3)
International career‡
2022– Nigeria 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 June 2023

Bright Osayi-Samuel (born 31 December 1997) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Süper Lig club Fenerbahçe and the Nigeria national team.[3]

Early life

Osayi-Samuel was born in Okija, Nigeria, then moved with his family to Spain before emigrating to England when he was ten years old, settling in Woolwich, London.[4]

Career

Blackpool

Osayi-Samuel was a youth academy graduate of Blackpool. He made his professional debut on 7 March 2015 in a 1–0 home defeat to Sheffield Wednesday.[5][6]

Queens Park Rangers

On 1 September 2017, Osayi-Samuel joined Championship side Queens Park Rangers on a three-year deal.[7] He made his debut as a substitute against Burton Albion on 23 September.[8]

Fenerbahçe

On 15 January 2021, Osayi-Samuel signed a pre-contract agreement to join Turkish side Fenerbahçe on a four-year deal beginning in July 2021. In a turn of events, he joined the club on 23 January in an immediate transfer.[9][10]

He made his debut in a 1-0 win over Çaykur Rizespor on 30 January 2021.[11] On 8 March 2021, he scored his first goal against Konyaspor in Süper Lig away match, Fenerbahçe won 3-0.[12]

International career

After successful seasons with Fenerbahçe, on 11 November 2022, Osayi-Samuel received his first International call-up from Nigeria to play in a friendly game against Portugal.[13] He was in the starting eleven and played 90 minutes for his international debut.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 3 September 2023.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Blackpool 2014–15[14] Championship 6 0 0 0 0 0 — — 6 0
2015–16[15] League One 23 0 0 0 1 0 — 2[b] 0 26 0
2016–17[16] League Two 31 4 4 1 1 0 — 6[c] 0 42 5
2017–18[17] League One 4 0 — 1 0 — 0 0 5 0
Total 64 4 4 1 3 0 0 0 8 0 79 5
Queens Park Rangers 2017–18[17] Championship 18 1 0 0 — — — 18 1
2018–19[18] Championship 27 2 4 0 3 1 — — 34 3
2019–20[19] Championship 37 5 2 1 1 0 — — 40 6
2020–21[20] Championship 21 3 1 0 1 0 — — 23 3
Total 103 11 7 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 115 13
Fenerbahçe 2020–21[20] Süper Lig 18 1 1 0 — — — 19 1
2021–22 Süper Lig 31 1 2 1 — 10[d] 0 — 43 2
2022–23 Süper Lig 22 0 4 0 — 11[e] 0 — 35 0
2023–24 Süper Lig 2 1 0 0 — 5[f] 0 0 0 7 1
Total 73 3 7 1 0 0 26 0 0 0 104 4
Career total 240 18 18 3 8 1 26 0 8 0 298 22
  1. ^ Includes FA Cup and Turkish Cup
  2. ^ Appearances in EFL Trophy
  3. ^ Four appearances in EFL Trophy, two appearances in League Two play-offs
  4. ^ Eight appearances in UEFA Europa League, two appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
  5. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, nine appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. ^ Appearances in UEFA Conference League

International

As of match played 18 June 2023
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Nigeria 2022 1 0
2023 3 0
Total 4 0

Honours

Blackpool

Fenerbahçe

References

  1. ^ "The Football League Limited: Club list of registered players as at 16th May 2015" (PDF). The Football League. 16 May 2015. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 December 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Bright Osayi-Samuel". 11v11. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
  3. ^ "Bright Osayi-Samuel". Queens Park Rangers F.C. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  4. ^ Emmanuel, Ifeanyi (13 April 2016). "Blackpool Tricky Winger Bright Osayi-Samuel Picks Nigeria Ahead Of England". all NIGERIA soccer. Retrieved 13 April 2016.
  5. ^ Davies, Mark (9 March 2015). "Double delight for Kyle". Blackpool F.C. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  6. ^ "Blackpool 0–1 Sheffield Wednesday". BBC Sport. 7 March 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Bright Osayi-Samuel joins from Blackpool". Queens Park Rangers F.C. 1 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
  8. ^ "Queens Park Rangers 0–0 Burton Albion". BBC Sport. 23 September 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  9. ^ Morrissey, Paul (23 January 2021). "Club statement: Bright Osayi-Samuel". Queens Park Rangers F.C. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Bright Osayi-Samuel Fenerbahçemizde" [Bright Osayi-Samuel at Fenerbahçe]. Fenerbahçe S.K. (in Turkish). 27 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  11. ^ "Fenerbahçe 1-0 Çaykur Rizespor".
  12. ^ "İttifak Holding Konyaspor 0-3 Fenerbahçe".
  13. ^ "Peseiro hands debut calls to Onyemaechi, Bright Osayi for Portugal friendly". SportsRation. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  14. ^ "Games played by Bright Osayi-Samuel in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  15. ^ "Games played by Bright Osayi-Samuel in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  16. ^ "Games played by Bright Osayi-Samuel in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
  17. ^ a b "Games played by Bright Osayi-Samuel in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
  18. ^ "Games played by Bright Osayi-Samuel in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  19. ^ "Games played by Bright Osayi-Samuel in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 January 2020.
  20. ^ a b "Games played by Bright Osayi-Samuel in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
  21. ^ Law, James (28 May 2017). "Blackpool 2–1 Exeter City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 December 2018.
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