Sam McClelland
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-01-04) 4 January 2002
Place of birth Derry, Northern Ireland
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 St Johnstone
Number 18
Youth career
2010–2015 Limavady Youth
2015–2018 Coleraine
2018–2022 Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2022–2023 Chelsea 0 (0)
2022–2023 → Barrow (loan) 27 (1)
2023– St Johnstone 0 (0)
International career‡
2017–2019 Northern Ireland U17 11 (0)
2019 Northern Ireland U19 5 (0)
2021– Northern Ireland U21 10 (0)
2021– Northern Ireland 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 May 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 September 2022

Sam McClelland (born 4 January 2002) is a Northern Irish professional football player who plays for Scottish Premiership club St Johnstone and the Northern Ireland national team.[1][2]

Club career

Chelsea

McClelland began his youth career playing for Limavady Youths before moving to the Coleraine Academy.[3] He made his Chelsea U18 debut against Arsenal in September 2018 and signed his first professional contract in July 2019.

On 23 June 2022, he signed on a year long loan for League Two side Barrow.[4] McClelland made his debut on 30 July, starting in a 3–2 away win against Stockport County.[5][6] He scored his first career goal in a 2–1 win over Walsall on 16 August 2022.[7]

On 16 June 2023, Chelsea announced that McClelland would leave the club when his contract expired at the end of June.[8]

St Johnstone

On 3 August 2023, McClelland signed for Scottish Premiership club St Johnstone.[9]

International career

McClelland made his international debut for Northern Ireland on 3 June 2021 against Ukraine in a friendly.[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of 8 May 2023[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Chelsea U21 2021–22 ————1[lower-alpha 1]010
Chelsea 2022–23 Premier League 000000000000
Barrow (loan) 2022–23 League Two 2710020—1[lower-alpha 1]0301
St Johnstone 2023–24 Scottish Premiership 000000—0000
Career total 27100200020311
  1. 1 2 Appearances in the EFL Trophy

International

As of match played 3 June 2021[12]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Northern Ireland 202110
Total10

References

  1. ↑ Sam McClelland at Soccerway
  2. ↑ "Sam McClelland". Official Site | Chelsea Football Club. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  3. ↑ "Meet the Northern Irish teenager who has signed for Chelsea". Belfast Telegraph. 7 July 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "Academy defender loaned to League Two side". Chelsea FC. Retrieved 22 June 2022.
  5. ↑ "Pete Wild Names His Barrow Side To Face Stockport County". Barrow AFC. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "Stockport County 2 v 3 Barrow". Barrow AFC. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "Barrow 2-1 Walsall: Summer signings Tyrell Warren and Sam McClelland end Walsall's unbeaten start to season". Sky Sports. Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  8. ↑ "Retained list and goodbye to Bakayoko". www.chelseafc.com. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
  9. ↑ "St Johnstone sign ex-Chelsea defender McClelland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 August 2023.
  10. ↑ "Northern Ireland chasing equaliser in Ukraine". BBC Sport. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  11. ↑ Sam McClelland at Soccerway
  12. ↑ "McClelland, Sam". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 3 August 2023.


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