Sam Clucas

Sam Clucas

Clucas playing for Hull City in 2016
Personal information
Full name Samuel Raymond Clucas[1]
Date of birth (1990-09-25) 25 September 1990[2]
Place of birth Lincoln, England
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[3]
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Hull City
Number 11
Youth career
2001–2008 Leicester City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2009 Nettleham
2009–2010 Lincoln City 0 (0)
2010–2011 Jerez Industrial
2011–2013 Hereford United 58 (8)
2013–2014 Mansfield Town 43 (8)
2014–2015 Chesterfield 41 (9)
2015– Hull City 57 (6)
National team‡
2013 England C 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 18:31, 26 November 2016 (UTC).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:15, 5 June 2016 (UTC)

Samuel Raymond "Sam" Clucas (born 25 September 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Hull City. He started his career as a youth player for Leicester City where he spent six years, before being released. He studied at Lincoln College and had a spell at Nettleham towards the end of the 2008–09 season, before joining his hometown club Lincoln City where he stayed until being released in the summer of 2010.

Career

Early career

Clucas was born in Lincoln, Lincolnshire.[1] He started his career with Leicester City joining their academy at the age of 10, leaving at the age of 16.[4][5] Following his release from Leicester, he had a short spell playing for Nettleham in the Central Midlands Football League at the end of the 2008–09 season.[6]

He then studied sports development qualification at Lincoln College.[4][7] He was offered a soccer scholarship in the United States, before signing for Lincoln at the start of the 2009–10 season after a successful trial period with his hometown club, impressing manager Peter Jackson, who described him as a "real find".[4][5] Whilst on trial with the club he an appearance in the Lincolnshire Senior Cup final defeat to Scunthorpe United.[4] He made his professional debut on 1 September for Lincoln City in their 1–0 home defeat to Darlington in the Football League Trophy, before being replaced by Chris Fagan in the 63rd minute as a substitute.[8] In late December 2009, manager Chris Sutton announced Clucas would be one of three players to be put on the transfer list. In March 2010 a proposed loan move to Lincoln Moorlands Railway fell through as Northern Counties East League rules prevented member clubs from signing contracted Football League players on short-term loans.[9] Clucas was released by Lincoln City in the summer of 2010. In August 2010, having successfully attended trials at Bisham Abbey, he was handed a two-year scholarship at the Glenn Hoddle Academy,[10] the move also enabled him to turn out for Jerez Industrial.[11] He signed for Hereford United in November 2011 after a trial period.[12]

Mansfield Town

Clucas playing for Mansfield Town in 2014

On 21 June 2013, Clucas signed a two-year contract with Mansfield Town for a fee of £20,000 plus a 15% sell-on clause which was decided by a tribunal.[13] He had rejected an offer from Crewe Alexandra and chosen to sign for Mansfield as it was closer to his home in Lincoln.[14]

Chesterfield

On 1 September 2014, the 2014 summer transfer window deadline day, League One side Chesterfield signed Clucas from rivals Mansfield Town on a three-year deal until June 2017 for an undisclosed fee.[15]

Hull City

On 27 July 2015, Clucas signed a three-year deal with Championship side Hull City for an undisclosed fee, thought to be in the region of £1.3 million.[16] Clucas made his competitive debut for Hull against Huddersfield Town on the first day of the 2015–16 Football League Championship season, scoring the first goal of the game.[17] On 13 August 2016, Clucas made a Premier League début described as "exceptional" against Leicester City,[18] and four days later Clucas signed a new three-year deal with the club.[19]

International career

Clucas gained his only cap for England C when he played the full 90 minutes in 6–1 win against Bermuda on 6 June 2013.

Personal life

Born in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Clucas attended Saint Peter and Saint Paul Catholic High School.[6] Prior to signing a professional football contract with Lincoln City he worked part-time at a café in a Debenhams department store.[7]

Career statistics

As of 26 November 2016[20]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lincoln City 2009–10 League Two 0000001010
Hereford United 2011–12 League Two 170100000180
2012–13 Conference Premier 418310000449
Total 588410000629
Mansfield Town 2013–14 League Two 3883510104313
2014–15 League Two 5000100060
Total 4383520104913
Chesterfield 2014–15 League One 4196300204912
Hull City 2015–16 Championship 446203030526
2016–17 Premier League 1300000—130
Total 576203030656
Career total 19931159507022640

Honours

Hull City

References

  1. 1 2 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 87. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
  2. ↑ "Sam Clucas". The Lincoln City FC Archive. Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  3. ↑ Rollin, Glenda; Rollin, Jack, eds. (2012). Sky Sports Football Yearbook 2012–2013 (43rd ed.). London: Headline Publishing Group. p. 475. ISBN 978-0-7553-6356-8.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "First Team: Samuel Clucas". Lincoln City F.C. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  5. 1 2 "Peter Jackson thrilled with new signing Sam Clucas". This Is Lincolnshire. 3 August 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  6. 1 2 "Lincoln City sign Sam Clucas". This Is Lincolnshire. 3 August 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  7. 1 2 "Clucas find can begin Imps production line". This Is Lincolnshire. 8 August 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  8. ↑ "Darlington 1 – 0 Lincoln City". BBC Sport. 1 September 2009. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
  9. ↑ "Red tape stops loan moves". NonLeagueDaily.com. 1 March 2010. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  10. ↑ "New Hoddle Academy recruit Sam Clucas would 'love to play for Lincoln City again'". Lincolnshire Echo. 19 August 2010. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  11. ↑ "Sam Clucas aims to reign in Spain with guidance from Glenn Hoddle". Lincolnshire Echo. 6 January 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  12. ↑ "Bulls sign midfielder Clucas". www.herefordunited.co.uk. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  13. ↑ "Mansfield Town told to pay Hereford £20,000 compensation for Sam Clucas deal by FA tribunal". www.hucknalldispatch.co.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2013.
  14. ↑ "Mansfield Town: Hereford's Sam Clucas snubs Crewe for Field Mill". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  15. ↑ "Clucas Signs for Spireites". Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  16. ↑ "Tigers Complete Taylor And Clucas Deals". Hull City Tigers Official Club Website. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  17. ↑ "Hull 2 – 0 Huddersfield". BBC Sport. BBC. 8 August 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  18. ↑ Buckingham, Philip (18 August 2016). "Hull City remain in a state despite improbable victory over Leicester". ESPN FC. Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  19. ↑ "Clucas Signs New Three-Year Deal". Hull City A.F.C. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
  20. ↑ "Sam Clucas". Soccerbase. Retrieved 28 May 2016.
  21. ↑ Williams, Adam (28 May 2016). "Hull City 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 June 2016.

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