Jlloyd Samuel
Jlloyd Samuel was born in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago on March 29th, 1981 and is the Soccer Player. At the age of 37, Jlloyd Samuel biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Jlloyd Tafari Samuel (JAY-loyd, 29 March 1981-May 2018) was a professional footballer who played as a defender and midfielder.
He was born in Trinidad and Tobago and played for England and England up to under-21 level.
In 2009, Samuel played for Trinidad and Tobago as a youth and was involved in the academies of West Ham United and Charlton Athletic before joining Aston Villa in 1998.
He made 198 appearances for Villa before moving to Bolton Wanderers in 2007, where he spent a further four years, including a brief spell on loan at Cardiff City in the Championship.
Samuel spent the last four years of his professional career in Iran, representing Esteghlal and Paykan.
He took home a Hazfi Cup and a league title with Esteghlal. He died on May 15, 2018, while returning to England, as player-manager of Cheshire-based amateur team Egerton.
Club career
Samuel grew up in San Fernando, Trinidad and Tobago as a youth, and he appeared for Senrab's Sunday league team Senrab in 1994, alongside future England internationals John Terry and Jermain Defoe. He was released from the West Ham United on the same day as Paul Konchesky, Bobby Zamora (both of whom later returned to the Hammers) and Fitz Hall.
In July 1997, he joined Aston Villa as a youth development scheme apprentice, serving in the 1997–98 and 1999–99 seasons in their youth team. Samuel's Aston Villa debut came in a second-leg League Cup match against Chester City on September 21, 1999, which ended 5–0 in Aston Villa's favour. After 51 minutes at Villa Park, Gareth Barry was replaced by him. Gareth Southgate, an England international, made his league debut in a 2–0 home victory over Derby County on March 25, 2000, while playing in central defense.
Samuel was loaned to Gillingham, where he made seven complete appearances and one substitute appearance between the 25th of October and December 3, 2001. Samuel returned to Villa after Mark Delaney, the team's right-back, sustained an injury and Samuel was recalled; after the Welshman returned, Samuel was given a favoured left-back position. In a 2013 interview, he talked about how his versatility helped him become a regular starter: "You're just in one position and out of favour, you will not play." However, if you're looking for a variety of careers, it broadens your choices."
Samuel played every minute in the 2003–04 season as Villa finished 6th in the Premier League. He scored his first professional goal against Charlton on September 20, 2003, converting 19 yards to give Villa a 2–1 victory. In the reverse fixture at The Valley on March 27, 2004, the Villans won by the same score. He scored on 27 January in a 2–0 League Cup semi-final second leg victory over his future club Bolton Wanderers, who finished 5–4 on aggregate.
Samuel lost his place in the team as a result of his time with Birmingham-based, as co-manager David O'Leary and Martin O'Neill decided that Dutchman Wilfred Bouma play in his place.
Samuel Becker's first signing as Bolton Wanderers was on July 1, 2007. During his time at Bolton, he appeared in every Bolton match during the 2008-2009 season, winning 71 games in total.
Samuel began on March 24th, 2011 with a loan at Cardiff City, as compensation for the injured Mark Hudson. He did not play a single game for Wanderers' during the 2010-2011 season due to injury, and was forced to leave the club at the end of the season, bringing his four years with the club to an end.
Samuel joined Leeds United, who was led by his former Aston Villa colleague Simon Grayson, on trial on July 19, 2011. He was called into the squad against Rochdale on the same evening. In a match that Leeds won by a single first half goal from Max Gradel, he came off the bench at the start of the second half. Samuel was released from the courtroom after suffering from a head injury. Samuel played for 79 minutes on trial for West Ham United in their last pre-season match against Real Zaragoza, which West Ham defeated 21-0. However, West Ham has decided against giving him a permanent deal.
Samuel joined Iran Pro League side Esteghlal He was reunited with former Bolton teammate Andranik Teymourian on December 31, 2011. Samuel played in midfield in Iran and told Aston Villa's official website that he loved being able to move forward and score goals. In his first season and the Iran Pro League a year later, his team won the Hazfi Cup and the Iran Pro League. Esteghlal advanced to the semi-finals of the 2013 AFC Champions League in which he scored a goal in the second leg of the semi-finals at home to FC Seoul in a 2–2 draw (4–2 aggregate loss).
Samuel signed his deal with Esteghlal on July 12, 2013, keeping him at the club until 2014. In June 2014, he left the club due to a five-month wage dispute with the club. He stayed in Tehran and signed a two-year deal with newly promoted Paykan on June 23, 2014, effective 1 July.
Samuel spent time in England with Egerton, a Cheshire League One (12th tier) club where Emile Heskey, Danny Webber, Emmerson Boyce, and Nathan Ellington were training with them. Despite offers to play abroad, he chose Egerton so he could remain close to his family and the chairman named him player-manager for the 2017-18 season.
Ellington said during Samuel's death that his coworker had been instrumental in a large-scale reconstruction scheme in The Gambia in his final years.
International career
Samuel was given a call-up for the England squad in March 2004, but Aston Villa's manager, Sven-Göran Eriksson, was not allowed to play in the 1–0 friendly loss to Sweden, but he had previously represented England at U-18, U-20, and U-23 levels.
Samuel had intended to represent Trinidad and Tobago in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, but FIFA refused to sponsor them. According to the laws in place at the time, only players under the age of 21 will be able to rename their international allegiances.
Bobby Zamora and Samuel had obtained Trinidad and Tobago passports, making them eligible to compete for the national team from September 7th, 2009. On September 5th, he made his "Soca Warriors" debut in a 4–1 loss to Honduras in World Cup qualifying, and then returned to the United States for his second and last appearance four days later, receiving a yellow card.