Charles_Sampson_(footballer)
Charles Sampson (footballer)
Ghanaian footballer
Charles Sampson (born 24 November 1980) is a Ghanaian international footballer, who currently plays for IFK Luleå.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Charles Sampson | ||
| Date of birth | (1980-11-24) 24 November 1980 (age 43) | ||
| Place of birth | Ghana | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | IFK Luleå | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Ghapoha Readers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1997–1998 | Kalamata | 15 | (1) |
| 1998–1999 | Apollon Kalamarias | 15 | (1) |
| 1999–2001 | Kalamata | 26 | (1) |
| 2001–2002 | OFI Crete | 3 | (0) |
| 2002 | Panegialios | 9 | (0) |
| 2003 | Fostiras | 12 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Kalamata | ||
| 2004–2009 | Assyriska | 51 | (0) |
| 2008 | → Boden (loan) | ||
| 2009 | → Syrianska Botkyrka (loan) | ||
| 2010 | Boden | 19 | (1) |
| 2011– | IFK Luleå | ||
| International career | |||
| – | Ghana | 6 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Sampson moved to Greece in July 1997, initially joining Greek first division side Kalamata F.C. for one season.[1] He spent the following season in the Greek second division with Apollon Kalamarias F.C., and then returned to Kalamata for two more seasons.[2] He moved to OFI Crete for the following season, but only appeared in three league matches, for a total of 40 Greek top flight matches during his career.[3]
Sampson would later play in the lower divisions for Panegialios F.C. and Fostiras F.C., before returning to Kalamata for the 2003–04 Greek second division season.[4]
Sampson joined Swedish side Assyriska Föreningen in 2004. He would help the club earn promotion to the Allsvenskan and play in the league the following season.[5] Assyriska loaned Sampson to Bodens BK for the 2008 season,[6] and he would later join Boden on a permanent transfer in 2010.
Sampson made six appearances for the Ghana national football team.[5]
- Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (26 April 2003). "Greece 1997/98". RSSSF.
- Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (22 June 2003). "Foreign Players in Greece 1999/00-2001/02". RSSSF.
- Mastrogiannopoulos, Alexander (26 April 2003). "Greece 2001/02". RSSSF.
- "Πρωτάθλημα / FOOTBALL LEAGUE / ΠΡΩΤ/ΜΑ Β' ΕΘΝΙΚΗΣ ΚΑΤΗΓΟΡΙΑΣ 2003-2004 / 1η αγωνιστική / ΓΙΑΝΝΙΝΑ ΠΑΣ ΠΑΕ - ΚΑΛΑΜΑΤΑ ΠΣ ΠΑΕ" (in Greek). Hellenic League. 24 August 2003. Archived from the original on 17 June 2012. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
- "Charles Sampson - länken mellan försvar och anfall" (in Swedish). svenskafans.com. 11 May 2006.
- "Sampson till Boden - Wartan till Gröndal" (in Swedish). svenskafans.com. 6 February 2008.
- Profile at Ghanaweb
- Charles Sampson at the Swedish Football Association (in Swedish) (archived)
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