Sammy Clingan

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Darren Kidd / Press Eye

Long-time captain of the Under-21 side, Sammy Clingan's promotion to full international status for the 2006 US Tour was well deserved. He has since proved an effective midfield shield...

Name: Samuel Gary Clingan
Born: 13 January 1984, Belfast
Height: 5.11 ft
Weight: 11.06 st
Position: Midfielder

Representative Honours: Northern Ireland: 39 Full Caps (2006-2014), 11 Under-21 Caps / 1 Goal (2003-2006), 6 Under-19 Caps / 1 Goal, 2 Under-16 Caps, 12 Under-15 Schoolboy Caps.
Club Honours: (with Forest) Football League One Runner-Up (promoted) 2007/08; (with Linfield) NIFL Champion 2016/17.

Club Career:
Teams........--Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League- FA Cup FL Cup Other
Lisburn Youth ................. Youth
Wolve'ton W. 01/02-05/06 Jul-01 Youth ..0(0)/0
Chesterfield 04/05..Loan Oct-04 .Loan .15(0)/2
Chesterfield.05/06..Loan Aug-05 .Loan .14(7)/1 ...... ...... 1(0)/0
Nottm Forest 05/06-07/08 Jan-06 ...... 79(6)/1 4(1)/0 3(0)/0 3(0)/0
Norwich City.08/09 ......Jul-08 .Free .40(0)/6 2(0)/0 1(0)/0 
Coventry C. .09/10-11/12 Jul-09 £650k .92(6)/7 2(0)/0 
Doncaster R. 12/13 ..... Oct-12 .Free ..1(5)/0 2(0)/0 ...... 1(0)/0 
Kilmarnock ..12/13-14/15 Jan-13 .Free .48(8)/5 2(0)/0 2(0)/0
Linfield ... 16/17 ..... Jul-16 .Free .11(0)/1 ...... 2(0)/0 2(0)/0
Glenavon ... 17/18-20/21 Aug-17 .Free 59(4)/19 (all games)

(theGAWA)

Biography:

To follow.

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Northern Ireland Cap Details:
21-05-2006 Uruguay........ N L 0-1 FR
26-05-2006 Romania........ N L 0-2 FR
16-08-2006 Finland........ A W 2-1 FR
02-09-2006 Iceland........ H L 0-3 ECQ
06-09-2006 Spain.......... H W 3-2 ECQ
07-10-2006 Denmark........ A D 0-0 ECQ
11-10-2006 Latvia......... H W 1-0 ECQ

(@ourweecountry)

06-02-2007 Wales.......... H D 0-0 FR
22-08-2007 Liechtenstein.. H W 3-1 ECQ
08-09-2007 Latvia......... A L 0-1 ECQ
12-09-2007 Iceland........ A L 1-2 ECQ
17-10-2007 Sweden......... A D 1-1 ECQ
17-11-2007 Denmark........ H W 2-1 ECQ
21-11-2007 Spain.......... A L 0-1 ECQ
06-02-2008 Bulgaria....... H L 0-1 FR
20-08-2008 Scotland....... A D 0-0 FR
06-09-2008 Slovakia....... A L 1-2 WCQ
10-09-2008 Czech Republic. H D 0-0 WCQ
19-11-2008 Hungary........ H L 0-2 FR
28-03-2009 Poland......... H W 3-2 WCQ
01-04-2009 Slovenia....... H W 1-0 WCQ
12-08-2009 Israel......... H D 1-1 FR
05-09-2009 Poland......... A D 1-1 WCQ
09-09-2009 Slovakia....... H L 0-2 WCQ

(Roy Cathcart)

11-08-2010 Montenegro..... A L 0-2 FR
25-03-2011 Serbia......... A L 1-2 ECQ
29-03-2011 Slovenia....... H D 0-0 ECQ
24-05-2011 Rep. of Ireland A L 0-5 CNC
10-08-2011 Faroe Islands.. H W 4-0 ECQ
06-09-2011 Estonia........ A L 1-4 ECQ
07-10-2011 Estonia........ H L 1-2 ECQ
29-02-2012 Norway......... H L 0-3 FR
02-06-2012 Netherlands.... A L 0-6 FR capt
26-03-2013 Israel......... H L 0-2 WCQ
15-10-2013 Israel......... A D 1-1 WCQ
15-11-2013 Turkey......... A L 0-1 FR
30-05-2014 Uruguay........ A L 0-1 FR
04-06-2014 Chile.......... A L 0-2 FR
14-11-2014 Romania........ A L 0-2 ECQ sub

Summary: 38(1)/0. Won 8, Drew 9, Lost 22.

Northern Ireland Under-23 Cap Details:
27-04-2004 Serbia & Mont. H D 0-0 FR

Summary: 1/0. Won 0, Drew 1, Lost 0.


Northern Ireland Under-21 Cap Details:
28-03-2003 Armenia...... A L 0-2 ECQ sub
05-09-2003 Ukraine...... A L 0-1 ECQ
09-09-2003 Armenia...... H W 3-1 ECQ
10-10-2003 Greece....... A W 1-0 ECQ
18-08-2004 Switzerland.. H D 0-0 FR
08-02-2005 Scotland..... H W 2-1 FR
06-02-2006 Israel....... A W 1-0 FR 1 goal
08-02-2006 Israel....... A W 1-0 FR
28-02-2006 Wales........ A W 1-0 FR
12-04-2006 Leichtenstein A W 4-1 ECQ
10-05-2006 Leichtenstein H W 4-0 ECQ

Summary: 10(1)/1. Won 8, Drew 1, Lost 2.