Sammy Clingan

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: Full Caps (2006-date), 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.

Club Career:
Teams............--Seasons-- Signed -Fee- -League- FA Cup FL Cup Other
Wolverhampton 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
Nott'm 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 City ...09/10-11/12 Jul-09 £650k .92(6)/7 2(0)/0 
Doncaster Rovers 12/13 ..... Oct-12 .Free ..1(5)/0 2(0)/0 ...... 1(0)/0 
Kilmarnock ..... 12/13- date Jan-13 .Free 

Biography:

To follow.

Official Forest Website
Official Irish FA Website

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
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
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
still active


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.

Pictures by Roy Cathcart and @ourweecountry.