Sam Surridge
{{Short description|English footballer (born 1998)}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Sam Surridge
| image = Surridge 2020.jpg
| caption = Surridge with AFC Bournemouth in 2020
| full_name = Samuel William Surridge{{cite web |url=https://www.premierleague.com/news/3044867 |title=Updated squad lists for 2022/23 Premier League |publisher=Premier League |date=4 February 2023 |access-date=11 February 2023}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|7|28|df=y}}{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/player/_/id/227627/sam-surridge |title=Sam Surridge: Overview |publisher=ESPN |access-date=16 September 2020}}
| birth_place = Slough, Berkshire, England
| height = {{convert|1.91|m|order=flip}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/players/samsurridge/ |title=Sam Surridge |publisher=Nottingham Forest F.C. |access-date=2 August 2022}}
| position = Striker
| currentclub = Nashville SC
| clubnumber = 9
| youthyears1 = 200?–2012
| youthclubs1 = Bournemouth Sports
| youthyears2 = 2012–2015
| youthclubs2 = AFC Bournemouth
| years1 = 2015–2021
| clubs1 = AFC Bournemouth
| caps1 = 35
| goals1 = 4
| years2 = 2015–2016
| clubs2 = → Weymouth (loan)
| caps2 = 7
| goals2 = 1
| years3 = 2016
| clubs3 = → Poole Town (loan)
| caps3 = 12
| goals3 = 7
| years4 = 2017–2018
| clubs4 = → Yeovil Town (loan)
| caps4 = 41
| goals4 = 8
| years5 = 2018–2019
| clubs5 = → Oldham Athletic (loan)
| caps5 = 15
| goals5 = 8
| years6 = 2019–2020
| clubs6 = → Swansea City (loan)
| caps6 = 21
| goals6 = 5
| years7 = 2021–2022
| clubs7 = Stoke City
| caps7 = 20
| goals7 = 2
| years8 = 2022–2023
| clubs8 = Nottingham Forest
| caps8 = 37
| goals8 = 8
| years9 = 2023–
| clubs9 = Nashville SC
| caps9 = 50
| goals9= 20
| nationalyears1 = 2019–2020
| nationalteam1 = England U21
| nationalcaps1 = 3
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| club-update = 5 May 2025
}}
Samuel William Surridge (born 28 July 1998) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Major League Soccer club Nashville SC.{{Cite web |last=SC |first=Nashville |title=Nashville Soccer Club Signs English Premier League Striker Sam Surridge as Designated Player |url=https://www.nashvillesc.com/news/nashville-soccer-club-signs-english-premier-league-striker-sam-surridge-as-dp |access-date=2023-07-25 |website=Nashville SC |language=en}} During his time at AFC Bournemouth, he spent time on loan at Weymouth, Poole Town, Yeovil Town (with whom he made his Football League debut), Oldham Athletic and Swansea City.
Club career
=Early career=
Surridge was born in Slough, Berkshire, and moved to Ferndown, Dorset, at the age of seven.{{cite news |url=https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/15898519.cherries-feature-sam-surridge-is-preparing-to-meet-manchester-united-in-the-fa-cup-and-then-grimsby-in-league-two/ |title=Cherries feature: Sam Surridge is preparing to meet Manchester United in the FA Cup and then Grimsby in League Two |first=Neil |last=Perrett |newspaper=Dorset Echo |date=25 January 2018 |access-date=21 January 2019}} He joined the AFC Bournemouth academy at the age of 14 from local club Bournemouth Sports.{{cite web |url=http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/15044732.AFC_Bournemouth__Surridge_rewarded_with_new_deal/ |title=AFC Bournemouth: Surridge rewarded with new deal |newspaper=Bournemouth Echo |date=24 January 2017 |access-date=4 August 2017}}
=AFC Bournemouth=
Surridge returned to the Cherries academy when he joined the under-15s and was soon offered a scholarship, scoring freely for the club's youth team, before impressing during a productive loan spell with Poole Town during their debut season in National South in 2016/17 season.{{cite web |url=https://www.afcb.co.uk/teams/first-team/sam-surridge/ |title=Sam Surridge |publisher=AFC Bournemouth |date=1 July 2015 |access-date=5 August 2020}}
==League Two Loans and Premier League Debut==
On 3 August 2017, Surridge joined League Two club Yeovil Town on loan until the end of the season.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40825923 |title=Sam Surridge: Yeovil Town sign Bournemouth forward on loan |website=BBC Sport |date=4 August 2017 |access-date=4 August 2017}} Surridge made his Football League debut as a second-half substitute for Yeovil against Luton Town, on 5 August 2017.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40761069 |title=Luton Town 8–2 Yeovil Town |website=BBC Sport |date=5 August 2017 |access-date=5 August 2017}} He scored his first goal for Yeovil in an EFL Trophy tie against Exeter City on 29 August 2017.{{cite web |url=http://www.somersetlive.co.uk/sport/football/match-reports/yeovil-town-beat-exeter-city-397670 |title=Yeovil Town beat Exeter City 3–1 in Checkatrade Trophy but injury to Southampton youngster clouds win |website=Somerset Live |date=29 August 2017 |access-date=30 August 2017}} Surridge finished the season with Yeovil having scored 10 goals in 53 total appearances across all competitions for the club.
On 30 July 2018, Surridge joined League Two club Oldham Athletic on a season-long loan deal.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45012959 |title=Chris O'Grady and Sam Surridge: Oldham Athletic sign strikers |date=30 July 2018 |access-date=31 July 2018}} Five goals from four matches in September earned him the League Two Player of the Month award,{{cite news |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12040/11516453/leeds-pair-marcelo-bielsa-and-kemar-roofe-win-sky-bet-championship-august-awards |title=West Brom pair Darren Moore and Dwight Gayle win Sky Bet Championship September awards |website=Sky Sports |date=5 October 2018 |access-date=21 January 2019}} and by 6 January, he had twelve goals from twenty appearances in all competitions. Surridge scored against Premier League opposition in the third round of the FA Cup, scoring a penalty as Oldham came from behind to beat Fulham 2–1.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46713170 |title=Fulham 1–2 Oldham Athletic |website=BBC Sport |date=6 January 2019 |access-date=5 August 2020}} He was then recalled by his parent club in early January.{{cite news |url=https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/17340514.sam-surridge-is-on-a-lot-of-peoples-lists-after-being-recalled-from-oldham-loan/ |title=Sam Surridge is 'on a lot of people's lists' after being recalled from Oldham loan |first=Jason |last=Lewis |newspaper=Bournemouth Echo |date=7 January 2019 |access-date=21 January 2019}}
Surridge made his Premier League debut for the Cherries in a 5–1 loss to Arsenal on 28 February 2019, replacing Ryan Fraser on the 80-minute mark.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47301079 |title=Arsenal 5–1 AFC Bournemouth |website=BBC Sport |date=28 February 2019 |access-date=5 August 2020}} Surridge was awarded the club award for Under-21 Player of the Year on 14 May 2019, after a fruitful loan spell at Oldham Athletic and making his Premier League debut for the club against Arsenal.{{cite web |url=https://www.afcb.co.uk/news/club-news/fraser-scoops-double-at-player-awards-evening/ |title=Fraser scoops double at Player Awards Evening |publisher=AFC Bournemouth |date=14 May 2019 |access-date=5 August 2020}}
==Loan to Swansea City and first-team Breakthrough==
On 6 August 2019, Championship club Swansea City signed Surridge on a season-long loan deal.{{Cite web |url=https://www.swanseacity.com/news/swansea-city-complete-sam-surridge-loan-deal |title=Swansea City complete Sam Surridge loan deal | Swansea |publisher=Swansea City A.F.C.}} He scored his first Swansea goal in a 3–1 away win at Queens Park Rangers on 21 August 2019{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49340154 |title=QPR 1–3 Swansea |date=21 August 2019 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=22 August 2019}} before being recalled on 1 January 2020 by AFC Bournemouth.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/50965038 |title=Rhian Brewster: Swansea City sign Liverpool striker on loan |date=7 January 2020 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=20 January 2020}} Surridge finished the season with Swansea having scored 7 goals in 23 total appearances across all competitions for the club.
Surridge signed a new contract with the Cherries in early January 2020, a four-and-a-half-year deal that would keep him with the club until the summer of 2024.{{cite web |url=https://www.afcb.co.uk/news/first-team/surridge-pens-new-contract |title=Surridge pens New Contract |publisher=AFC Bournemouth |date=3 January 2020 |access-date=5 August 2020}} He scored his first professional goal for the Cherries in the FA Cup fourth round, with a late goal against Arsenal in a 2–1 defeat on 27 January 2020.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/51208535 |title=AFC Bournemouth 1–2 Arsenal |website=BBC Sport |date=27 January 2020 |access-date=5 August 2020}} Surridge was thought to have scored his first Premier League goal for the club, equalising 1–1 in the penultimate game of the 2019–20 season against south coast rivals Southampton. However, it was ruled out by VAR due to teammate Callum Wilson adjudged as being in an offside position. The game finished 2–0 to Southampton.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/53378661 |title=AFC Bournemouth 0–2 Southampton |website=BBC Sport |date=19 July 2020 |access-date=5 August 2020}} Surridge was described by Cherries coach Mark Molesley as being the perfect example to loan players at non-league clubs in how to make the grade, citing his successes in loan spells at non-league level and football league clubs like Yeovil, Oldham and Swansea as being evidence of Surridge "climbing the ladder and earning his stripes".{{cite web |url=https://www.afcb.co.uk/news/first-team/surridge-the-perfect-example/ |title=Surridge the Perfect Example |website=BBC Sport |date=24 July 2020 |access-date=5 August 2020}}
=Stoke City=
On 4 August 2021, Surridge joined Stoke City on a four-year contract for an undisclosed fee.{{cite web |title=Surridge swoop makes it four |url=https://www.stokecityfc.com/news/2021/august/Surridge-swoop-makes-it-four/ |website=Stoke City |access-date=4 August 2021}} Surridge scored the winning goal on his debut three days later in a home match against Reading.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/58035737|title=Stoke City substitute Sam Surridge slammed in an 85th-minute winner as the Potters finally saw off Reading in their first home game watched by a crowd in 17 months.|website=BBC|date=7 August 2021}} He scored in the first two rounds of the EFL Cup against Fleetwood Town and Doncaster Rovers and in the league against Barnsley.{{cite web |title=Stoke City 2–1 Fleetwood Town |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58066027 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=1 February 2022}}{{cite web |title=Stoke City 2–0 Doncaster Rovers |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58239541 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=1 February 2022}}{{cite web |title=Stoke City 1–1 Barnsley |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58483583 |website=BBC Sport |access-date=1 February 2022}} He then failed to find the net in his next 15 appearances and was sent-off against Peterborough United following an altercation with Josh Knight.{{cite web |title=Peterborough defender Knight deserved red for part in Surridge's Zidane impression |url=https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/stoke-city-peterborough-sam-surridge-6240655 |website=Stoke Sentinel |access-date=1 February 2022}} He was allowed to leave Stoke in the January transfer window just six months after joining by manager Michael O'Neill who stated that Surridge had struggled to settle into the team. "He got off to a decent start, scored on his debut and the early games were very promising but his form suffered a little bit after that and I think generally he struggled to settle at the club. Sometimes that happens".{{cite web |title='The type we needed' – Stoke City boss reveals Maja and Surridge transfer thinking |url=https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/stoke-transfer-maja-surridge-forest-6586652 |website=Stoke Sentinel |access-date=1 February 2022}}
=Nottingham Forest=
On 31 January 2022, Surridge joined Nottingham Forest for an undisclosed fee.{{cite web |title=Forest move for Sam |url=https://www.stokecityfc.com/news/2022/january/31/forest-move-for-sam/ |website=Stoke City |access-date=31 January 2022}} The transfer fee was reported to be £2.2 million.{{Cite web|url=https://theathletic.com/3103979/2022/02/01/cooper-sticks-with-who-he-knows-to-improve-a-forest-squad-he-wants-to-grow-together/|title=Cooper sticks with who he knows to improve a Forest squad he wants to 'grow together'|first=Paul|last=Taylor|website=The Athletic}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/stoke-transfer-sam-surridge-forest-6583744|title=Sam Surridge wants to 'be somewhere I'm loved' as he quits Stoke|first=Peter|last=Smith|date=1 February 2022|website=StokeonTrentLive}} He made his debut for the club on 6 February, coming off the bench on the 71st minute of a 4–1 home win over Premier League side Leicester City in the 4th round of the FA Cup.{{Cite news |last=Lansley |first=Peter |date=2022-02-06 |title=Nottingham Forest stun Leicester as FA investigates fan's attack on players |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/feb/06/nottingham-forest-leicester-fa-cup-fourth-round-match-report |access-date=2023-07-26 |issn=0261-3077}} On 7 March, on the next round of the tournament, Surridge scored his first goal for Forest, in a 2–1 home win over Huddersfield Town.{{Cite news |title=Forest beat Huddersfield in FA Cup |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/60652355 |access-date=2023-07-26}} In the second half of the 2021–22 season, Surridge scored 7 goals in 20 appearances for Forest in the Championship, helping the club achieve promotion to the Premier League via the play-offs.{{Cite web |title=Huddersfield Town 0-1 Nottingham Forest (29 May, 2022) Game Analysis |url=https://www.espn.co.uk/football/report/_/gameId/635208 |access-date=2023-07-26 |website=ESPN |language=en}}
The following season, with Nottingham Forest in the Premier League, Surridge made 20 league appearances, with only 1 of those as a starter. He scored just 1 league goal, on 21 January 2023, in a 1–1 draw away at Bournemouth.{{Cite web |title=Bournemouth 1-1 Nottingham Forest: Substitute Sam Surridge scores against former club to earn visitors point |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/20876/12790177/bournemouth-1-1-nottingham-forest-substitute-sam-surridge-haunts-former-club-as-visitors-earn-late-point |access-date=2023-07-26 |website=Sky Sports |language=en}}
= Nashville SC =
On 25 July 2023, Major League Soccer side Nashville SC announced the signing of Surridge as a Designated Player, for a reported fee of $6.5 million (around £5 million). The striker signed a contract until 2026, with an option to extend it for the 2027 season.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Nashville Soccer Club Signs English Premier League Striker Sam Surridge as Designated Player |url=https://www.nashvillesc.com/news/nashville-soccer-club-signs-english-premier-league-striker-sam-surridge-as-dp |access-date=2023-07-26 |website=Nashville SC |language=en}}{{Cite web |last= |title=Nashville SC acquire DP striker Sam Surridge from Nottingham Forest |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/nashville-sc-acquire-dp-striker-sam-surridge-from-nottingham-forest |access-date=2023-07-26 |website=mlssoccer |language=en}} On 4 May 2024, Surridge knocked in a hat-trick in a 4–1 win over CF Montréal, the second individual player to do so in the club's history after Hany Mukhtar.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-05 |title=Renasant Recap: Nashville SC Defeats CF Montréal 4-1 at GEODIS Park |url=https://www.nashvillesc.com/news/recap-nashville-sc-defeats-cf-montreal-4-1-at-geodis-park |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=Nashville SC}} On 26 April 2025, Surridge netted four times during a 7–2 win over Chicago Fire.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nashvillesc.com/news/recap-nashville-soccer-club-earns-historic-7-2-win-over-chicago|title=Renasant Recap: Nashville Soccer Club Earns Historic 7-2 Win over Chicago Fire FC|first=Nashville|last=SC|website=Nashville SC}}
International career
On 8 October 2019, Surridge received his first call up to the England U21 squad,{{cite web |url=http://www.thefa.com/news/2019/oct/07/england-u21s-squad-update-sam-surridge-ben-wilmot-071019 |title=SAM SURRIDGE, BEN WILMOT AND CONOR GALLAGHER CALLED INTO ENGLAND U21S SQUAD |publisher=The Football Association |date=8 October 2019 |access-date=8 October 2019}} and made a goalscoring debut during a 2–2 draw against Slovenia in Maribor on 11 October 2019.{{cite web |url=http://www.thefa.com/news/2019/oct/11/england-mu21s-slovenia-report-111019 |title=GOALS FROM EDDIE NKETIAH AND SAM SURRIDGE CANCELLED OUT AS YOUNG LIONS TIE IN MARIBOR |date=11 October 2019 |access-date=12 October 2019 |publisher=The Football Association}}
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 26 April 2025}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National Cup{{efn|Includes FA Cup}} !colspan="2"|League Cup{{efn|Includes EFL Cup, MLS Cup Playoffs}} !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan=7|AFC Bournemouth
|2015–16{{soccerbase season|88131|2015|accessdate=28 February 2019}} |rowspan=5|Premier League |0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17{{soccerbase season|88131|2016|accessdate=28 February 2019}}
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18{{soccerbase season|88131|2017|accessdate=28 February 2019}}
|0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19{{soccerbase season|88131|2018|accessdate=28 February 2019}}
|2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20{{soccerbase season|88131|2019|accessdate=17 August 2019}}
|4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | colspan=2|— | 5 | 1 | ||
| 2020–21{{soccerbase season|88131|2020|accessdate=15 September 2020}}
|29 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 6 | |
| colspan=2|Total
!35||4||5||2||2||1||0||0||42||7 | ||||||||||
| Weymouth (loan)
|2015–16{{cite web |url=http://www.aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk/players/sam-surridge |title=Sam Surridge Profile |publisher=Aylesbury United F.C. |access-date=4 August 2017}} |7 | 1 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 7 | 1 | ||||
| Poole Town (loan)
|2016–17{{Soccerway|sam-surridge/421951|accessdate=27 April 2025}} |12 | 7 | colspan=2|— | colspan=2|— | 3{{efn|Two appearances in FA Trophy, one appearance and one goal in Dorset Senior Cup}} | 1 | 15 | 8 | |||
| Yeovil Town (loan)
|41 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7{{efn|name=EFLT|Appearances in EFL Trophy}} | 2 | 53 | 10 | |
| Oldham Athletic (loan)
|League Two |15 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3{{efn|name=EFLT}} | 3 | 20 | 12 | |
| Swansea City (loan)
|Championship |20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | colspan=2|— | 23 | 7 | ||
| Stoke City
|2021–22{{soccerbase season|88131|2021}} |Championship |20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | colspan=2|— | 24 | 4 | ||
| rowspan=3|Nottingham Forest
|Championship |17 | 7 | 3 | 1 | colspan=2|— | 3{{efn|Appearances in Championship play-offs}} | 0 | 23 | 8 | ||
| 2022–23{{soccerbase season|88131|2022|access-date=6 August 2022}}
|Premier League |20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | colspan=2|— | 27 | 3 | ||
| colspan=2|Total
!37||8||4||1||6||2||3||0||50||11 | ||||||||||
| rowspan=4|Nashville SC
|2023 |rowspan=3|Major League Soccer |9 | 2 | colspan=2|— | 2 | 0 | 4{{efn|name=LC|Appearances in Leagues Cup}} | 3 | 15 | 5 | ||
| 2024
|28 | 12 | colspan=2|— | 0 | 0 | 2{{efn|name=CCC|Appearances in CONCACAF Champions Cup}} | 2 | 30 | 14 | ||
| 2025
|10 | 6 | colspan=2|– | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | ||
| colspan=2|Total
!47||20||0||0||2||0||6||5||55||25 | ||||||||||
| colspan=3|Career total
!234 | 62 | 15 | 4 | 18 | 8 | 22 | 11 | 289 | 85 |
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Honours
Nottingham Forest
- EFL Championship play-offs: 2022{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/61539298|title=Forest return to Premier League after 23-year wait|access-date=30 May 2022|date=29 May 2022|via=www.bbc.co.uk}}
Nashville SC
- Leagues Cup runner-up: 2023
Individual
References
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External links
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- [https://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/players/samsurridge/ Profile] at the Nottingham Forest F.C. website
- {{Soccerbase}}
{{Nashville SC squad}}
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