![]() Shashoua with Tenerife in 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Samuel Shashoua | ||
Date of birth | 13 May 1999 | ||
Place of birth | Chelsea, England | ||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Attacking midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Albacete | ||
Number | 20 | ||
Youth career | |||
2015–2018 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2019 | Tottenham Hotspur | 0 | (0) |
2018–2019 | → Atlético Baleares (loan) | 38 | (6) |
2019–2023 | Tenerife | 78 | (10) |
2020 | → Atlético Baleares (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2023– | Albacete | 10 | (0) |
International career | |||
2015–2016 | England U17 | 13 | (4) |
2017 | England U18 | 3 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 December 2023 |
Samuel Shashoua (born 13 May 1999) is an English professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Spanish club Albacete Balompié.
Shashoua was born in Chelsea, London for a Jewish family.[1] There he attended Harrow School before signing with Tottenham Hotspur in 2015.[2] On 26 August 2018, he moved to Spanish Segunda División B side CD Atlético Baleares on a one-year loan deal.[3]
Shashoua made his senior debut on 9 September 2018, playing the last 18 minutes of a 2–1 away loss against SD Ejea. He scored his first goal late in the month by netting the opener in a 2–1 home defeat of UB Conquense, and finished the campaign with six goals in 33 appearances as his side missed out promotion in the play-offs.
On 23 August 2019, Shashoua was sold to CD Tenerife in Segunda División, and signed a three-year contract with the club.[4][5] The following 14 January, after failing to make an appearance due to an injury, Shashoua was again loaned to Atlético Baleares for the remainder of the season.[6] He only recovered in March, and played in three matches for ATB as the club missed out promotion in the play-offs for a second consecutive year.
Shashoua made his professional debut on 19 September 2020, replacing Bruno Wilson late into a 0–2 away loss against AD Alcorcón.[7] On 29 November, again from the bench, he scored his first goal in a 2–0 win at Albacete Balompié.[8]
Shashoua spent most of the 2022–23 season struggling with injuries,[9] and left the club in June 2023 after his contract expired.[10] On 24 July, he signed a two-year deal with Albacete also in the second division.[11]
Born in England, Shashoua is of Venezuelan and Spanish descent.[12][13] His mother is half-Spanish.[13] Shashoua said that he would apply for a Spanish passport at the end of the 2020–21 season.[13]
Shashoua's younger brother Armando is also a footballer and a midfielder; both played together for Atlético Baleares in 2020.[14]