Hector Sam
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Hector McLeod Sam | ||
| Date of birth | 25 February 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Mount Hope, Trinidad and Tobago | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995 | Superstar Rangers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–2000 | San Juan Jabloteh | ||
| 2000–2005 | Wrexham | 150 | (35) |
| 2005–2006 | Port Vale | 4 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Walsall | 42 | (7) |
| 2007–2008 | Notts County | 20 | (1) |
| 2009–2011 | San Juan Jabloteh | ? | (7) |
| 2011–2012 | St. Ann's Rangers | 8 | (3) |
| 2012–2014 | Central | 14 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | Police FC | 18 | (1) |
| 2015 | Saddle Hill Hotspur | ? | (18) |
| Total | 216 | (43) | |
| National team | |||
| 1999–2005 | Trinidad and Tobago | 20 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Hector McLeod Sam (born 25 February 1978) is a Trinidadian former international footballer striker.
He spent eight years as a professional player in the English Football League, most significantly playing a total of 176 games for Welsh club Wrexham between 2000 and 2005, helping them to league and cup success. After spending a season on the sidelines at Port Vale following a broken leg, he signed with Walsall in 2006. Following the club's relegation he switched to Notts County, before leaving the professional game in 2008. Either side of his adventures in the UK he played for hometown club San Juan Jabloteh.
In a six-year international career he scored two goals in twenty appearances, helping his country to qualify for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Growing up with Marvin Andrews in San Juan, Sam attended Queen's Royal College in Trinidad for a short stint, before beginning his career at Port of Spain based San Juan Jabloteh. He moved to the United Kingdom to play for Welsh club Wrexham in the summer of 2000. There he teamed up with fellow Trini internationals Carlos Edwards and later Dennis Lawrence.
He made his Football League debut on 12 August 2000, playing a Second Division game at the Racecourse Ground against Bristol City, which finished in a 2–0 win for the visitors. Seven days later he scored his first goal for the club in a visit to Gigg Lane; Sam scored the second goal of a 4–1 hammering of Bury. He then went on to strike five times in his next five games, putting one past Wigan Athletic, Rotherham United and Colchester United, as well as a brace past Oldham Athletic. However, he failed to score in the rest of his sixteen games that season. The young international made 33 appearances in 2001–02. He scored five league goals, one each away at Wigan, Peterborough United, Cardiff City, as well as a brace upon his return to Gigg Lane. His exploits were not enough to save the club from relegation to the Third Division.
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