Sam Rogers (soccer)

Samual Rogers (born May 17, 1999) is an American professional soccer player who plays for Norwegian club Rosenborg.

Sam Rogers
Personal information
Full name Samual Rogers
Date of birth (1999-05-17) May 17, 1999
Place of birth Seattle, Washington, United States
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current team
 Rosenborg
Number 15
Youth career
2013–2017 Seattle Sounders FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2020 Tacoma Defiance 64 (3)
2021 OKC Energy 12 (0)
2021 → HamKam (loan) 17 (1)
2022 HamKam 0 (0)
2022– Rosenborg 0 (0)
National team
2018 United States U20 3 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of January 14, 2022

Career

Rogers has been with the Seattle Sounders FC Academy since 2013. On February 23, 2017, it was announced that he signed a letter of intent to play college soccer at Villanova University.[1] On June 13, 2017, he instead chose to forgo college to sign his first professional contract with the Seattle Sounders FC 2.[2] Just six days later, on June 19, he graduated from Ballard High, a public high school located in north Seattle.

On March 26, 2017, he made his debut for USL club Seattle Sounders FC 2 in a 2–1 defeat to Sacramento Republic.[3] Rogers scored his first goal for Seattle Sounders FC 2 on April 25, 2017, in a 3–2 loss to San Antonio.[4]

On April 2021, Rogers signed with USL Championship side OKC Energy.

In August 2021, Rogers signed with Norwegian second tier team HamKam on loan until the end of the season.[5] After HamKam gained promotion, Rogers signed a contract for a permanent deal at the start of 2022. [6] A month later Rosenborg, led by his former HamKam manager Kjetil Rekdal, completed the transfer of Rogers to Rosenborg. [7]

Career statistics
Club Season League Playoffs Domestic Cup Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Tacoma Defiance
2017 1110000---1110
Career total 11100000001110

Updated as of June 2, 2017

Honors

United States U20

References
  1. "Men's Soccer Signs Six Players to National Letters of Intent". Villanova.com. Villanova Wildcats. February 23, 2017. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  2. "Sounders FC 2 signs defender Sam Rogers". SoundersFC.com. Sounders FC Communications. June 13, 2017. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  3. "Sounders FC 2 falls to San Antonio FC 3-2 at Starfire Stadium". SoundersFC.com. Sounders FC Communications. April 25, 2017. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
  4. "Sounders FC 2 falls 2-1 to Sacrmento Republic FC in season-opening match". SoundersFC.com. Sounders FC Communications. March 26, 2017. Archived from the original on March 28, 2017. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
  5. "American defender to HamKam". August 8, 2021.
  6. "Sam Rogers joins us in Eliteserien". January 1, 2022.
  7. "Sam Rogers to Rosenborg". February 10, 2022.
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