Elisha Bruce Sam (born 31 March 1997) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Patro Eisden.

Career

Elisha made his Israeli Premier League debut for

Hapoel Acre Hapoel Acre Football Club ( he, מועדון כדורגל הפועל עכו, ''Moadon Kaduregel Hapoel Akko'') is an Israeli football club based in Acre, Israel. The club currently plays in Liga Leumit. History Founded in 1946, the club dwelt i ...

on 20 August 2017 in a game against Bnei Sakhnin as a 71st-minute substitute for Fejsal Mulić. On 31 August 2018, he moved to the Netherlands, signing a one-year contract with

FC Eindhoven FC Eindhoven is a Dutch football club based in Eindhoven, North Brabant. They currently play in the Eerste Divisie (second tier of Dutch football), and are one of two professional clubs which are based in the city of Eindhoven, the other one bei ...

, with the club holding a one-year extension option. On 26 June 2019, he signed a contract with the newly promoted to the

Bulgarian First League The First Professional Football League ( bg, Първа професионална футболна лига, Parva Profesionalna Futbolna Liga), also known as the Bulgarian First League or Parva Liga, currently known as the efbet League for spon ...

team

Arda Kardzhali FC Arda 1924 Kardzhali ( bg, ПФК Арда Кърджали) is a Bulgarian association football club based in Kardzhali, which currently competes in the First League, the top tier of the Bulgarian football league system. It was founded on 13 ...

. On 27 July, he scored two goals in a 3–1 home victory over Beroe, contributing to the historic first win for the team from Kardzhali in the top division of Bulgarian football. On 31 August 2020, he signed for English National League side Notts County. Sam scored his first goal for the club in a 1–1 draw at Halifax Town on 17 November 2020, before scoring again against Wealdstone in a 3–0 win 10 days later. On 27 February 2021, Sam scored a stunning back-heel volley in the club's

FA Trophy The Football Association Challenge Trophy, commonly known as the FA Trophy, is a men's football knockout cup competition run by and named after the English Football Association and competed for primarily by semi-professional teams. The compet ...

quarter-final win over Oxford City, with many pundits already calling it the Puskás Award winner for the year. Sam was awarded the National League Player of the Month award for February 2022, scoring four goals across the month. On 1 June 2022, Sam had his contract terminated by mutual consent. On 23 June, Elisha signed a contract with the Belgian team Patro Eisden Maasmechelen, which plays in the Belgian National Division 1.

Personal life

His two-year younger brother

Ephraim Sam Ephraim (; he, ''ʾEp̄rayīm'', in pausa: ''ʾEp̄rāyīm'') was, according to the Book of Genesis, the second son of Joseph ben Jacob and Asenath. Asenath was an Ancient Egyptian woman whom Pharaoh gave to Joseph as wife, and the daug ...

played in the youth of K.A.A. Gent, Merksemse Vlug Vooruit and Lierse S.K., as well as senior by

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and

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. Their father hails from Ghana, while their mother is from Belgium.

Career statistics

References

1997 births Living people Belgian people of Israeli descent Footballers from Antwerp Belgian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Hapoel Acre F.C. players Hapoel Nof HaGalil F.C. players FC Eindhoven players FC Arda Kardzhali players Notts County F.C. players K. Patro Eisden Maasmechelen players Israeli Premier League players Liga Leumit players Belgian people of Ghanaian descent Eerste Divisie players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players National League (English football) players Belgian National Division 1 players Belgian expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate men's footballers in England Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Belgian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Belgian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Belgian expatriate sportspeople in England {{Belgium-footy-forward-stub