Sam Lammers (born 30 April 1997) is a Dutch professional

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who plays as a

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for club

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, on loan from

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Club career

Before Lammers signed for PSV in 2010, he played for Willem II and VOAB, a local football club from

Goirle Goirle () is a municipality and town in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. Part of the suburban area of the city of Tilburg, it shares with it its phone area code and public transport system. The municipality also includes ...

. His debut in paid football was on 10 August 2015, when he faced

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with

Jong PSV Jong PSV is a Dutch football team based in Eindhoven. It is the reserve team of PSV Eindhoven and plays in the Eerste Divisie since the 2013–14 season. History Until 2013, Jong PSV played in the Beloften Eredivisie, a league exclusively for ...

. On 8 August 2016, he scored a hat-trick in Jong PSV's 5–4 win against Den Bosch. Lammers made his debut for PSV Eindhoven on 21 September in a

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match against Roda. In September 2020, Lammers joined

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club

. The transfer fee paid to PSV was reported as €9 million plus €2 million in possible bonuses. On 4 October, he scored his first goal in a 5–2 win against

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. In September 2021, Lammers joined

Eintracht Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt e.V. () is a professional sports club based in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany. It is best known for its football club, which was founded on 8 March 1899. The team is currently playing in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the Germa ...

on loan for a season, without option to buy, to replace André Silva who left Eintracht for RB Leipzig. On 7 August 2022, Lammers joined Serie A club

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on a season-long loan. In January 2023, this loan was terminated and Lammers joined

on loan until the end of the season.

Career statistics

Club

Honours

PSV *

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: 2017–18 Eintracht Frankfurt *

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: 2021–22 Individual *

Talent of the Month: January 2019

References

External links

*
Sam Lammers page at official PSV site
Living people 1997 births Footballers from Tilburg Association football forwards Dutch footballers PSV Eindhoven players Jong PSV players SC Heerenveen players Atalanta B.C. players Eintracht Frankfurt players Empoli F.C. players U.C. Sampdoria players Eredivisie players Eerste Divisie players Serie A players UEFA Europa League winning players Dutch expatriate footballers Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate footballers in Italy Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Germany {{Netherlands-footy-forward-stub