Samuel Salter (born August 9, 2000) is a Canadian professional

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player who plays as a

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for Atlético Ottawa in the Canadian Premier League.

Early life

Salter played in the Montreal Impact Academy from 2013 until 2016. Afterwards, he played with CS Étoiles de l'Est. In high school, he attended the ecole secondaire Antoine de Saint-Exupery where he was coached by Sandro Grande. He played for the Quebec provincial team, helping them to win a national bronze in 2017. In 2018, he moved to France to join ASPTT Dijon in France's top U19 league. He also had a two-week trial with the U19 team of RC Lens.

College career

After graduating high school, he attended Dawson College in Quebec, in 2017, where he was the CCAA - ACSC Men's Soccer All-Canadian for the 2017, the RSEQ Rookie of the Year, Player of the Year and led the conference in scoring with nine goals in nine games. He was named the school's Athlete of the Year. In 2019, he decided to attend

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in the United States, playing for the men's soccer team. He scored two goals, including the game-winning goal, in his debut on August 30, 2019, in the season opener against the Ohio State Buckeyes. earning him Big West Conference Freshman of the Week honours. At the end of the season, he was named to the Big West All-Freshman Team.

Club career

In 2018, he played for

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in the Première ligue de soccer du Québec. In 2020, he returned to the PLSQ, playing with

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, helping them to the league title and finishing as the league's leading scorer, including two hat-tricks in back-to-back games. In February 2021, Salter signed a one-year contract with club options for 2022 and 2023 with Canadian Premier League side

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. He scored his first professional goal on July 17 against Cavalry FC. In January 2022, HFX announced they had exercised the forward's contract option, keeping him at the club for the upcoming season. He finished as the team's top scorer in 2022, with 11 league goals. On February 16, 2023, Salter joined fellow CPL side Atlético Ottawa for an undisclosed fee, signing a two-year deal, with a club option for 2025. This was the league's first ever intra-league transfer to command a fee. On May 13, 2023, he scored his first goal for the club in a victory over Vancouver FC.

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