Bright Osayi-Samuel

BirthDecember 311997

Bright Osayi-Samuel

Bright Osayi-Samuel, Nigerian footballer

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When
Wednesday, December 31 199729 years ago
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Era
20th century · 1990s
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Person
Bright Osayi-Samuel

At a glance

Born 1997-12-31.

Known as: association football player. Citizenship: Nigeria and United Kingdom.

Listed as: human.

Who they were

Bright Osayi-Samuel is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a right-back or winger for EFL Championship club Birmingham City and the Nigeria national team.

Early life

Early life Osayi-Samuel was born in Okija , Nigeria, then moved with his family to Spain before emigrating to England when he was ten years old, settling in Woolwich , London. [ 1 ] ^ Emmanuel, Ifeanyi (13 April 2016). "Blackpool Tricky Winger Bright Osayi-Samuel Picks Nigeria Ahead Of England" . all NIGERIA soccer . Retrieved 13 April 2016 .

Path and career

Career statistics Club As of match played 6 April 2026 Appearances and goals by club, season and competition Club Season League National cup [ a ] League cup [ b ] Continental Other Total Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Blackpool 2014–15 [ 1 ] Championship 6 0 0 0 0 0 — — 6 0 2015–16 [ 2 ] League One 23 0 0 0 1 0 — 2 [ c ] 0 26 0 2016–17 [ 3 ] League Two 31 4 4 1 1 0 — 6 [ d ] 0 42 5 2017–18 [ 4 ]

Honours Blackpool EFL League Two play-offs : 2017 [ 1 ] Fenerbahçe Turkish Cup : 2022–23 [ 2 ] Nigeria Africa Cup of Nations third place: 2025 [ 3 ] Individual Queens Park Rangers Young Player of the Year: 2019–20 [ 4 ] ^ Law, James (28 May 2017). "Blackpool 2–1 Exeter City" . BBC Sport . Retrieved 23 December 2018 . ^ "Cumhuriyetimizin 100. Yılında Türkiye Kupası Fenerbahçemiz'in" . fenerbahce.org . 11 June 2023 . Retrieved 11 June 2023 . ^ Stevens, Rob (17 January 2026).

Why this date

Bright Osayi-Samuel appears on our December 31 calendar for 1997 as a birth entry.

December 31 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

  1. 1997Bright Osayi-Samuel
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  3. 2006War in Somalia (2006–2009)
  4. 2009Blue moon
  5. 20102010 New Year's Eve tornado outbreak
  6. 2011NASA
  7. 20142014 Shanghai stampede
  8. 2015Downtown Dubai
  9. 20182018 Magnitogorsk building collapse
  10. 2019World Health Organization
  11. 2020COVID-19 vaccine

Also in 1997

  • May 11Deep Blue (chess computer)Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov in six games to become the first chess computer to win a match against a world champion.
  • September 11NASANASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.
  • September 11Kurkse tragedyKurkse tragedy: Fourteen Estonian soldiers of the Baltic Battalion are drowned or die of hypothermia during a training exercise in the Ku…
  • September 111997 Scottish devolution referendumAfter a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament within the United Kingdom.
  • September 13German Air ForceA German Air Force Tupolev Tu-154 and a United States Air Force Lockheed C-141 Starlifter collide in mid-air near Namibia, killing 33.
  • September 14Howrah–Ahmedabad Superfast ExpressEighty-one killed as five bogies of the Ahmedabad–Howrah Express plunge into a river in Bilaspur district of Madhya Pradesh, India.
  • September 18Ted TurnerUnited States media magnate Ted Turner donates US$1 billion to the United Nations.
  • September 18Ottawa TreatyThe Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention is adopted.

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