| Samuel Eduok | |
| Fullname: | Samuel Emem Eduok |
| Birth Date: | 31 January 1994 |
| Birth Place: | Itu, Nigeria |
| Height: | 1.76 m |
| Position: | Winger, striker |
| Years1: | 2011–2014 |
| Clubs1: | Dolphins |
| Years2: | 2013 |
| Clubs2: | → Akwa United (loan) |
| Years3: | 2015–2017 |
| Clubs3: | Espérance |
| Caps3: | 24 |
| Goals3: | 7 |
| Years4: | 2016–2017 |
| Clubs4: | → Kasımpaşa (loan) |
| Caps4: | 29 |
| Goals4: | 4 |
| Years5: | 2017–2019 |
| Clubs5: | Kasımpaşa |
| Caps5: | 78 |
| Goals5: | 19 |
| Years6: | 2019 |
| Caps6: | 15 |
| Goals6: | 4 |
| Years7: | 2019–2023 |
| Caps7: | 34 |
| Goals7: | 12 |
| Years8: | 2020 |
| Clubs8: | → Konyaspor (loan) |
| Caps8: | 4 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Nationalteam1: | Nigeria U20 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2015– |
| Nationalteam2: | Nigeria |
| Nationalcaps2: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 12 November 2022 |
| Ntupdate: | 10:54, 29 January 2019 (UTC) |
Samuel Emem Eduok (born 31 January 1994) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a winger and striker.[1] [2]
Born in Itu, Eduok played for Dolphins and Akwa United, and was the second-top scorer in the 2014 Nigeria Premier League with 20 goals. In December 2014 he signed a contract with Norwegian club Sarpsborg 08; after changing his mind he signed a second contract with Tunisian club Espérance in January 2015, resulting in a transfer row.[3] He completed the transfer to Espérance later that month.[4]
He moved initially on loan to Turkish club Kasımpaşa in August 2016.[5] The loan deal became permanent at the end of the 2016–17 season.
In January 2019 he signed for BB Erzurumspor.[6] He left the club at the end of the season.
On 19 July 2019 Eduok signed for Croatian First Football League club HNK Hajduk Split. He signed a 3-year contract and was given the number 11 shirt.[7] Eduok scored on debut for Hajduk, coming off the bench and netting the 3rd goal in a 3–0 win over NK Varaždin at Stadion Varteks.[8]
In August 2020 he signed for Turkish club Konyaspor on loan.[9]
Eduok has played for the Nigeria under-20s,[3] and played at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
On Friday, 7 November 2014, he scored the first professional goal at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium, Uyo, via a 35th-minute header off Solomon Kwambe's assist, as the home-based Super Eagles beat Ghana U23 team 1–0, in an unofficial international friendly held to commission the sports complex.[10] [11] [12]
He had to pull out of the senior national team in January 2015 due to his ongoing club transfer row.[3]
He made his senior debut as a 69th-minute substitute in the 2017 Cup of Nations qualifier at Tanzania.