| Imari Samuels | |
| Full Name: | Imari Narain Che Hines-Samuels[1] |
| Birth Place: | Hammersmith, England |
| Birth Date: | 5 February 2003 |
| Position: | Defender |
| Currentclub: | Brighton & Hove Albion |
| Clubnumber: | 47 |
| Youthyears1: | –2022 |
| Youthclubs1: | Reading |
| Youthyears2: | 2022–2024 |
| Youthclubs2: | Brighton & Hove Albion |
| Years1: | 2023– |
| Clubs1: | Brighton & Hove Albion |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2024 |
| Clubs2: | → Fleetwood Town (loan) |
| Caps2: | 4 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2019 |
| Nationalteam1: | England U16 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2019–2020 |
| Nationalteam2: | England U17 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 3 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2023 |
| Nationalteam3: | England U20 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 04:15, 11 May 2024 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 21:36, 12 June 2023 (UTC) |
Imari Narain Che Hines-Samuels (born 5 February 2003) is an English footballer who plays for the academy of Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion as a left-back.[2]
A youth product of Reading, he signed scholarship terms with the club as a sixteen-year-old in 2019.[3] He began training with the first team for the first time in August 2020.[4] This came after he signed a one-and-a-half-year contract with Reading in January 2020, keeping him with the club until the summer of 2022.[5] Samuels picked up an injury that required surgery in 2021.[6]
In August 2022, Samuels turned down Reading's offer of a new contract in order to join the academy of Premier League team Brighton & Hove Albion on a two-year deal, with Reading receiving compensation from Brighton for his services.[7] [8]
On 18 May 2023 Samuels was included in a Premier League match day line-up for the first time, being named as substitute for Brighton away at Newcastle United.[9]
Samuels has been selected at youth level by England at U15, U16 and U17 level.[10] In May 2023 he was selected as part of the England squad for the 2023 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[11] [12] His two appearances during the tournament both came in the group stage as a substitute against Uruguay and starting in a goalless draw against Iraq.[2] [13]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | EFL Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Brighton & Hove Albion U23 | 2022–23 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 2023–24 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||
| 2024–25 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
| Total | — | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | |||||||
| Fleetwood Town (loan) | 2023–24 | League One | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||||
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 2024–25 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 0 | |||