| Sam McClelland | |
| Birth Date: | 4 January 2002 |
| Birth Place: | Derry, Northern Ireland |
| Height: | 1.91m |
| Position: | Defender |
| Currentclub: | St Johnstone |
| Clubnumber: | 5 |
| Youthyears1: | 2010–2015 |
| Youthclubs1: | Limavady Youth |
| Youthyears2: | 2015–2018 |
| Youthclubs2: | Coleraine |
| Youthyears3: | 2018–2022 |
| Youthclubs3: | Chelsea |
| Years1: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs1: | Chelsea |
| Caps1: | 0 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2022–2023 |
| Clubs2: | → Barrow (loan) |
| Caps2: | 27 |
| Goals2: | 1 |
| Years3: | 2023– |
| Clubs3: | St Johnstone |
| Caps3: | 7 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Years4: | 2024 |
| Clubs4: | → Dundee United (loan) |
| Caps4: | 6 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2017–2019 |
| Nationalteam1: | Northern Ireland U17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 11 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2019 |
| Nationalteam2: | Northern Ireland U19 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 5 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2021– |
| Nationalteam3: | Northern Ireland U21 |
| Nationalcaps3: | 10 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears4: | 2021– |
| Nationalteam4: | Northern Ireland |
| Nationalcaps4: | 1 |
| Nationalgoals4: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 8 May 2023 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 23 September 2022 |
Sam McClelland (born 4 January 2002) is a Northern Irish professional football player who plays for club St Johnstone and the Northern Ireland national team. He has had loan spells with Barrow and Dundee United.[1]
McClelland began his youth career playing for Limavady Youths before moving to the Coleraine Academy.[2] He made his Chelsea U18 debut against Arsenal in September 2018 and signed his first professional contract in July 2019.
On 23 June 2022, he signed on a year long loan for League Two side Barrow.[3] McClelland made his debut on 30 July, starting in a 3–2 away win against Stockport County.[4] [5] He scored his first career goal in a 2–1 win over Walsall on 16 August 2022.[6]
On 16 June 2023, Chelsea announced that McClelland would leave the club when his contract expired at the end of June.[7]
On 3 August 2023, McClelland signed for Scottish Premiership club St Johnstone.[8] He moved on loan to Dundee United in February 2024.[9]
McClelland made his international debut for Northern Ireland on 3 June 2021 against Ukraine in a friendly.[10]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Chelsea U21 | 2021–22 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| Chelsea | 2022–23 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Barrow (loan) | 2022–23 | League Two | 27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | 30 | 1 | ||
| St Johnstone | 2023–24 | Scottish Premiership | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 34 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 1 | |||