Samuel Salter

Samuel Salter (born August 9, 2000) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a forward for HFX Wanderers.

This article is about the Canadian soccer player. For the R&B singer, see Sam Salter.

Samuel Salter
Salter with HFX Wanderers in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth (2000-08-09) August 9, 2000
Place of birth Laval, Quebec, Canada
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 HFX Wanderers
Number 9
Youth career
2013–2016 Montreal Impact
2016–2017 Étoiles de l'Est
2018–2019 ASPTT Dijon
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Dawson Blues 9 (9)
2019 Cal State Northridge Matadors 16 (3)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018 St-Hubert 12 (4)
2020 Blainville 8 (8)
2021– HFX Wanderers 22 (3)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of April 9, 2022

Career

Early career

Salter played in the Montreal Impact Academy from 2013 until 2016.[1] In high school, he attended the ecole secondaire Antoine de Saint-Exupery where he was coached by Sandro Grande.[1] 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.[1][2] He played for the Quebec provincial team, helping them to win a national bronze in 2017.[3]

In 2018, he played for CS St-Hubert in the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec.[4] After the season, he moved to France to join ASPTT Dijon in France's top U19 league.[1][4] He also had a two-week trial with the U19 team of RC Lens.[1]

In 2019, he decided to attend California State University, Northridge in the United States, playing for the Matadors soccer team, where he was named to the Big West All-Freshman Team.[5]

In 2020, he returned to the PLSQ, playing with AS Blainville, helping them to the league title and finishing as the league's leading scorer, including two hat-tricks in back-to-back games.[6]

HFX Wanderers

On February 10, 2021, Salter signed a one-year contract with club options for 2022 and 2023 with Canadian Premier League side HFX Wanderers.[7][8] He scored his first professional goal on July 17 against Cavalry FC.[9] In January 2022, HFX announced they had exercised Salter's contract option, keeping him at the club for the upcoming season.[10]

Career statistics
As of match played on November 7, 2021[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Playoffs Domestic Cup League Cup Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
CS St-Hubert 2018[12] PLSQ 124——00124
AS Blainville 2020[12] PLSQ 88———88
HFX Wanderers 2021 CPL 213—00—1
Career total 41150000004115

References
  1. "Samuel Salter". College Prospects of America.
  2. "Samuel Salter". Dawson College.
  3. Jacques, John (February 10, 2021). "Wanderers Bring In Rookie Forward Samuel Salter". Northern Tribune.
  4. "Samuel Salter a rejoint sa nouvelle équipe en France !" [Samuel Salter has joined his new team in France!]. Just eSoccer (in French). July 23, 2018.
  5. "Samuel Salter". Cal State Northridge Matadors.
  6. Chenoix, Eric (September 9, 2020). "Blainville au top, Ottawa dans la foulée" [Blainville on top, Ottawa on the heels]. Viau Park (in French).
  7. O'Connor-Clarke, Charlie (February 10, 2021). "HFX Wanderers FC add Canadian forward Samuel Salter for 2021 season". Canadian Premier League.
  8. Lawrence, Dylan (February 20, 2021). "HFX Wanderers newcomer Samuel Salter looks to make a splash in CPL". Canadian Premier League.
  9. O'Connor-Clarke, Charlie (July 17, 2021). "Match Analysis: Cavalry FC 2-1 HFX Wanderers FC". Canadian Premier League.
  10. "Halifax Wanderers 2022 Roster Update". HFX Wanderers. January 5, 2022.
  11. Samuel Salter at Soccerway
  12. "PLSQ Stats Archive" (in French). TSI Sports.
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