Samuel

Kalu

AM Botev Plovdiv #90

Attacking Midfield · Forward · #90

Samuel Kalu

Botev Plovdiv First League

Date of birth / Age: 29 · 26 Aug 1997
Citizenship: Nigeria
Foot: Right
Height · Weight: 1.77 m · 78 kg
Main position: Attacking Midfield
Contract until: 2029

Top 10% of wingers in the world
#157 winger aged 26–29
Top 8% in the First League

Benchmarks

wingers with 900+ minutes, last two seasons

World rank: #477; winger in the world by TSH Score
In his age group: #157; among wingers aged 26–29
In his league: 93%; of First League wingers rank below him
Finishing: −1.0; goals below expected · better than 36% of players

Shooting

last 3 seasons · no penalties

Goals

5 Expected

97 shots. He scores fewer than the chances he gets would predict.

Creating

last 3 seasons

Assists

3 Expected

3.4

Teammates converted his chances about as expected.

Season 2025/26

Appearances: 18
Starting eleven: 12
Goals: 2
Assists: 1
Yellow cards: 1
Second yellows: 0
Red cards: 0
Minutes: 819

Starting eleven67%

12 of 18 appearances

Minutes played819

46 per appearance

Goal involvement3

2 goals · 1 assists

Positions played

224 matches · since 2015/16

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Position	Apps	G	A
Attacking Midfield	84	17	9
Left Winger	60	6	4
Right Winger	43	3	8
Right-Back	18	2	4
Other · CF, LB, CM	19	2	1

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Competitions

Club

Season	Competition	Club	Apps	Starts	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow	Red cards	Min
2026/27	First League	Botev Plovdiv	8	8	1	2	2	0	0	745
2025/26	First League	Botev Plovdiv	18	12	2	1	1	0	0	819
2023/24	Super League	Lausanne Sport	21	14	3	2	2	0	0	1,323
2022/23	Championship	Watford	9	2	0	0	1	0	0	225
2022/23	Professional Development League	Watford U21	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	46
2021/22	Ligue 1	Bordeaux	11	3	1	1	1	0	0	324
2021/22	Premier League	Watford	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	222
2021/22	Coupe de France	Bordeaux	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	16
2020/21	Ligue 1	Bordeaux	20	14	4	1	3	0	0	973
2019/20	Ligue 1	Bordeaux	20	15	1	0	4	0	0	1,360
2019/20	Coupe de la Ligue	Bordeaux	2	1	0	–	1	–	0	116
2022	CAF World Cup Qualifiers	Nigeria	2	0	0	–	0	–	0	30
2021	Africa Cup of Nations Qualification	Nigeria	2	1	1	–	0	–	0	90
2018/19	Ligue 1	Bordeaux	21	14	3	2	3	0	1	1,280
2018/19	UEFA Europa League	Bordeaux	7	6	0	–	1	–	0	539
2018/19	Coupe de la Ligue	Bordeaux	3	3	1	–	2	–	0	241
2018/19	Coupe de France	Bordeaux	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	66
2019	CAF Africa Cup of Nations	Nigeria	3	1	0	–	0	–	0	69
2017/18	Pro League	Gent	11	22	4	5	1	1	0	650
2017/18	UEFA Europa League	Gent	2	0	0	–	0	–	0	95
2017/18	Cup	Gent	1	0	0	–	0	–	0	85
2016/17	Niké Liga	Trenčín	19	18	1	1	3	0	0	1,693
2016/17	Pro League	Gent	16	11	3	7	4	0	0	1,014
2016/17	UEFA Champions League	Trenčín	4	4	1	–	1	–	0	360
2016/17	UEFA Europa League	Gent	3	2	1	–	0	–	0	196
2016/17	UEFA Europa League	Trenčín	1	1	0	–	0	–	0	90
2019	Africa Cup of Nations Qualification	Nigeria	4	4	1	–	0	–	0	346
2015/16	Niké Liga	Trenčín	13	10	3	2	1	0	0	906
2015/16	Cup	Trenčín	4	4	1	–	0	–	0	247

No rows match these filters.
Career total · all competitions			232	174	32	24^*	31	1^*	1	14,166

By competition	Apps	G	A
Ligue 1	72	9	4
Niké Liga	32	4	3
Pro League	27	7	12
First League	26	3	3
Super League	21	3	2
UEFA Europa League	13	1	–
Nigeria	11	2	–
Championship	9	0	0
Coupe de la Ligue	5	1	–
Cup	5	1	–

* Assists and second yellows are counted where the data has them, mostly league games from 2014/15; cups and internationals show “–”. Friendlies are excluded. Data as of 2 Nov 2026.

Clubs and transfers

Sept 2025 Sept 2025 · Free Transfer – Botev Plovdiv Free Transfer Free
Aug 2024 Aug 2024 · Free Agent Watford – Free Agent Free
Jun 2024 Jun 2024 · Back from Loan Lausanne Sport Watford Back from Loan
Sept 2023 Sept 2023 · Loan Watford Lausanne Sport Loan Loan
Jan 2022 Jan 2022 · Transfer Bordeaux Watford Transfer
Aug 2018 Aug 2018 · Transfer Gent Bordeaux Transfer €8M
Jan 2017 Jan 2017 · Transfer Trenčín Gent Transfer
Jan 2016 Jan 2016 · Free Transfer – Trenčín Free Transfer Free

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