Career
Sam is known for his explosive speed and dribbling style. Early career
The forward who can also play as a winger started playing football at TuS Mettenhof. After that, Sam played at Kilia Kiel.
At the beginning of the 2004-2005 season, Sam moved on to the Hamburger SV youth system, and in 2006, Sam was promoted to the second team
In the 2007-2008 season, Sam became part of the professional pool of Hamburg. On 20 December 2007, Sam made his debut in the Bundesliga against VfB Stuttgart when he came on as a substitute for David Jarolím.
Sam joined 1. Football Club Kaiserslautern on loan for the 2008-2009 season and was loaned for another season on 1 July 2009.
Bayer Leverkusen
Sam then moved to Bayer Leverkusen in 2010 as he signed a five-year contract. Sam started off the season well and on 8 November 2010, he played against his former club 1.
Football Club Kaiserslautern. Down 1–0, he started the comeback when he smashed a driven shot into the Netto.
Patrick Helmes then completed the comeback as he made it 2–1. On 17 February 2011, Sam scored a double in Bayer"s Union of European Football Associations Europa League match against Metalist Kharkiv, with both last-minute goals coming in added time.
Schalke 04
On 8 January 2014, Sam signed a 4-year contract with Schalke 04 running until 30 June 2018. Sam joined S04 for a transfer fee of €2,500,000 in June 2014, upon completion of the 2013-2014 Bundesliga season.
On 11 May 2015, he was suspended indefinitely from the club in the aftermath of a loss to 1.
Football Club Kölane Sam was a German youth national player, starring in Germany"s under-19 and under-20 teams. On 29 May 2013, Sam made his senior international debut for Germany in a friendly game against Ecuador in Boca Raton, Florida.
Sam has been likened by observers in German football to the Dutch winger Arjen Robben of Bayern Munich, due to Sam"s explosive speed and dribbling style and possibly due to Sam"s frequent deployment on the right-wing and as an outside forward, cutting inside on his favoured left-foot to unleash his fierce shots, which leads to Sam scoring spectacular long-range goals.
Sam is likened to a young Ryan Giggs, due to Sam"s ability to dribble with the ball at top speed. Sam"s comparison to Ryan Giggs and Arjen Robben is seen in the influence of the way Sidney Sam shoots and gets into goal-scoring situations coming in from both flanks on the football pitch. Sam utilizes his explosive speed by running-in-behind defenders on the football pitch and Sam is often as well deployed as an outside forward and striker.