Samuel Messam (born 2 March 1986) is a New Zealand

Association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

player who plays for St. George Saints Football Club and has represented

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at the

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. Messam was included in the New Zealand squad for the football tournament at the

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where he played in just one of New Zealand's group matches, a 0–1 loss

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. Messam was signed by New South Wales Premier League Club APIA Leichhardt for the 2011 season. He is an old boy of

Rotorua Boys' High School Rotorua Boys' High School (RBHS) is a state school educating boys from Year 9 to Year 13. It is situated just outside the Rotorua CBD at the intersection of Old Taupo Road and Pukuatua Street in Rotorua, New Zealand. The school is governed by ...

.''Ngā Raukura i te Ao - Hall of Fame''
''www.rbhs.school.nz'' - official site.

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* 1986 births Living people New Zealand men's association footballers Olympic association footballers for New Zealand Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Men's association football forwards People educated at Rotorua Boys' High School Hawke's Bay United FC players New Zealand Football Championship players 21st-century New Zealand sportsmen {{NewZealand-footy-forward-stub