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

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player who plays for

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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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.2008 Olympic football tournament – New Zealand squad list
/ref> Messam was signed by New South Wales Premier League Club APIA Leichhardt for the 2011 season .

References

http://www.nswpl.com.au/index.php?id=554&tx_ttnews

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* 1986 births Living people New Zealand association footballers Olympic association footballers of New Zealand Footballers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Men's association football forwards {{NewZealand-footy-forward-stub