Samuel Pam Junior (born 1 June 1968), known as Sam Pam or Sam Pam Junior, is a former Nigerian defender and midfielder.

Career

Sam Pam started his youth career at

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, later moving to

Leventis United Leventis United was a football team based in Ibadan, Nigeria. It was founded in 1982 as an amalgam of clubs from Oyo State, backed by the Royal Nigeria Carpet compana subsidiary of Greek corporation Leventis. Leventis won the third division in 19 ...

where he promptly became a starter and reached the

1985 African Cup Winners' Cup The 1984 season of the African Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Al Ahly in two-legged final victory against Leventis United. This was the eleventh season that the tournament took place for the winners of each African country's d ...

final at the age of 17. He later moved to

BCC Lions BCC Lions Football Club (Benue Cement Company Lions Football Club) is a Nigerian football team based in Gboko, Benue State, that competes in the Nigeria Amateur League, and plays its home games at the J. S. Tarka Stadium. History BCC Lions wa ...

and reached the

1991 African Cup Winners' Cup The 1991 season of the African Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Power Dynamos in two-legged final victory against BCC Lions. This was the seventeenth season that the tournament took place for the winners of each African country' ...

final, again finishing as a runner-up. During the

1995 African Cup of Champions Clubs The 1995 African Cup of Champions Clubs was the 31st edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region (Africa), the African Cup of Champions Clubs. It determined that year's club champion of association footbal ...

, Pam was spotted by the Orlando Pirates after his club was knocked out of the competition by the South African side. However, they refused to sell him and he joined Shooting Stars in 1996. At his new club, he was runner-up at the

1996 African Cup of Champions Clubs The 1996 African Cup of Champions Clubs was the 32nd edition of the annual international club football competition held in the CAF region (Africa), the African Cup of Champions Clubs. It determined that year's club champion of association footbal ...

, defeating Orlando Pirates at the quarterfinals. In February 1997, he joined the Buccaneers. During his spell at Orlando Pirates, Pam became the club captain, In June 1999, he left for Ajax Cape Town in a deal that sent goalkeeper Wayne Roberts to Orlando Pirates and was the club's first captain ever. One season later, after new coach

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told him that he was not on the future plans, he joined

Ria Stars Ria Stars were a South African football club from Pietersburg Polokwane (, meaning "Sanctuary" in Northern Sotho Pietersburg Pillars The Pietersburg Pillars was a South African football club. The club was renamed the City Pillars after the South African government changed the name of the town where the team was based from Pietersberg to Polokwane on 25 February 2005. In De ...

. After two seasons close to achieving promotion to the

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, he decided to retire.

International career

Pam played once for the senior team in a match against

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at the

1995 King Fahd Cup The 1995 King Fahd Cup ( ar, كأس الملك فهد) was the second and last tournament held under the King Fahd Cup name before the competition was retroactively sanctioned by FIFA and recognized as FIFA Confederations Cup. Disputed as the King ...

Retirement

Pam stayed in South Africa after retiring, looking for a coach career.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pam, Sam 1968 births Orlando Pirates F.C. players Living people Nigerian footballers Nigerian expatriate footballers Expatriate soccer players in South Africa Nigerian expatriate sportspeople in South Africa Shooting Stars S.C. players Cape Town Spurs F.C. players 1995 King Fahd Cup players BCC Lions F.C. players Association football defenders Association football midfielders Leventis United F.C. players Nigeria international footballers Sportspeople from Jos