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Samuel Edward Troughton (born 27 March 1964 in Lisburn, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish former footballer who played as a forward and now a coach.

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Sammy Troughton

Personal information
Full name	Samuel Edward Troughton[1]
Date of birth	(1964-03-27) 27 March 1964 (age 58)
Place of birth	Lisburn, Northern Ireland
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1982–1983	Glentoran	23	(0)
1983–1984	Wolverhampton Wanderers	17	(2)
	Arcadia Shepherds
1986	Crusaders	2	(1)
	Jomo Cosmos
	Orlando Pirates
1988–1990	Mamelodi Sundowns
1992–1993	Glentoran	31	(2)
National team
	Northern Ireland Schools[2]	6
	Northern Ireland Youth[3]
Teams managed
1994	Orlando Pirates
2005–2008	University of Pretoria
2008–2009	Mpumalanga Black Aces
2010–2011	Nathi Lions
2014–2016	University of Pretoria
2016	Vasco da Gama
2017	Free State Stars
2018	Witbank Spurs
2018	TS Sporting
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Club

Troughton played for Glentoran[4] and Wolverhampton Wanderers[5] before coming to South Africa in 1985 to play for Jomo Cosmos, Mamelodi Sundowns and then Orlando Pirates. He was popularly known as "Special Branch" during his playing days in South Africa. In 1986, he briefly played for Crusaders, playing two league games in two days against Linfield and Glentoran (scoring in the latter) in December 1986.[6]

Management career

After retiring from football, Troughton coached mainly lower league sides like Arcadia Shepherds, Pretoria University and Durban Stars. He also had a short stint as Orlando Pirates coach in 1994 and worked as an assistant coach for Free State Stars.

Troughton was retained as University of Pretoria manager for the start of the 2015–16 season.[7] In March 2016, he took charge of Vasco da Gama for the rest of the season.[8] On the 8 October 2018, Sammy signed a two-year deal as the Head Coach of Witbank Spurs,[9] but barely two weeks after the joining the club he left for Mpumalanga rivals TS Sporting.[10]

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