Alexander Samizadeh (Persian: الکس سمیع زاده; born 10 November 1998) is an Iranian professional footballer who most recently played as a forward for Altrincham. He has previously played for Bolton Wanderers, Chorley and Kilmarnock.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alexander Samizadeh | ||
Date of birth | (1998-11-10) 10 November 1998 (age 23) | ||
Place of birth | Tehran, Iran | ||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
2014–2015 | Curzon Ashton | ||
2015 | → Manchester City (loan) | ||
2015–2017 | Bolton Wanderers | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2016–2017 | Bolton Wanderers | 1 | (0) |
2016 | → Chorley (loan) | 2 | (2) |
2017–2018 | Kilmarnock | 1 | (0) |
2018 | Curzon Ashton | 8 | (0) |
2018 | Wealdstone | 1 | (0) |
2019 | Burgess Hill Town | 2 | (0) |
2020 | Colne | 1 | (0) |
2021 | Leatherhead | 12 | (7) |
2022 | Altrincham | 0 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:15, 28 July 2022 (UTC) |
Alexander Samizadeh was born in Iran and moved to England in December 2013.[1]
Samizadeh started his career with Bolton Wanderers, progressing through their youth teams. He made his first team debut on 5 April 2016, coming on as a substitute for Kaiyne Woolery at Brentford in the Football League Championship.[2]
In November 2016, Samizadeh joined National League North side Chorley on a two-month work experience loan.[3] He scored on his debut.
On 14 July 2017, Bolton announced that Samizadeh had been released and that he was joining Scottish Premiership side Kilmarnock.[4] Samizadeh made his first appearance for the club on the same day, coming on as a second-half substitute in a Scottish League Cup match.[5] Samizadeh was released by Kilmarnock in May 2018, at the end of his contract.[6]
On 14 August 2018, Samizadeh signed for Curzon Ashton[7] and made his debut that night coming off the bench against Alfreton Town.
Samizadeh signed for Wealdstone in December 2018 and played two matches.[8]
In January 2019 he signed for Burgess Hill Town, scoring on his debut for the club.[9]
He signed for Colne on 12 September 2020.[10]
In August 2021 Samizadeh signed for Leatherhead and scored a hat-trick on his debut.[11]
In July 2022 Samizadeh signed for Altrincham after a successful trial period with the club. [12] In October 2022, it was announced he had left the club.[13]
In October 2020 Samizadeh and three others were accused of providing Iranian nationals with false identification and travel documents, with a view to helping them enter the UK illegally. He stood for trial where it was stated he had a false identity known as Mohammad Hossein Samizadeh in Italy in which he would use to facilitate the illegal immigrations by opening them bank accounts and make travel arrangements by having them use the false identities. His laptop also contained images of other people's stolen passports. He denied all statements.[14]
Samizadeh has been the CEO of Royale Residential since 30 October 2020.[15][16]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Continental | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Bolton Wanderers | 2015–16[18] | Championship | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 1 | 0 | ||
2016–17[19] | League One | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | ||
Total | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
Chorley (loan) | 2016–17[17] | National League North | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 2 | ||
Kilmarnock | 2017–18[20] | Scottish Premiership | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | – | 4 | 0 | |
Curzon Ashton | 2018–19[17] | National League North | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | ||
Wealdstone | 2018–19[17] | National League South | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | ||
Burgess Hill Town | 2018–19[21] | Isthmian Premier Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1[lower-alpha 4] | 1 | – | 3 | 1 | ||
Colne | 2020–21[22] | Northern Premier League | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 3 | 1 | ||
Leatherhead | 2021–22[23] | Isthmian Premier Division | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | 6 | ||
Career total | 20 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 10 |