Samuel Kalu

Free

Born on : August 26, 1997 (27 years) at Abia State

Nationality : Nigeria

Height : 1m76

Weight : 74 kg

Best foot : Right foot

Number of international caps : 16 (2 goals)

First cap : vs Seychelles 08/09/2018

First international goal : vs Libya 13/10/2018

2022-2023
2021
2021-2022
2020-2021
2019-2020
2018-2019
2017-2018

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Current season statistics (2025/2026)

0 Impacting goals 0 Goals

0 Impacting assists 0 Assists

0 Played matches 0 Minutes played

0 Yellow cards 0 Red cards

ROM

LOM

Main position
Right Offensive Midfielder	56%
Other positions
Left Offensive Midfielder	35%
Left Winger	29%
Right Winger	48%

Identities

Samuel Kalu

Samuel Kalu Ojim

Kalu's career statisticsLast updated on 22/03/2025 at 15:21

Offense

Defense

Playing time

Presence

discipline

V D L

Results

Season

Club

League

Continent

Nat. cups

International

Total

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Games played

goals

ass.

eff.

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goals

ass.

eff.

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goals

ass.

eff.

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goals

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goals

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2024/2025

Watford

2023/2024

Lausanne

441

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Lausanne	Credit Suisse Super League	21	3	2	441		20	7	1323	22	67%	8	66%	2		24%	33%	43%
Lausanne	Schweizer Cup									22		1	0%

2022/2023

Watford

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Watford	Sky Bet Championship	9					4	5	232	28	22%	8	20%	1		56%	11%	33%

2021/2022

Watford

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Watford	Premier League	4					6	1	222	28	50%	9	22%			0%	25%	75%

2021/2022

Bordeaux

328

377

Club	Competition												V	D	L
Bordeaux	Ligue 1 Uber Eats	11	1	328	6		328	10	27%	11	50%	1	9%	55%	36%
Bordeaux	French Cup	1				1	17	18	0%	1	50%		100%	0%	0%
Nigeria	World Cup Qualifying - Africa Zone	2			1	1	32	17	0%	2	33%		50%	0%	50%

2020/2021

Bordeaux

241

253

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Bordeaux	Ligue 1 Uber Eats	20	4	1	241		9	10	964	10	70%	6	53%	3		40%	25%	35%
Nigeria	Friendlies	1					1		49	17	100%		50%			0%	0%	100%

2019/2020

Club	Competition													V	D	L
Nigeria	CAF Nations Cup	1					1	1	17	0%	2	50%		100%	0%	0%
Nigeria	Friendlies	1						72	17	100%		50%		0%	100%	0%
Nigeria	CAF Nations Cup Qualifying	2	1		90	2		90	0	50%	1	100%		100%	0%	0%
Bordeaux	Ligue 1 Conforama	20	1	1	1359	18	3	1359	10	75%	7	71%	4	25%	35%	40%
Bordeaux	Coupe de la Ligue	2		1			1	117	10	50%	1	100%	1	50%	0%	50%

2018/2019

Club	Competition														V	D	L
Bordeaux	Ligue 1 Conforama	21	3	2	423	14	6	1269	10	67%	7	55%	3	1	33%	29%	38%
Bordeaux	Europa League	7				6	3	538	10	86%	2	78%	1		29%	29%	43%
Bordeaux	Coupe de la Ligue	3	1		240	3	2	240	10	100%		100%	2		67%	0%	33%
Bordeaux	French Cup	1				1		65	0	100%		100%			0%	0%	100%
Nigeria	CAF Nations Cup Qualifying	4	1		344	3	2	344	0	100%		80%			75%	25%	0%
Nigeria	Friendlies	1					1	45	17	0%	1	100%			0%	100%	0%
Nigeria	Friendlies	2				1	1	90	0	100%		67%			0%	50%	50%
Nigeria	CAF Nations Cup	2				2	1	72	17	50%	3	33%			50%	0%	50%
Nigeria B	Friendlies	1				1		21	0	0%	1				100%	0%	0%

2017/2018

Gent

305

334

Club	Competition														V	D	L
Gent	(C3) Europa League	2		1		2		97	18	0%	2	100%			0%	50%	50%
Gent	Jupiler Pro League	32	7	5	305	20	12	2137	18	69%	10	80%	6	1	44%	22%	34%
Gent	Belgian Cup	2				3		107	18	50%	1	67%			50%	0%	50%

2016/2017

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Gent	Jupiler Pro League	16	3	7	341		10	7	1023	18	69%	6	84%	4		50%	31%	19%
Gent	(C3) Europa League	3	1	1	197		6	1	197	18	67%	2	75%			33%	33%	33%

2016/2017

Club	Competition												V	D	L
Trencin	Champions League	4	1	1	360	7	1	360	17	100%	100%	1	25%	25%	50%
Trencin	Fortuna Liga	18	1	4	1601	30	2	1601	17	100%	100%	3	33%	22%	44%
Trencin	(C3) Europa League	1				4		90	17	100%	50%		0%	0%	100%
Trencin	Slovak Cup	3	1		270		3	270	17	100%	75%		67%	33%	0%

2015/2016

Club	Competition															V	D	L
Trencin	Fortuna Liga	13	3	2	301		7	5	903	17	77%	4	93%	1		77%	0%	23%
Trencin	Slovak Cup	4	1		244		3	1	244	17	100%		100%			100%	0%	0%

2015

2014

2013

Total

Notes

Overall

/100

Physical

/20

Mental

/20

Technical

/20

Offense

/20

Defense

/20

Player's evolution

*The FBDB Index is an automatically engineered figure based on player's statistical performances during each game he is involved in.

Player's titles

Victories

Super Liga	1	2016
Slovak Cup	1	2016

Transfers

07/09/23 > 01/07/24	Lausanne-Sport	Loan
26/01/22 > 30/08/24	Watford	3 M€
06/08/18 > 26/01/22	Bordeaux	8.5 M€
03/01/17 > 06/08/18	Gent	1 M€
10/12/15 > 03/01/17	Trencin	Free
01/07/13 > 01/01/16	GBS Academy	Youth

Suggest a transfer for this player

Player career by clubLast updated on 19/03/2025 at 10:32

Club	Played matches	Goals	Assists	Efficiency	Minutes played	Yellow cards	Red cards	Match starts	V Victories	L Losses
Bordeaux	86	10	5	490	4897	15	1	66%57	31%27	38%33
Gent	55	11	14	321	3535	10	1	65%36	44%24	31%17
Lausanne	21	3	2	441	1323	2		67%14	24%5	43%9
Nigeria	16	2		398	795			63%10	50%8	25%4
Nigeria B	1				21			0%0	100%1	0%0
Trencin	43	7	7	495	3468	5		93%40	53%23	33%14
Watford	13				454	1		31%4	38%5	46%6

Player's favourite opponents

Club		V
Dijon	7	6	1	3
Ruzomberok	6	4	2	0
Club Brugge	6	4	2	2
Charleroi	5	3	0	1
Anderlecht	4	1	0	0
Nice	7	1	0	0
Standard	5	1	0	0
Rennes	5	2	0	1
Nantes	4	1	0	0
Metz	4	1	1	0
ViOn	3	2	0	0
St.Lausanne	3	2	1	0
Senica	3	3	2	2
Gent	2	1	0	0
Caen	2	1	0	0
FC Basel	2	1	0	0
Lokeren	2	1	1	0
Angers	5	3	1	0
RC Genk	5	1	2	2
Lyon	4	0	1	0

Player's worst opponents

Club		L
Paris SG	4	3	8
Lille	4	3	9
Nice	7	3	8
Rennes	5	2	4
Lyon	4	2	5
Strasbourg	2	2	4
FC Lucerne	4	2	5
Charleroi	5	2	3
Standard	5	2	5
Club Brugge	6	2	5
Oostende	3	2	8
Millwall	2	2	5
Zilina	4	2	11
Dunajska S.	3	2	5
SPORT	3	2	3
Zemplin	3	2	5
Le Havre	2	1	1
Olimpija	2	1	6
Slavia	2	1	1
Zenit	2	1	3

Results with or without him

In clubs

for the national team

Season	Club	When present			When absent			Influence
		v	l	Total	v	l	Total
2024/2025	Watford	0%	0%	0	100%	0%	5	-
2023/2024	Lausanne	24%	43%	21	46%	23%	13	Very negative
2022/2023	Watford	56%	33%	9	28%	36%	39	Very positive
2021/2022	Watford	0%	75%	4	14%	71%	14	-
2021/2022	Bordeaux	17%	33%	12	25%	58%	12	Negative
2020/2021	Bordeaux	40%	35%	20	26%	68%	19	Positive
2019/2020	Bordeaux	27%	41%	22	50%	20%	10	Very negative
2018/2019	Bordeaux	36%	39%	33	26%	47%	19	Slightly positive
2017/2018	Gent	41%	35%	37	56%	11%	9	Slightly negative
2016/2017	Gent	47%	21%	19	25%	0%	4	-
2016/2017	Trencin	35%	42%	26	100%	0%	2	-
2015/2016	Trencin	82%	18%	17	100%	0%	1	-
2015	GBS Academy	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	-
2014	GBS Academy	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	-
2013	GBS Academy	0%	0%		0%	0%	0	-

First times

In clubs

for the national team

in competitions

Date	Competition	Games	Score	First times
Trencin
27/02/2016	FL	Trencin - Slovan	0 - 2	First match with the club, first loss
08/03/2016	FL	Zilina - Trencin	2 - 3	First victory
13/03/2016	FL	Zemplin - Trencin	1 - 3	First start
06/04/2016	SC	Trencin - Ruzomberok	5 - 1	First goal
Gent
20/01/2017		Gent - Charleroi	1 - 0	First match with the club, first start, first victory
11/02/2017		Gent - Eupen	0 - 1	First loss
26/02/2017		Gent - Excel Mouscron	3 - 1	First goal
14/10/2017		Gent - Beveren	2 - 0	First time scoring 2 goals
26/12/2017		Anderlecht - Gent	1 - 0	First red card
Bordeaux
19/08/2018		Toulouse FC - Bordeaux	2 - 1	First match with the club, first start, first loss
26/08/2018		Bordeaux - Monaco	2 - 1	First victory
16/09/2018		Bordeaux - Nîmes	3 - 3	First goal
05/02/2019		Marseille - Bordeaux	1 - 0	First red card
Watford
06/03/2022		Watford - Arsenal	2 - 3	First match with the club, first loss
11/05/2022		Watford - Everton	0 - 0	First start
15/10/2022		Watford - Norwich City	2 - 1	First victory
Lausanne-Sport
23/09/2023	CSSL	Lausanne-Sport - FC Zürich	0 - 0	First match with the club
27/09/2023	CSSL	Lugano - Lausanne-Sport	2 - 1	First loss
08/10/2023	CSSL	Lausanne-Sport - FC Lucerne	3 - 1	First start, first victory
21/10/2023	CSSL	St.Lausanne - Lausanne-Sport	2 - 2	First goal

Player's career by competitionLast updated on 19/03/2025 at 10:32

Competition	Played matches	Goals	Efficiency	Assists	Own goals	Match starts	Yellow cards	V Victories	D Draws	L Losses
Ligue 1	Ligue 1	72	9	436	4	3920	64%46	1	29%21	33%24	38%27
French Cup	French Cup	2				82	50%1		50%1		50%1
Coupe de la Ligue	Coupe de la Ligue	5	1	357	1	357	80%4		60%3		40%2
Super League	Super League	21	3	441	2	1323	67%14		24%5	33%7	43%9
Schweizer Cup	Schweizer Cup
Jupiler Pro League	Jupiler Pro League	48	10	313	12	3134	69%33	1	46%22	25%12	29%14
Belgian Cup	Belgian Cup	2				107	50%1		50%1		50%1
Premier League	Premier League	4				222	50%2			25%1	75%3
Championship	Championship	9				232	22%2		56%5	11%1	33%3
Super Liga	Super Liga	31	4	626	6	2504	90%28		52%16	13%4	35%11
Slovak Cup	Slovak Cup	7	2	257		514	100%7		86%6	14%1
Friendlies	Friendlies	6				277	67%4		17%1	50%3	33%2
CAF Nations Cup	CAF Nations Cup	3				73	33%1		67%2		33%1
WCQAZ	World Cup Qualifying - Africa Zone	2				32			50%1		50%1
CAFNCQ	CAF Nations Cup Qualifying	6	2	217		434	83%5		83%5	17%1
Champions League	Champions League	4	1	360	1	360	100%4		25%1	25%1	50%2
Europa League	Europa League	13	1	922	2	922	69%9		23%3	31%4	46%6

Player's results for each season

Season	Club	Tier	Rk.	pts	MP	V	D	L	GF	GA
2024/2025	Watford	2	3	6	2	2	0	0	6	2
2023/2024	Lausanne	1P	10	45	38	11	12	15	48	53
2023/2024	Lausanne	1	8	40	33	10	10	13	43	48
2022/2023	Watford	2	12	59	43	15	14	14	52	50
2021/2022	Watford	1	19	23	38	6	5	27	34	77
2021/2022	Bordeaux	1	17	20	22	4	8	10	34	53
2020/2021	Bordeaux	1	12	45	38	13	6	19	42	56
2019/2020	Bordeaux	1	12	37	28	9	10	9	40	34
2018/2019	Bordeaux	1	14	41	38	10	11	17	34	42
2017/2018	Gent	1	12	10	11	2	4	5	12	13
2016/2017	Gent	1	9	1	1	0	1	0	1	1
2016/2017	Trencin	1	7	22	19	6	4	9	25	33
2015/2016	Trencin	1	1	81	33	26	3	4	73	28

Last games

Date	Competition	Team 1	Score	Team 2	Score
August 27, 2024	27/08	2nd round	Watford	2 - 0	Plymouth	Absent
August 24, 2024	24/08	Round 3	Watford	2 - 1	Derby County	Absent
August 17, 2024	17/08	Round 2	Watford	3 - 0	Stoke City	Absent
August 13, 2024	13/08	First round	Watford	5 - 0	Milton Keynes	Absent
August 10, 2024	10/08	Round 1	Millwall	2 - 3	Watford	Absent

First XI

On the bench

Absent

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