Randolph FitzGerald Samuel was born on 23 December 1963 and is a Trinidad-born Canadian former soccer player who played as a defender.
20 Facts About Randy Samuel
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Randy Samuel started his career with the Edmonton Eagles and Vancouver Whitecaps before joining Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven in 1985.
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Sittard were relegated into the second tier, and Randy Samuel moved on to English side Port Vale in November 1995.
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Randy Samuel later played for the Vancouver 86ers, the Hampton Roads Mariners, and the Montreal Impact.
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Randy Samuel helped his nation to win the 1990 North American Nations Cup and 1985 CONCACAF Championship.
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Randy Samuel played at the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 1991 and 1993.
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Randy Samuel was born in Trinidad, grew up in Richmond, British Columbia, and graduated from McNair High School.
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Randy Samuel was selected by the Vancouver Whitecaps in the 1981 North American Soccer League draft, though he never signed with the club.
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In 1983, Randy Samuel began his professional career with the Edmonton Eagles of the Canadian Professional Soccer League.
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Randy Samuel signed with the Vancouver Whitecaps the following year, yet he never played a game for them before returning to the Eagles.
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Randy Samuel then moved out to Norway and played for First Division side Harstad IL in 1997.
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Randy Samuel spent the 2000 season with the Hampton Roads Mariners, who lost to the Richmond Kickers in the Eastern Conference quarter-finals.
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Randy Samuel finished his professional playing career with the Montreal Impact, playing four games of their 2001 season.
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However, Randy Samuel continued to feature regularly and appeared in the 1990 North American Nations Cup, which Canada won.
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Randy Samuel played two of Canada's three games at the 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
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Randy Samuel played five of Canada's six group games in the First Round of 1994 World Cup qualification, as they finished ahead of Jamaica and Bermuda to qualify for the final round of group games.
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Randy Samuel won the final fourteen caps of his thirteen-year international career in qualification for the 1998 World Cup.
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Randy Samuel played all six of the initial group stage games, as Canada finished ahead of El Salvador, Panama and Cuba.
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Randy Samuel then played eight of Canada's ten games in the final round of qualifying, as they finished bottom of the group behind Mexico, the United States, Jamaica, Costa Rica and El Salvador.
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Randy Samuel was inducted into the Canada Soccer Hall of Fame in 2006.