Juventus, via its official website, announced that Samuel Iling-Junior has renewed until 2025: “Samuel Iling-Junior officially enters the squad of the First Team and puts his signature on his future at Juventus. The renewal of the contract until 2025.
Born in 2003, Samuel joined Juventus in September 2020 after his experience in the Chelsea youth sector and his journey in Juventus started from there, with continuous and tangible growth that led him to his debut in the first team, where it took him just a few minutes to show off his qualities.
Going in order, there are two seasons played with the Under 19 team. 28 appearances and 4 goals in the first, 38 and 10 goals in the second, that of the definitive explosion. Goals, assists and an uncommon flexibility earned him the leap to Next Gen with a leading role and even at the first impact among the professionals Sam didn’t bat an eyelid, confirming what he had already seen with the Under 19 team.
He begins the season with Juventus Next Gen, with whom he scores 4 goals in 7 appearances, and the feeling that the first team is more than a dream soon becomes reality. The debut takes place against Empoli at the Allianz Stadium, on 21 October 2022. He enters the final and the minutes available are enough to show his talent, which he then exhibits in the Champions League, against Benfica. Twenty minutes in Lisbon, with an active assist and a devastating impact on the match. Assist then repeated also in Serie A, against Lecce, when he serves Fagioli the ball with which the number 44 invents the winning goal.
Against Arsenal, in the friendly match at the Emirates, he picked up the thread again, signing the action for the final 2-0 and confirming what he had already shown in the previous matches. Now the renewal, an arrival point of a journey that began just over two years ago and a new starting point, to dream bigger and bigger.
Congratulations, Sam!” reads Juventus.com.
