Sam Rooney
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Samuel Rooney | ||
| Date of birth | 24 November 2008 | ||
| Place of birth | Tallaght, County Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | St Patrick's Athletic | ||
| Number | 35 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2022 | St Kevin's Boys | ||
| 2023– | St Patrick's Athletic | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2025– | St Patrick's Athletic | 6 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2023 | Republic of Ireland U15 | 1 | (1) |
| 2024 | Republic of Ireland U16 | 3 | (0) |
| 2024 | Republic of Ireland U17 | 1 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22:59, 24 July 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 13:30, 17 May 2026 (UTC) | |||
Samuel Rooney (born 24 November 2008) is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a forward for League of Ireland Premier Division club St Patrick's Athletic.
Club career
[edit]Early career
[edit]A native of Tallaght, County Dublin, Rooney attended school at Tallaght Community School.[1] He joined the St Patrick's Athletic academy in January 2023 from St Kevin's Boys and hit the ground running, scoring an impressive 38 goals for the club's Under-15 side on the way to winning the league with them.[2]
St Patrick's Athletic
[edit]In April 2025, Rooney signed his first professional contract with St Patrick's Athletic.[3] In September 2025, he drew reported interest from Nottingham Forest, Sporting Lisbon and Atalanta.[4] On 10 October 2025, Rooney made his senior debut for the club, replacing Chris Forrester from the bench in a 4–0 win over St Mochta's in the semi-final of the 2024–25 Leinster Senior Cup.[5][6] On 27 April 2026, Rooney scored the first goals of his senior career with a hat-trick in a 5–0 win over Blackrock College in the Leinster Senior Cup, at 17 years, 5 months and 3 days old, becoming the youngest ever player to do so for the club at senior level.[7] On 8 May 2026, he made his senior league debut for the club, replacing Barry Baggley from the bench in a 4–1 win over Waterford at Richmond Park.[8][9] On 26 May 2026, he scored in a 1–0 win away to Dundalk in the Leinster Senior Cup Semi-final at Oriel Park.[10] On 19 June 2026, he provided his first assist at senior level when he came off the bench to set up Chris Forrester's injury time goal against Sligo Rovers to secure a 2–0 win.[11] On 30 June 2026, he opened the scoring in a 2–1 loss away to Bray Wanderers in the Final of the 2025–26 Leinster Senior Cup, his fifth goal in as many appearances in the competition.[12]
International career
[edit]Rooney received his first international call-up in March 2023, for the Republic of Ireland U15 side's friendlies against Latvia U15.[13] He came on at half time in the second friendly against Latvia U15s on 23 March 2023, scoring on his debut in a 6–0 win for his side.[14] On 9 May 2024, Rooney made his Republic of Ireland U16 debut in a 3–2 defeat to Switzerland U16 in Portugal.[15] He made his Republic of Ireland U17 debut on 8 September 2024 in a 2–0 loss to Denmark U17 in Spain.[16]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played on 24 July 2026[17]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup[a] | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| St Patrick's Athletic | 2025 | LOI Premier Division | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5[b] | 5 | 11 | 5 | ||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 5 | ||
| Career total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 5 | ||
- ↑ Includes FAI Cup
- 1 2 Appearances in the Leinster Senior Cup
References
[edit]- ↑ "Tallaght Community School (@TCSTallaght) on X".
- ↑ Stapleton, Jonny (23 September 2025). "Remember the name… Sam Rooney!".
- ↑ "Quigley & Rooney Sign Pro Deals". www.stpatsfc.com.
- ↑ "Sporting Lisbon, Serie A and Premier League interest in St Pat's teenager". Irish Mirror. 20 September 2025.
- ↑ "Result: Mochtas 0 - Saints 4". www.stpatsfc.com.
- ↑ "Facebook".
- ↑ "St Patrick's Athletic have a new teen goal star as hat-trick record is broken". Irish Mirror. 29 April 2026.
- ↑ Fallon, John (8 May 2026). "Elbouzedi double helps St Pat's blitz basement dwellers Waterford". Irish Examiner.
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18Dqv6Q2ao/?mibextid=wwXIfr
- ↑ Murphy, Colm (27 May 2026). "LSC: Dundalk 0-1 St Patrick's Athletic". Dundalk FC.
- ↑ Buttner, Paul (19 June 2026). "Late, late show from Pat's yields two goals to break Sligo resolve". TheJournal.ie.
- ↑ https://www.independent.ie/county/wicklow/bray-wanderers-end-27-year-wait-for-silverware-with-leinster-senior-cup-success-against-st.-patricks-athletic/a/158100521.html
- ↑ "MU15 | Squad named for Latvia friendlies in Dublin". www.fai.ie.
- ↑ "REPORT | MU15 | Ireland win back-to-back games 6-0". www.fai.ie.
- ↑ "REPORT | Narrow Switzerland defeat for MU16 in Portugal". www.fai.ie.
- ↑ "REPORT | MU17 | Ireland 0-2 Denmark". www.fai.ie.
- ↑ "Republic of Ireland - S. Rooney - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com.
External links
[edit]- 2008 births
- Living people
- People from Tallaght
- Sportspeople from South Dublin (county)
- Association footballers from County Dublin
- Republic of Ireland men's association footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- St. Kevin's Boys F.C. players
- St Patrick's Athletic F.C. players
- League of Ireland players
- Republic of Ireland men's youth international footballers
- 21st-century Irish sportsmen