Sam Gargan

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Sam Gargan
Personal information
Full name	Sam Gargan
Date of birth	January 24, 1989 (1989-01-24) (age 19)
Place of birth	Brighton, England
Height	6'3
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Brighton
Number	35
Youth clubs
2005-07	Brighton
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
2007- 2007 2007-2008 2008	Brighton & Hove Albion → Worthing (Loan) → Bognor (Loan) → Welling (Loan)	01 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25th May, 2008. * Appearances (Goals)

Sam Gargan (born in Brighton on the 24th January, 1989) is an English professional footballer who currently plays as a striker for Brighton & Hove Albion.

On the 6 January 2007, for the 3rd round FA Cup tie away at West Ham, Gargan was involved in the first-team squad for the first time, travelling with the squad: he didn't make the bench, but was seen warming up on the pitch with all the other players beforehand, displaying the number 37 on his shorts.

During May 2007, Gargan was offered a one-year professional contract with the Seagulls.^[1]

At the beginning of July 2007 it was revealed that Sam, along with fellow other youth team players Sonny Cobbs, Lloyd Skinner and Chris Winterton were to be loaned out for three months to local teams for them to gain experience playing at a professional level.^[2]

Sam, along with first-year professional Sonny Cobbs joined Worthing.

Once this deal expired, the club were keen for the quartet to go on loan again to achieve more experience of playing regular frst-team football. On the 14th November 2007, Gargan joined team-mate Scott Chamberlain on loan at Conference South team Bognor Regis. After spending two months at Bognor, Sam then moved on to Conference South rivals Welling on a further loan deal, where he was re-united with ex-Albion player Richard Carpenter.

On the 26th April 2008, Gargan made his Brighton first-team debut coming on as an 85th minute substitute for Glenn Murray during the 2-0 away victory over Bristol Rovers at the Memorial Stadium.^[3]

Gargan signed a new one-year contract with Brighton on the 6th May 2008.^[4]

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