Sammy Skytte

Sammy Solitaire Siddharta Skytte (born 20 February 1997) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.

Sammy Skytte
Personal information
Full name Sammy Solitaire Siddharta Skytte
Date of birth (1997-02-20) 20 February 1997
Place of birth Silkeborg, Denmark
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
2005–2012 Silkeborg KFUM
2012–2015 Silkeborg
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2018 Silkeborg 52 (2)
2018–2020 Midtjylland 0 (0)
2018–2019 → Horsens (loan) 25 (0)
2019 → Stabæk (loan) 13 (1)
2020 Bodø/Glimt 11 (2)
2020–2022 Stabæk 29 (2)
2022–2023 Concordia Chiajna 3 (0)
International career
2014 Denmark U17 2 (0)
2014–2015 Denmark U18 5 (0)
2015–2016 Denmark U19 6 (0)
2017 Denmark U20 2 (0)
2017–2018 Denmark U21 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2023

Youth career

Skytte started playing football at Silkeborg KFUM at the age of 8, before signing a youth contract in 2012 with Silkeborg IF.

Club career

Silkeborg IF

Skytte is a product of Silkeborg IF and has played for the club since he was a kid. Skytte signed his first senior contract 12 August 2015, at the age of 18, after sitting on the bench for the first team in a game against Lyngby BK.[1]

Skytte got his debut for Silkeborg IF on 22 September 2015.[2] Though his young age, he played 5 matches in the rest of the season in the Danish 1st Division. Skytte suffered from a shoulder injury in May 2016 and went through an operation, that kept him out for the rest of the season.[3]

From the summer 2016, Skytte started to play on full-time with the rest of the squad, after completing his school. His contract got extended in December 2016 until 2019.[4] This extension emphasized his important role on the team.

Midtjylland

FC Midtjylland announced the signing of Skytte on a five-year contract, on 13 June 2018.[5] Skytte was immediately loaned out to AC Horsens. Silkeborg IF later revealed, that FCM had triggered his purchase clause that was set to 3.7 million danish krone.[6]

On 8 July 2019, Skytte was loaned out to Norwegian club Stabæk Fotball.[7]

Bodø/Glimt

Without making a single appearance for Midtjylland, the club confirmed on 25 February 2020, that Skytte had signed a 5-year contract with Norwegian club FK Bodø/Glimt.[8]

Return to Stabæk

On 11 September 2020, Skytte returned to Stabæk, which he played for on loan in 2019. Skytte signed a contract until the end of 2023.[9] After 45 official appearances and three goals for Stabæk, the club announced on 31 March 2022, that Skytte's contract had been terminated by mutual consent.[10]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 8 August 2021[11]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Silkeborg 2015–16 NordicBet Liga 9000–90
2016–17 Superligaen 19100–191
2017–18 23030–260
Total 51130--541
AC Horsens (loan) 2018–19 Superligaen 25010–260
Total 25010--260
Stabæk (loan) 2019 Eliteserien 13100–131
Total 13100--131
Bodø/Glimt 2020 Eliteserien 11200–112
Total 11200--112
Stabæk 2020 Eliteserien 14000–140
2021 15220–172
Total 29220--312
Career total 129560--1355

Personal life

Skytte is the cousin of american footballplayer, Andreas Knappe.

Honours

Club

Bodø/Glimt

References
  1. "Silkeborg skriver to år med midtbanetalent". bold.dk.
  2. "SAMMY SKYTTE". silkeborgif.com.
  3. "Sæsonen slut for Silkeborg-talent". bold.dk. 4 May 2016.
  4. Silkeborg forlænger med Skytte‚ bold.dk, 10 December 2016
  5. "FC MIDTJYLLAND KØBER OG UDLEJER STORTALENT". fcm.dk. 13 June 2018.
  6. "Silkeborg: Skytte havde frikøbsklausul". fcm.dk. 13 June 2018.
  7. SAMMY SKYTTE KLAR FOR STABÆK, stabak.no, 8 July 2019
  8. FC MIDTJYLLAND SÆLGER SAMMY SKYTTE TIL NORSK TOPKLUB, fcm.dk, 25 February 2020
  9. SAMMY ER TILBAKE: - DET ER ET KJÆRLIGHETSFORHOLD, stabak.no, 11 September 2020
  10. SKYTTE FORLATER STABÆK, stabak.no, 31 March 2022
  11. "Sammy Skytte". altomfotball.no. tv2. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
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