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DARREN RANDOLPH
Born: 12 May 1987 Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland
Signed: Birmingham City 1 July 2015
Debut: FC Lustians (Andorra)
Career: 2015-2017 and 2020-2023
Appearances: 52
Goals: 0
Transferred: Middlesbrough 22 July 2017
Towering goalkeeper who began his career at Ardmore Rovers before joining Charlton Athletic in 2004. To gain first team experience he was loaned out to Welling United, Accrington Stanley and Gillingham. Made his senior debut for the Addicks in the final Premier League fixture of the 2006/07 season at Liverpool. Following Charlton's relegation from the top flight, he was once again loaned out, this time to Bury and Hereford United and after six years on the books in south London he moved north of the boarder and signed for Scottish side Motherwell in July 2010.
Featured regularly for the SPL club for three years, playing 131 times and reaching the 2011 Scottish Cup final. Twice voted into the PFA Scotland Team of the Year in 2012 and 2013. Randolph moved south in the summer of 2013, when he joined Birmingham City and featured 92 times for the Blues before joining West Ham United on a free transfer on 1 July 2015.
Debuted for the Hammers in the 3-0 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round first leg win against Lusitans on 2 July 2015 and kept another clean sheet in the return leg a week later. Played for the Club for the first time in Premier League action in the 4-3 loss to AFC Bournemouth on 22 August 2015, deputising for the suspended Adrian. Randolf started between the sticks for West Ham United's first-ever fixture at London Stadium, a 3-0 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round win over Slovenian side NK Domzale on 4 August 2016.
Helped the Republic of Ireland qualify for the finals of Euro 2016 via a Play-Off victory over Bosnia/Herzegovina and remained Ireland’s No1 throughout the season, helping the Boys in Green to go unbeaten in their opening six 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifiers. Won the Save of the Season award for his fingertip stop from Jordan Henderson at Liverpool in December 2016.
The 30-year-old left for Middlesbrough on 22 July 2017 for a £5m fee, excelling in the north east before returning to London Stadium on 15 January 2020. Made his second debut in the 1-1 home draw with Everton three-days later. Served as Łukasz Fabiański's back-up for the second half of the season. The reliable ‘keeper made just 10 appearances before his contract ended on 30 June 2022. On 26 January 2023, Randolph joined AFC Bournemouth on an 18-month contract.
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LEWIS PAGE
Born: 20 May 1996, Enfield
Signed: Youth Academy
Debut: FC Lustians (Andorra)
Career: 2015-2017
Appearances: 3
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Transferred: Charlton Athletic 6 January 2017
Attack-minded left-back who totalled 19 appearances for the Under-18s in 2012/13 as a first-year scholar, 18 of them starts. A regular starter for the 18’s following campaign saw him scoring twice before being promoted to the Hammers’ Development Squad on five occasions during the second year of his scholarship in 2013/14. Nominated for the Dylan Tombides for Academy Player of the Year for 2013/14 and signed his first professional contract in summer 2014.
After making an impressive opening to the 2014/15 season where he ade the left-back position his own and signed a new contract in February 2014. A highly accomplished defender with a fantastic range of passing. His energy and desire is infectious, as is his crossing ability which has proved to be a vital supply to the front men.
On 2 July 2015, he made his first-team debut for the club in a 3-0 home victory over FC Lusitans in the UEFA Europa League and a week later the return leg. Battled with Stephen Hendrie for the left-back spot in the U21s throughout 2015/16. Played a run of games for the U21s throughout October, November and December, winning four from six before joining League Two side Cambridge United on a months loan on 1 January 2016. Made debut for the Us a day later against AFC Wimbledon. Played six times for the club before returning to Rush Green to play a part in the U21s' two-legged Premier League Cup victory over Hull City
In August of the following season he joined Coventry City on a five-moth loan deal, making an impressive 22 appearances before the appointment of new Coventry manager terminated his loan. On 6 January 2017, Page joined Charlton Athletic on a permanent deal. He later played for Exeter City, Harrogate Town, Mansfield Town and in 2023 Gillingham.
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DJAR PARFITT-WILLIAMS
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MARTIN SAMUELSEN
Born: 17 April 1997, Haugesund, Norway
Signed: Manchester City
Date: 20 June 2015
Fee: Undisclosed
Debut: 23 July 2015, Birkirkara (A)
Last game: 23 July 2015, Birkirkara (H)
Appearances: 0/2
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International: Norway (3 caps)
Transferred: Hull City
Date: 16 January 2020
Fee: Undisclosed
Born in Haugesund, Norway in 1997, Martin Samuelsen started his youth career playing for local side Vard Haugesund. At 15 years he was scouted by Manchester City and moved to English football where he spent three years at their academy, playing for their Elite Development Squad.
On 20 June 2015, the winger joined West Ham United on a two-year contract; the 18-year-old appeared for the first time in a pre-season match on 11 July 2015 against Peterborough United at their newly named ABAX Stadium.
Samuelsen made his competitive first-team debut for the Hammers at the Boleyn Ground on 16 July, coming off the bench in a 1-0 UEFA Europa League qualifying win over Birkirkara FC of Malta and appeared off the bench for a second time in the return leg in Malta. The direct and talented dribbler of the ball was named the Premier League bench for the first time for the historic 3-0 win at Liverpool on 29 August 2015.
In September 2015, he received his first Norway Under-18 cap and represented Norway’s youth teams on numerous occasions throughout his youth career. After scoring four goals in nine Premier League 2 appearances for the Hammers and was loan out to League One club Peterborough United on 24 November 2015, before going on to make 20 appearances for the Posh, scoring twice, including one in a 2-0 FA Cup third-round win at Preston North End. Samuelsen returned to the PL2 later that season to help the Hammers win the Premier League Cup, beating Hull City over two legs.
Following Norway’s failure to qualify for Euro 2016, Samuelsen made his full international debut as a 53rd minute substitute against Iceland at the Ullevaal Stadium in Oslo.
On 23 August 2016 he signed a new four-year contract and and promptly joined Championship club Blackburn Rovers on a season-long loan. Scored his first goal for Norway in a 4-1 FIFA World Cup qualifying win over San Marino in Oslo on 11 October 2016. Having made just two starts for the Lancashire club before returning to the Hammers in November 2016 due to lack of playing time, and ironically scored against Blackburn on his first West Ham appearance of the season in Premier League 2.
Joined League One club Peterborough United on loan for a second time on New Year's Day 2017, and totalled eleven appearances and one goal for the Posh. Returned to West Ham in May 2017 and helped the U23s clinch promotion to Premier League 2 Division 1. Scored twice in the final regular season fixture against West Brom and netted the decisive penalty in the Play-Off semi-final win over Wolves. Totalled 26 appearances, five goals and three assists across all levels.
In the 2017/18 season he scored in each of West Ham's Checkatrade Trophy group-stage wins at Swindon Town and Bristol Rovers, helping the Hammers become one of just three U21 sides to reach the second round before starting a loan spell with Championship club Burton Albion for the remainder of the season on 17 January 2018, making nine appearances for the EFL club.
Featured in the Hammers 2018/19 pre-season matches at FC Winterthur and Wycombe Wanderers in July 2018 before starting another long loan spell, this time with Dutch Eredivisie club VVV-Venlo and then in February 2019 joined Haugesund for the remainder of the season.
On 16 January 2020, Samuelsen signed a two-and-a-half year deal with Championship side Hull City for an undisclosed fee. A short term loan followed with Danish Superliga side AaB, before signing a permanent deal with his home town club Haugesund.
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ANGELO OGBONNA
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DIMITRI PAYET
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MANUEL LANZINI
Born: 15 February 1993, Ituzaingo, Argentina
Signed: Al Jazira Club (UAE)
Date: 22 July 2015 (loan)
Date: 1 July 2016 (permanent)
Fee: Undisclosed
Debut: 6 August 2015, AFC Astra Giurgiu (A)
Last game: 28 May 2023, Leicester City (A)
West Ham United Career: 2015-2023
Appearances: 166/60
Goals: 32
International: Argentina 5 caps
Released: 30 June 2023
Next club: River Plate (Argentina)
Date: 2 August 2023
Born in the Greater Buenos Aires metropolitan area in Ituzaingo to Italian ancestry, Manuel Lanzini joined River Plate at the age of nine in 2002. At 17, he made his professional debut in a 1-0 home win over Tigre on 8 August 2010, and went on to make 22 league appearances for the La Banda club in his debut season.
Summer 2011 saw Lanzini loaned to Brazilian giants Fluminense, where he impressed by scoring twice in 22 appearances as a teenager, helping the club to win the Serie A title. With that experience under his belt, the player returned to River, where he was handed the coveted No.10 shirt, helping the club to reach the Copa Libertadores quarter-finals and scoring a career-high eight goals in 26 league appearances in 2012/13.
A packed 2013/14 saw Lanzini play 41 times in all competitions for River, helping the Buenos Aires club to reach the last-eight of the Copa Sudamericana and attracting the attention of clubs all over the world. It was Al-Jazira who moved for the exciting talent, securing Lanzini’s path to Abu Dhabi, where he became the youngest foreign player to appear in the UAE Arabian Gulf League at the age of 21. Again wearing the No.10 shirt, he scored eight goals in 24 league appearances to help Al-Jazira to finish as league runners-up. At international level, the creative South American has been capped four times by Argentina at U20 level.
The Argentine winger, nicknamed ‘La Joya’ - The Jewel – in his homeland due to his outstanding talent, arrived at the Boleyn Ground on 22 July 2015 on loan from UAE League side Al-Jazira.
Lanzini made an impression in his first steps into European football on 6 August 2015 when he made a scoring debut for the Hammers UEFA Europa League tie at Astra Girugiu. Came off the bench to make his Barclays Premier League bow against Leicester City on 15 August 2015 and scored on his first league start as West Ham won 3-0 at Liverpool on 29 August.
Following an exceptional debut season in east London, the Hammers took up the option to sign the 23-year-old attacking midfielder from the Al-Jazira club on a permanent basis for an undisclosed fee. Since then, the diminutive midfielder has enjoyed great highs, including his sensational first season and scoring some unforgettable goals, including hi slast-gasp equaliser at Tottenham Hotspur in 2020/21 and then a superb volleyed finish at Crystal Palace the following campaign, and enduring devasting lows, including a serious knee injury that cost him a place Argentina’s FIFA World Cup finals squad in 2018, before regaining his national team spot and play a key role in West Ham’s success in his last three seasons for the Hammers.
Over eight seasons in Claret and Blue, Lanzini made 226 appearances in all competitions and scored 32 goals – twice winning the the Club’s Goal of the Season award, Hammer of the Year runner-up in 2016/17.
On 30 June 2023, Manu departed the London Stadium when his contract expired. The Jewl returned to River Plate on 2 August, signing a one-year contract, in October, Lanzini was presented with a framed shirt number 100 to celebrate him making 100 appearances for his boyhood club.
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KYLE KNOYLE
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PEDRO OBIANG
Born: Alcala de Henares, Spain 27 March 1992
Signed: sampdoria (Italy)
Date: 10 June 2015
Fee: Undisclosed
Debut: 15 August 2015, Leicester City (H)
Last game: 4 May 2019, Southampton (H)
Appearances: 84/32
Goals: 3
International: Equatorial Guniea (3 caps)
Transferred: US Sassuolo (Italy)
Date: 24 July 2024
Fee: £6.1m
Born in Alcala de Henares, a suburb of Madrid, Pedro Obiang played for local teams CD Avance and AD Naya before catching the eye of heavyweights Atletico Madrid. However, the combative midfielder did not stay at Athletic for long as Italian outfit Sampdoria signed him in 2008 aged just 16. The talented midfielder progressed through the youth ranks before breaking into the first team at 18 years of age and has represented his native Spain at U17, U19 and U21 level.
The Spaniard made his competitive debut against Juventus on 12 September 2010 in a 3-3 draw. One of the star performers for the Italian side in Serie A, and was as member of the side that qualified for the UEFA Europa League. In total, Obiang made over 130 appearances in five seasons for the Il Blucerciatiside.
Obiang joined West Ham United from Sampdoria on a four year deal on 10 June 2015 for an undisclosed fee. The box-to-box midfielder with plenty of experience was signed in the hope he will go on to become a major force in the Premier League. However, he suffered a hamstring injury in pre-season which delayed his start and missed out on six of West Ham’s early season Europa Qualifiers.
The midfielder returned to make his Barclays Premier League debut as a second-half substitute against Leicester City on 15 August 2015, and started in the league for the first time a week later against AFC Bournemouth and made 20 appearances that campaign
The following season he was part of the side which qualified for European football. The midfielder, who has an Italian wife, a Spanish passport and parents who hail from Equatorial Guinea, chose the latter to represent at full international level, for which his first three full caps came during his time with the Hammers.
On the 4 January he won the club’s Goal of the Season for an unstoppable 30-yard drive against Tottenham Hotspur at Wembley Stadium. His elation turned to despair later that same month when he suffered a ligament tear to his right knee which ruled him out for the remainder of the 2017/18 season and a further spell on the side-lines, leading to talk that a return to Italy was on the cards that summer. He had to wait until 1 September 2018 for his first league start of the campaign and went on to record 29 appearances in all competitions that season.
Having played 116 times in Claret and Blue, and netting three goals, the 27-year-old’s four-year stay in the capital has seen him leave with plenty of good-wishes from the fans, before sealing a £6.1 million switch to Italian side US Sassuolo in Serie A on 24 July 2019.
In August 2021, following test at a hospital in Italy’s Modena province, Obiang was diagnosed with bronchopulmonary disease and as a precaution was prohibited from playing or training for the foreseeable future.
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VICTOR MOSES
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EMMANUEL EMENIKE
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