Randy Samuel

North America

He was selected by the Vancouver Whitecaps in the 1981 North American Soccer League draft, though he never signed with the club. In 1983, Samuel began his professional career with the Edmonton Eagles of the Canadian Professional Soccer League. He signed with the Vancouver Whitecaps the following year, yet he never played a game for them before returning to the Eagles.

Netherlands

In 1985, Samuels left Canada for the Netherlands, where he played in the Dutch First Division with PSV Eindhoven. PSV were crowned champions in 1985–86 and 1986–87, but Samuels played just five league games before he moved on to FC Volendam, who were newly-promoted to the top-flight in 1987–88. After a mid-table finish in 1988–89, Volendam missed out on qualification to the UEFA Cup by only two points in 1989–90. He switched to Fortuna Sittard in 1990, who finished mid-table in 1990–91 and 1991–92, before dropping into the Second Division after suffering relegation in 1992–93. After Sittard finished the 1993–94 season mid-table in the Dutch second tier, he left the club and the country. He coached at youth level while playing in the Netherlands.

England

After a trial at English Football League First Division side Port Vale, he signed forms with the club in November 1995. He got off to a flying start, scoring on his debut in a 1–1 draw with Watford at Vale Park on 18 November 1995. By the end of the year, he was out of action due to a knee injury. He…

Samuel earned his first cap for Canada in a 3–1 loss to Honduras in San Pedro Sula on 11 November 1983. After a further ten appearances in friendly games, the only victory coming against his birth nation Trinidad and Tobago, he played seven of Canada's eight games at the 1985 CONCACAF Championship; they finished above Honduras and Costa Rica in the final round to claim the nation's first major honour in the sport since the 1904 Olympics. Their success won them a place at the 1986 World Cup finals – thus far the country's only appearance at the World Cup finals. Samuel played all three of Canada's games in Mexico; a 1–0 defeat to France and 2–0 defeats to Hungary and the Soviet Union. Canada missed out on qualification to the 1989 CONCACAF Championship after losing to Guatemala on away goals. However, Samuel continued to feature regularly and appeared in the 1990 North American Nations Cup, which Canada won. He played two of Canada's three games at the 1991 CONCACAF Gold Cup. He played five of Canada's six group games in the first round of 1994 World Cup qualification, as they finished ahead of Jamaica and Bermuda to qualify for the final round of group games. He played each of the two games against Mexico, El Salvador and Honduras; they finished second behind the Mexicans, meaning they had to beat Australia in a CONCACAF–OFC play-off to qualify. Before this game was the 1993 CONCACAF Gold Cup; Samuels played all three of Canada's games, including the 8–0 capitulation to…

In 2010, he was appointed head coach of Lobbans FC in the Vancouver Metro Soccer League. He now also runs his own soccer business in Surrey, British Columbia.

Samuel was born in Trinidad and grew up in Saskatoon, Canada and Richmond, Canada. Growing up, he attended McNair High School in Canada.