Sam Curtis

Youth career

A native of Navan, County Meath, Curtis began playing with his local side Parkvilla, before moving to the youth section of Dublin team, St Kevin's Boys. He later joined the academy of League of Ireland Premier Division club Shamrock Rovers. In June 2019, he captained the representative team for the Dublin District Schoolboys League that won the Kennedy Cup. While at Rovers, he made his debut in senior football for the club's reserve team Shamrock Rovers II in Ireland's second tier, the League of Ireland First Division. His debut came on 17 October 2020 in a 3–1 win over Athlone Town at age 14, making him the youngest player in League of Ireland history. He spent time on trial at AS Roma and Bayer Leverkusen in the summer of 2021.

St Patrick's Athletic

2021 season

On 25 July 2021, it was announced that Curtis, as well as his brother Ben, had signed for St Patrick's Athletic, where they would initially play with the club's under 19 side. Curtis made his senior debut for the club on 13 August 2021, replacing the injured Lee Desmond in injury time of a 2–1 win over Waterford at Richmond Park, making him the club's youngest ever player at 15 years and 255 days old (until that record was then broken by Mason Melia in 2023). He made his UEFA Youth League debut on 29 September 2021 in a 2–1 loss to Serbian side Crvena Zvezda.

2022 season

Both Sam and brother Ben Curtis signed their first professional contracts on 20 January…

Curtis featured for the Republic of Ireland U15 side in 2019, captaining the side at age 13. He was a prominent player for the Republic of Ireland U17s during their qualification campaign over 2021–2022, scoring 2 goals in 6 appearances. Curtis captained the Republic of Ireland U18 side over 2021–2022. His first call up to the Republic of Ireland U19 team came in September 2022. Curtis received his first call up to the Republic of Ireland U21 side came in March 2023, for a friendly against Iceland U21, despite still being just 17 years old. He played the full 90 minutes in the game as his side came from behind to win 2–1 after playing an hour with 10 men. On 20 June 2023, he was named as Republic of Ireland U18 Player of the Year for 2022 at the FAI International Football Awards. On 6 September 2024, he scored his first goal for the U21s, scoring an 84th minute winner in his sides 1–0 victory away to Turkey.

As of match played on 20 October 2026

St Patrick's Athletic

FAI Cup (2): 2021, 2023 Individual

PFAI Young Player of the Year (1): 2023 PFAI Premier Division Team of the Year (1): 2023 St Patrick's Athletic Young Player of the Year (1): 2023 FAI Under-18 International Player of the Year (1): 2022