After some speculation about American parentage, we have done enough detective work to show that Samuel Shashoua has an American-born father and is likely eligible for a US passport. SAMUEL SHASHOUA Date of birth: 13 May 1999 Attacking midfielder who scored for our Under-18s on the opening day of 2015-16 against Brighton and went on to make 18 league appearances at that level. http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/second-year-academy/samuel-shashoua/ Grandfather immigrated to the US as a boy and was adopted by an Scottish-American woman. His son, Mark, was born in the US, schooled in the UK and went to college at Syracuse. Thus, Mark (Samuel's father) likely has enough residency in the US to pass along citizenship to his sons. This profile from the club helped confirm his likely US citizenship: https://superhotspur.com/2016/01/28/5-questions-with-samuel-shashoua/ Question5: Apart from being eligible for England which other national teams are you eligible for? SS: Spain, America and Venezuela. His Twitter: @Sam_shash Transfermarkt: http://www.transfermarkt.com/samuel-shashoua/nationalmannschaft/spieler/387313 Another profile: http://cartilagefreecaptain.sbnatio...34/samuel-shashoua-tottenham-hotspur-prospect Samuel Shashoua is a 16-year-old attacking player who is making headlines recently. At such a young age, he’s already made his debut for the club’s U-23 team. He has at least 7 competitive caps for England U17, so he's not making a switch anytime soon. His brother, Armando, is also at Tottenham. For reference, here are some of the Detective Work threads that got us to here: http://forums.bigsoccer.com/threads...ive-work-thread.1987805/page-16#post-34383389 http://forums.bigsoccer.com/threads...ive-work-thread.1987805/page-18#post-34799054 http://forums.bigsoccer.com/threads...ive-work-thread.1987805/page-18#post-34799112
Starts for U18s: Spurs U18s (v @ReadingFC): Whiteman, Eyoma, Tsaroulla, Skipp, Mukena, Marsh, Shashoua, Oakley-Boothe, Sterling, Duncan, Bennetts. #COYS— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) November 12, 2016
On the bench for the UEFA Youth League match against Monaco: #UYL: Spurs subs: Freeman, Dinzeyi, Griffiths, Tracey, Roles, Stylianides, Shashoua. Late change - Whiteman in for Austin, Freeman on bench.— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) November 22, 2016 And he enters the match: #UYL Early change, Shashoua on for injured Oakley-Booth. Harrison denied by Mifsud earlier, Sylla blasted best chance wide. 0-0, 23mins.— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) November 22, 2016
Starts: Spurs U18s (v @SouthamptonFC): De Bie, Hinds, Tsaroulla, Skipp, Marsh (c), Dinzeyi, Shashoua, Roles, Griffiths, Duncan, Reynolds. #COYS— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) November 26, 2016 And scores: U18s: GOAL! Good play from Griffiths and Duncan, Shashoua turns on edge of box and fires in low off the post. 1-0, 11mins #COYS— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) November 26, 2016 U18s: GOAL! Tsaroulla tripped in the box, Shashoua scores from the penalty spot. 2-0, 19mins #COYS— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) November 26, 2016
Starts: Our line-up for this FA Youth Cup third round tie... #COYS pic.twitter.com/D7PYl7uR9N— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) November 30, 2016 And picks up a couple of assists: FAYC: GOAL! Shashoua makes it look easy as he glides past a defender and crosses for Tanganga to powerfully head in. 4-0, 59mins #COYS— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) November 30, 2016 FAYC: GOAL! Shashoua wins a free-kick at side of box, floats it over himself and Tanganga nods in at back post. 5-0, 63mins #COYS— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) November 30, 2016
And this gem: FAYC: GOAL! Shashoua shot hits the back of Sterling's head, ball falls to Eyoma who converts from tight angle on right. 6-0, 65mins #COYS— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) November 30, 2016 Dude's busy today... FAYC: GOAL! Shashoua plays it over top, substitute Brown beats advancing keeper to it and smashes into empty net. 7-0, 77mins #COYS— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) November 30, 2016
And now he scores: FAYC: GOAL! Bennetts runs down the left, his cross is swept in with aplomb by Shashoua. 8-1, 87mins #COYS— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) November 30, 2016 FAYC: GOAL! It's double figures as Shashoua finds the net with a left-footed shot from 16 yards. 10-1, 90+2mins #COYS— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) November 30, 2016
This is one for the long, slow game. He's already provisionally tied to England. Just let him know you are interested and check in every now and then. He'll need to plateau a bit before he's interested in the US (or get frustrated with the wait).
Starts for U19s against PFC CSKA Moscow: Spurs U19s (v @PFCCSKA_en): De Bie, Eyoma, Walker-Peters, Skipp, Marsh (c), Tanganga, Shashoua, Duncan, Sterling, Harrison, Bennetts. #COYS— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) December 7, 2016
Started and scored against the US U17s in the IMG Cup: Spurs starting 11 - De Bie, Tsaroulla, Tanganga, Dinzeyi, Eyoma, Duncan, Roles, Bennetts, Griffiths, Oakley-Boothe, Shashoua— Ray Lo (@RayLo18) December 18, 2016 810310767014805504 is not a valid tweet id
Tottenham says that Shashoua didn't score against the US: Saturday, December 17 USA U17s 1-3 Spurs (Duncan 26, Griffiths 32, Sterling 49) Spurs: De Bie, Eyoma, Tsaroulla, Oakley-Boothe (Brown 73), Tanganga (Lock 73), Dinzeyi, Shashoua (Sterling 48), Duncan, Griffiths, Roles, Bennetts (Gonzalez-Velasco 10). Thursday, December 15 Baltimore Armour 0-2 Spurs (Sterling 38, Roles 79; Marsh sent off 51) Spurs: De Bie, Hinds, Brown (Tsaroulla 59), Marsh, Tanganga (Eyoma 72), Dinzeyi, Shashoua (Oakley-Boothe 63), Omolabi, Sterling (Griffiths 72), Duncan (Roles 63), Bennetts (Gonzalez-Velasco 72). Wednesday, December 14 Spurs 7-0 RVG Academy (OG 9, Roles 13, 31, 33, Tsaroulla 38, Bennetts 64, Gozalez-Velasco 73 (pen)) Spurs: Austin, Lock, Tsaroulla (Hinds 40), Marsh (Omolabi 40), Eyoma (Tanganga 56), Dinzeyi (Brown 56), Shashoua (Bennetts 56), Reynolds, Griffiths (Sterling 67), Roles (Duncan 62), Gonzalez-Velasco. http://www.tottenhamhotspur.com/new...hrough-to-img-cup-final-after-usa-win-181216/
Starts in FA Youth Cup match: Good evening from @QPRFC's Loftus Road! Our youngsters have an FA Youth Cup 4th round tie here at 7pm. Here's how we line up... #COYS pic.twitter.com/EJcKvsm6ve— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) January 10, 2017
Assist: FAYC: GOAL! Shashoua squares for Roles to score just 23 seconds after the restart. 3-1, 46mins #COYS— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) January 10, 2017
Starts today: Here's how we line up against @NorwichCityFC in the FA Youth Cup tonight... #COYS pic.twitter.com/4X292pWvHF— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) February 2, 2017
Starts for U18s: Spurs U18s (v @LCFC): Austin, Hinds, Brown, Omolabi, Tanganga (c), Dinzeyi, Gonzalez-Velasco, Duncan, Griffiths, Sterling, Shashoua. #COYS— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) February 7, 2017
U18s: Here's Samuel Shashoua in first-half action against @LCFC at Hotspur Way. Second half underway in a few minutes, 1-1... #COYS pic.twitter.com/Ak4TmJKGzY— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) February 7, 2017
Starts for U18s: Spurs U18s (v @OfficialBHAFC): Whiteman, Hinds, Brown, Marsh (c), Dinzeyi, Tanganga, Shashoua, Skipp, Griffiths, Duncan, Bennetts. #COYS— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) February 11, 2017 And scores: U18s: GOAL! Griffiths back-heels it to Shashoua and he drives in low from left side of box. 1-0, 40mins— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) February 11, 2017
Starts for U18s: Spurs U18s (v @FulhamFC): Whiteman, Lock, Brown, Skipp, Dinzeyi, Marsh (c), Shashoua, Oakley-Boothe, Griffiths, Roles, Bennetts. #COYS— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) February 17, 2017
Starts for U18s: Spurs U18s (v @SwansOfficial): Austin, Lock, Hinds, Marsh (c), Eyoma, Dinzeyi, Shashoua, Roles, Griffiths, Oakley-Boothe, Bennetts. #COYS— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) February 21, 2017
Scores: U18s: GOAL! Bennetts wth a cross-field pass to Shashoua in space on right side of box, he takes a touch and drills in. 4-0, 56mins #COYS— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) February 21, 2017
Starts: Here's our team to face @NUFC in the FA Youth Cup quarter-final. The winners play Chelsea in the last four. Live updates to follow... #COYS pic.twitter.com/KplOQX4ncc— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) February 27, 2017