Samuel Wilson (footballer)


Samuel Israel Wilson Rostrán is a Nicaraguan footballer who plays for UNAN Managua in the Nicaraguan Primera División.

Club career

Samuel Wilson was born in Chinandega Nicaragua, he is an Afro-Nicaraguan. He started his career at local team Chinandega and played for Walter Ferretti and Scorpión and had a short spell abroad with Atlético Olanchano in the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras. He has been with Estelí since the 2006–07 season.
On 12 January 2014, Wilson scored his 100th goal in a league game against his first club, Chinandega.

International career

Wilson made his debut for Nicaragua in a May 2001 UNCAF Nations Cup match against El Salvador and has, as of December 2013, earned a total of 29 caps, scoring 4 goals. He has represented his country in 6 FIFA World Cup qualification matches and played at the 2001, 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2013 UNCAF Nations Cups as well as at the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
He scored a brace as Nicaragua defeated Guatemala to take fifth place in the UNCAF Nations Cup 2009.

International goals

DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.10 February 2007Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador1–11–22007 UNCAF Nations Cup
2.15 February 2007Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador1–31–92007 UNCAF Nations Cup
3.29 January 2009Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras1–02–02009 UNCAF Nations Cup
4.29 January 2009Estadio Tiburcio Carias Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras2–02–02009 UNCAF Nations Cup