Samuel Loizou

Samuel Loizou (/lɔɪzuː/) (born 25 December 2002) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a winger for the Parramatta Eels in the National Rugby League (NRL).

Sam Loizou

Personal information
Full name	Samuel Loizou
Born	(2002-12-25) 25 December 2002 (age 22) Beaumont Hills, New South Wales, Australia
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	98 kg (216 lb; 15 st 6 lb)
Playing information
Position	Wing, Centre
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2021– Parramatta Eels 1 0 0 0 0
Source: [1] As of 4 September 2021

Playing career

Loizou is of Greek Cypriot heritage.^[2]

In 2019, Loizou represented the Australian Schoolboys being the youngest player in the squad. Loizou was also a part of Parramatta's SG Ball team at 16 years of age winning their best and fairest award in 2019.^{[citation needed]}

In 2021, Loizou started training with Parramatta's first grade squad, playing for their Jersey Flegg team and appearing in two games for NSW Cup. In round 25 2021, Loizou made his NRL debut for Parramatta off the bench against the Penrith Panthers at Cbus Super Stadium in a 6–40 loss.^[3][4] Loizou made no appearances for Parramatta in either the 2022 NRL season or the 2023 NRL season. He would instead continue to play for the clubs NSW Cup team. On 31 October 2023, Loizou was released by Parramatta after not being offered a new contract.^[5] On 21 November 2023, it was announced by the Wests Tigers that they had offered Loizou a train and trial deal ahead of the 2024 NRL season.^[6] After failing to secure a contract with the Wests Tigers, Loizou returned to the Parramatta team ahead of the 2024 NRL season.^[7]