2024 Men's Soccer Roster
Jersey Number 6
Samuel Atiye
- Position:
- Midfielder
- Height:
- 5-11
- Weight:
- 165
- Class:
- Graduate Student
- Hometown:
- Dusseldorf, Germany
- Prev School:
- Monroe College
- Major:
- Sociology
2024
- Played in all 19 matches with 11 starts for 1070 minutes
- Scored two goals on seven shots on goal
- Registered two assists vs Utah Tech (9/21)
- Recorded a three-point game at UC San Diego with a goal and an assist (11/2)
- Finished with seven points
- Played all 20 matches starting eight for a total of 1,025 minutes
- Scored two goals on two shots on goal including a game-winner vs. UC Santa Barbara in the Big West Semifinal
- Added two assists for six points
- Big West Fall All-Academic honoree
- Dean's List Winter 2024
- Played in 17 matches and over 500 minutes starting twice
- Scored his first career September 9 vs. UCF
- Added an assist for three points on the season
- Earned Winter and Spring Dean's List at UC Irvine in 2022
- Played seven matches in 2021 starting five times
- Put up five shots, two on goal
- 4-time President List recipient, two-time Dean's List
- Played club soccer with Bayer 04 Leverkusen u13-u15 and Borussia Monchengladbach u16-u19 teams
- Won matches against FC Barcelona and Celtic Glasgow in UEFA Youth League competition
- Played for the Togo National Team under-20 team and Germany National Team under-15 team
- Chose to attend UC Irvine to work with amazing humans such as the coaching staff and to develop myself within a winning environment that offers one of the best institutes in the country
- Fan of Bayern Munich, Borussia Monchengladbach, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, and the Los Angeles Lakers including athletes Paul Pogba, LeBron James, Giannis Antetekounmpo, Lionel Messi, and Joshua Kimmich
- Favorite movies are Spiderman: No Way Home, The Avengers, and Inception
- Favorite book is I Am Zlatan
- Enjoys the musical stylings of Drake, Lil Durk, Don Toliver, and Dave
Great moments to recall from 2025 💭
Saturday, January 17
Got some debate going 🤣 #TogetherWeZot | #Shorts
Friday, October 17
Anteater Spotlights | Ep. 1 | Agaton Pourshahidi
Thursday, October 02
Right place. Right time. 😤 #TogetherWeZot | #Shorts
Tuesday, September 16
