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Sammy Youssouf

Danish footballer

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ7409868 ↗
Source-derived summary

Sammy Youssouf (born 7 September 1976) was a Danish professional football player, who ended his professional career representing Vejle Boldklub in the Danish Superliga.

Youssouf signed for St Johnstone in January 2002, and scored on his debut in a 4–1 loss to Dundee United. He signed for Queens Park Rangers in January 2006.

Youssouf made his debut for Vejle Boldklub on 5 August 2007 scoring one goal in the 2–1 win against Skive IK. In the summer of 2009, he had to retire from professional football due to injuries.

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Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1976, 2002, 2006, 2007—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1976-09-07. For this dossier, Sammy, Youssouf and Danish is the immediate research focus.
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The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7409868. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1976, 2002, 2006 and 2007.

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This entry incorporates text from “Sammy Youssouf” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.