Samuel Iling-Junior

About

Samuel Iling-Junior (born 4 October 2003) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger or wing-back for EFL Championship club Bolton Wanderers, on loan from Premier League club Aston Villa.
A youth product of Chelsea and Juventus, Iling-Junior made his debut for reserve team Juventus U23 in the 2021–22 season, while also reaching the UEFA Youth League semi-finals with the U19 squad. In the following campaign, Iling-Junior started with Juventus Next Gen, scoring four goals in seven matches, and then was promoted to the first team in December 2022, after making his debut both in Serie A and Champions League.
Iling-Junior has represented England at various youth international levels, having won a UEFA European Under-19 Championship in 2022 and UEFA European Under-21 Championship in 2025.

Born in Islington, London, to Congolese parents, Iling-Junior joined Chelsea academy in 2011 at the age of eight, and spent nine years with the club. He attended secondary school at St Aloysius’ College, Highgate. He was promoted to the under-19s aged 16. In 2020, he decided to leave Chelsea, rejecting an athletic scholarship deal, attracting interest…