{{Short description|Nigerian footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Samson Olaleye<br/>Hoàng Vũ Samson | image = Selfie with Hoàng Vũ Samson.jpg | caption = Samson in 2025 | fullname = Hoàng Vũ Olaleye Samson | birth_name = Samson Kayode Olaleye | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|10|6|df=y}} | birth_place = Kaduna, Nigeria | height = 1.82 m | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | currentclub = PVF-CAND | clubnumber = 39 | position = Striker | years1 = 2008 | clubs1 = Than Quảng Ninh | caps1 = 22 | goals1 = 15 | years2 = 2009–2011 | clubs2 = Đồng Tháp | caps2 = 49 | goals2 = 43 | years3 = 2011 | clubs3 = Atlético Madrid B | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2011 | clubs4 = → Braga (loan) | caps4 = 0 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2011–2017 | clubs5 = Hà Nội | caps5 = 128 | goals5 = 93 | years6 = 2018 | clubs6 = Buriram United | caps6 = 2 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2018–2019 | clubs7 = Hà Nội | caps7 = 25 | goals7 = 21 | years8 = 2019 | clubs8 = → Quảng Nam (loan) | caps8 = 12 | goals8 = 7 | years9 = 2020–2021 | clubs9 = Đông Á Thanh Hóa | caps9 = 22 | goals9 = 9 | years10 = 2022–2023 | clubs10 = Hồ Chí Minh City | caps10 = 38 | goals10 = 14 | years11 = 2023–2025 | clubs11 = Quảng Nam | caps11 = 41 | goals11 = 17 | years12 = 2025– | clubs12 = PVF-CAND | caps12 = 15 | goals12 = 3 | club-update = 21 March 2026 }} '''Samson Kayode Olaleye''' (born 6 October 1988), also known as '''Hoàng Vũ Samson''', is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a striker for V.League 1 club PVF-CAND.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=VnExpress |title=Veteran Vietnamese-Nigerian striker gets multiple bans for violent play - VnExpress International |url=https://e.vnexpress.net/news/sports/football/veteran-vietnamese-nigerian-striker-gets-multiple-bans-for-violent-play-4256396.html |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=VnExpress International – Latest news, business, travel and analysis from Vietnam |language=en}}</ref>
Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in V.League 1 history, he holds the V.League 1's record of being the all-time goal scorer with 202 goals becoming the first player to reach the 200 goals milestones.<ref>{{soccerway|samson-kayode-olaleye/161674}}</ref>
==Club career==
=== Than Quảng Ninh === Samson started his playing in Vietnam for Than Quảng Ninh. He scored 15 goals in his two years at the club.
=== Đồng Tháp === In 2009, Samson joined Đồng Tháp and later became one of the most popular foreign players in Vietnam. He scored 17 goals in 18 games in the 2011 season.
=== Atletico Madrid B === In August 2011, after being liquidated by Đồng Tháp ahead of time due to a hand injury, Kayode moved to Atlético Madrid B on a free transfer. He was then loaned to Braga because Atlético Madrid B had run out of quotas to sign non-EU players.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.marca.com/2011/08/15/futbol/equipos/atletico/1313400392.html|title=El Atlético ficha a Olaleye y se lo ‘presta’ al Braga - MARCA.com|website=www.marca.com|accessdate=8 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/69/transfer-zone/2011/08/15/2621606/report-atletico-madrid-signs-dong-thaps-samson-kayode-and|title=Atletico Madrid sign Dong Thap's Samson Kayode and loan him out to Braga - report {{!}} Goal.com}}</ref>
However, as soon as they learned that Atlético Madrid B signed a contract with Samson, the representative of Hà Nội had a file submitted to the VFF requesting not to issue an International Transfer Certificate (ITC) for the Nigerian striker because he had previously submitted a certificate to him. Then, Samson finally agreed to sign a memorandum of understanding to play for the capital team from the 2012 season with a part of the transfer money and a compensation clause in case of any violation.
=== Hà Nội === With Hà Nội, Samson was the V.League 1 top scorer in the 2013 and 2014 season. In October 2013, Samson was also naturalized to become a Vietnamese citizen, thus making him a domestic player in the league.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://vnexpress.net/vua-pha-luoi-v-league-2013-duoc-nhap-quoc-tich-viet-nam-2898634.html|title=Vua phá lưới V-League 2013 được nhập quốc tịch Việt Nam|date=21 October 2013|publisher=VnExpress}}</ref>
=== Buriram United === From the 2018 season, teams in the top two divisions of Thailand allow teams to register a foreign player of Southeast Asian (ASEAN) origin in the squad. Buriram United quickly reached an agreement with Hoàng Vũ Samson on 29 December 2017. However, he and his club ended their contract shortly after.
=== Return to Hà Nội === Returning to Hà Nội on 11 March 2018, Hoàng Vũ Samson is still trusted by coach Chu Đình Nghiêm. At this team, the 30-year-old has scored 21 goals in the 2018-19 season.
==== Quảng Nam (loan) ==== In 2019, Hoàng Vũ Samson was loaned out to Quảng Nam, scoring 7 goals in 12 matches.
=== Đông Á Thanh Hóa === From the 2020 season, the Nigerian-born player moved to Đông Á Thanh Hóa where he scored 9 goals in 22 matches.
=== Hồ Chí Minh City === On 19 October 2021, Samson joined his sixth Vietnamese club Hồ Chí Minh City.<ref>{{cite web |title=V. League club recruits veteran Nigerian-Vietnamese striker |url=https://e.vnexpress.net/news/sports/football/v-league-club-recruits-veteran-nigerian-vietnamese-striker-4373896.html |publisher=VnExpress |date=19 October 2021}}</ref>
=== Quảng Nam === On 27 September 2023, Samson joined Quảng Nam.
=== PVF-CAND === Following Quảng Nam's withdrawal from the 2025–26 V.League 1, Samson joined newly promoted V.League 1 side PVF-CAND.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.facebook.com/Vietnamfootbal/posts/chuy%E1%BB%83n-nh%C6%B0%E1%BB%A3ng-vleague-1-ti%E1%BB%81n-%C4%91%E1%BA%A1o-ho%C3%A0ng-v%C5%A9-samson-s%E1%BA%BD-kho%C3%A1c-%C3%A1o-clb-pvf-c%C3%B4ng-an-nh%C3%A2/1180693980744232/ | title=CHUYỂN NHƯỢNG: (V.League 1 🇻🇳) --> Tiền đạo Hoàng Vũ Samson sẽ khoác áo CLB PVF - Công An Nhân Dân tham dự V.League 1 - 2025/26. | publisher=Vietnam Football - VFF | work=Facebook | date=9 August 2025 | accessdate=27 August 2025}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ''As of 26 March 2026'' {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 10px;" |+Appearances and goals by club, season and competition ! rowspan=2|Club ! rowspan=2|Season ! colspan=3|League ! colspan=2|National cup ! colspan=2|Continental ! colspan=2|Other ! colspan=2|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |Than Quang Ninh |2008 |Vietnamese First Division |22||15||0||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||22||15 |- |rowspan=4|TĐCS Đồng Tháp |2009 |V-League |16||13||1||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||17||13 |- |2010 |V-League |15||13||1||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||16||13 |- |2011 |V-League |18||17||1||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||19||17 |- !colspan=2|Total !49!!43!!3!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!52!!43 |- |rowspan=7|Hà Nội T&T |2012 |Vietnamese Super League |24||14||4||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||28||14 |- |2013 |V.League 1 |21||14||2||1||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||23||15 |- |2014 |V.League 1 |19||24||1||0||9{{efn|Two appearances in AFC Champions League, Seven appearances and two goals in AFC Cup}}||2||1{{efn|name=VSC|Appearances in Vietnamese Super Cup}}||1||30||27 |- |2015 |V.League 1 |19||15||4||4||2{{efn|name=ACL|Appearances in AFC Champions League}}||2||colspan=2|—||25||21 |- |2016 |V.League 1 |23||15||7||4||2{{efn|name=ACL}}||0||1{{efn|name=VSC}}||0||33||19 |- |2017 |V.League 1 |22||11||1||1||2{{efn|name=AC|Appearances in AFC Cup}}||0||0||0||25||12 |- !colspan=2|Total !128!!93!!19!!10!!15!!4!!2!!1!!166!!108 |- |Buriram United |2018 |Thai League 1 |2||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||1{{efn|name=TLC|Appearance in Thailand Champions Cup}}||0||3||0 |- |rowspan=3|Hà Nội |2018 |V.League 1 |13||15||5||3||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||18||18 |- |2019 |V.League 1 |12||6||1||0||7{{efn|name=AC}}||1||1{{efn|name=VSC}}||2||21||9 |- !colspan=2|Total !25!!21!!6!!3!!7!!1!!1!!0!!40!!29 |- |Quảng Nam (loan) |2019 |V.League 1 |12||7||2||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||14||7 |- |rowspan=3|Thanh Hóa |2020 |V.League 1 |17||6||2||1||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||19||7 |- |2021 |V.League 1 |5||3||0||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||10||6 |- !colspan=2|Total !22!!9!!2!!1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!24!!10 |- |rowspan=3|Hồ Chí Minh City |2022 |V.League 1 |21||5||0||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||21||5 |- |2023 |V.League 1 |17||9||1||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||18||9 |- !colspan=2|Total !38!!14!!1!!1!!0!!0!!0!!0!!39!!15 |- |rowspan=3|Quảng Nam |2023–24 |V.League 1 |26||13||2||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||28||13 |- |2024–25 |V.League 1 |23||5||1||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||24||5 |- !colspan=2|Total !49!!18!!3!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!52!!21 |- |PVF-CAND |2025–26 |V.League 1 |15||3||2||0||colspan=2|—||colspan=2|—||17||3 |- !colspan=3|Total !303!!217!!38!!14!!22!!3!!4!!3!!367!!236 |} {{notelist}}
==Honours== '''Hà Nội''' *V.League 1: 2013, 2016, 2018; Runner-up 2012, 2014, 2015 *Vietnamese National Cup: Runner-up 2012, 2015, 2016, 2019 *Vietnamese Super Cup: 2019; Runner-up 2014, 2016, 2017
===Individuals=== * V.League 1 top scorer: 2013, 2014
== References == {{reflist}}
{{PVF-CAND FC squad}} {{Navboxes | title = Awards | bg = gold | fg = navy | list1 = {{V-League top scorers}} {{2013 V.League 1 Team of the Season}} {{2014 V.League 1 Team of the Season}} }}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hoang Vu, Samson}} Category:1988 births Category:Living people Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Vietnamese expatriate men's footballers Category:Nigerian men's footballers Category:Vietnamese men's footballers Category:Nigerian expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Vietnam Category:Vietnamese expatriate sportspeople in Thailand Category:Naturalized citizens of Vietnam Category:V.League 1 players Hoang Vu Samson Category:Dong Thap FC players Category:S.C. Braga players Category:Than Quang Ninh FC players Category:Hanoi FC players Hoang Vu Samson Category:Thanh Hóa FC players Category:Cong An Ho Chi Minh City FC players Category:Quang Nam FC players Category:Vietnamese people of Nigerian descent Category:Footballers from Kaduna Category:Naturalised association football players Category:21st-century Nigerian sportsmen