Shaleum Logan is a professional football player born in Manchester, England on November 6, 1988. He is the younger brother of Carlos Logan who was a trainee with the Manchester City Football Club.
Shaleum Logan started playing football at the Manchester City youth academy and was very successful in 2005 and 2006. In 2007, he went on to sign a three-year contract with the club’s senior team and marked the beginning of his professional career as a defender. In August 2007, Shaleum Logan made his first-team debut for Manchester City in the second round of the League Cup against Bristol City and helped his team to a 2-1 victory by scoring a goal in his maiden League Cup appearance. He was also selected for the team that played against Norwich City in the next round of the tournament. Shaleum Logan scored his second goal for the club in a friendly match that resulted in a 4-1 victory for Manchester City.
Shaleum Logan had been loaned to other football clubs on a few occasions, and this resulted in him getting enough exposure and experience. First, he was loaned to a League Two football club, Grimsby Town, for a month in October 2007. He netted a brilliant solo goal in his first appearance for this club in a match against Rochdale. He went on to play four more games for the club and scored two goals.
Following this, Shaleum Logan joined Scunthorpe United as a loan player in 2007 and played there for a month, featuring in 4 games. In February 2008, Stockport signed him on a two-month loan and gave him the opportunity to play six games during his short stint. He returned to Manchester City on April 20, 2008.
Shaleum Logan is considered as a player of the likes of other Manchester City youth products, including Daniel Sturridge, Micah Richards, Stephen Ireland, and Nedum Onuoha. The team’s manager Sven-Goran Eriksson said in an interview that this young defender had made him proud.
Shaleum Logan, apart from playing football, has also sponsored Football Association’s (FA) Youth Player Campaign, an initiative to help young players develop their fitness and come through the youth teams of different clubs. An accomplished guitarist, Shaleum had hoped to release a guitar CD as a child.
