| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | September 15, 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Freetown, Sierra Leone | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking Midfielder/Central Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Ravan Baku | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| –2004 | East End Lions | ||
| 2004–2007 | Malmö FF | 4 | (0) |
| 2006 | IFK Mariehamn (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2007 | Örgryte IS (loan) | 18 | (5) |
| 2008–2009 | IFK Mariehamn | 15 | (0) |
| 2010 | Syrianska IF | 20 | (4) |
| 2010–2011 | FK Mughan | 6 | (1) |
| 2011– | Ravan Baku | 7 | (2) |
| National team | |||
| 2002-2003 | Sierra Leone U-20 | 8 | (0) |
| 2004- | Sierra Leone[1] | 7 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Samuel Barlay (born September 15, 1986 in Freetown[2]) nickname Big Sammy, is a Sierra Leonean international footballer, who currently plays for Ravan Baku.
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Samuel Barlay was born and raised in Freetown. He started his professional football career with top Sierra Leonean club East End Lions in the Sierra Leone National Premier League in 2003.
He signed for Malmö FF from Sierra Leonean East End Lions shortly after the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship. In 2006 he was on a season long loan at IFK Mariehamn in the Finnish Veikkausliiga.[3] In 2008 he returned to "Grönvitt" after a loan spell at Örgryte IS in the Swedish second tier of football.[4]
He was the captain of the Sierra Leone U-17 national football team at the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Finland. Barlay is a first choice at the central midfield position for the Leone Stars, as the Sierra Leone national football team is known. He won a penalty for his country which was converted by Mohamed Kallon that gave the Leone Stars a 1-0 win over South Africa in the 2010 FIFA World Cup/2010 African Cup of Nations qualifying match played in June 2008 in Freetown.