Samuel Barlay

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Samuel Barlay
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-09-15) 15 September 1986 (age 36)
Place of birth Freetown, Sierra Leone
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
00002003–2004 East End Lions
2004–2007 Malmö FF 4 (0)
2006 → Mariehamn (loan) 9 (0)
2007 → Örgryte (loan) 18 (5)
2008–2009 Mariehamn 15 (0)
2010 Syrianska 20 (4)
2010 Mughan 6 (1)
2011–2013 Ravan Baku 56 (5)
2013–2014 AZAL 24 (1)
2014–2015 Syrianska 26 (1)
2015–2016 Ravan Baku 6 (0)
2016–2017 Syrianska 28 (0)
2018 IFK Mora 16 (1)
International career‡
2002–2003 Sierra Leone U-20 8 (0)
2004– Sierra Leone [1] 18 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:13, 9 May 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:13, 9 May 2020 (UTC)

Samuel Barlay (born 15 September 1986) is a Sierra Leonean footballer who plays as a midfielder. He has represented Sierra Leone at international level.

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Club career

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.

Barlay 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. [2] In 2008, he returned to "Grönvitt" after a loan spell at Örgryte IS in the Swedish second tier of football. [3]

Barlay left IFK Mariehamn, six months before his contract was due to expire, in April 2009. [4]

Following the end of his contract with Syrianska IF, Barlay went on trial with Syrianska FC in January 2011, [5] before signing with Azerbaijan Premier League side FK Mughan. [6]

Barlay left Ravan Baku at the end of his two-year contract in the summer of 2013. [7] Following his release from Ravan Baku, Barlay signed for fellow Azerbaijan Premier League side AZAL on a one-year contract, with the option of a second. [8]

In June 2014 Barlay returned to Syrianska, playing in the Division 2 Norra Svealand. [9] [10] He signed a new one-year contract with Syrianska in December 2014. [11]

In July 2015, Barlay joined Ravan Baku for a second time.

International career

Barlay 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.

In July 2014, Barlay was suspended in-defiantly, along with Ibrahim Koroma, Ibrahim Kargbo and Christian Caulker over allegations of match-fixing relating to an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against South Africa which ended 0–0. [12] Barlay and his fellow banned players had their ban lifted in March 2015. [13] [14]

Career statistics

Club

As of 6 May 2014 [15] [16] [17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
SeasonClubLeagueCupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppGoalsAppsGoals
Malmö 2005 Allsvenskan 402060
IFK Mariehamn (loan) 2006 Veikkausliiga 90—90
Örgryte (loan) 2007 Superettan 185—185
IFK Mariehamn 2008 Veikkausliiga150—150
2009 00—00
Syrianska 2010 Division 1 204—204
Mughan 2010–11 [18] Azerbaijan Premier League 6100—61
Ravan Baku 2011–12 [19] Azerbaijan Premier League28410—294
2012–13 [20] 28120—301
Total5653020595
AZAL 2013–14 Azerbaijan Premier League24110—251
Career total15216402015816

International goals

Scores and results list Sierra Leone's goal tally first.
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.9 June 2012 Nuevo Estadio de Malabo, Malabo Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea
1–1
2–2 [21]
2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier

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  2. ↑ Veikkausliiga profile Archived 20 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
  3. ↑ Svenskfotboll profile (in Swedish)
  4. ↑ "Samuel Barlay jättää IFK Mariehamnin" (in Finnish). www.veikkausliiga.com. Archived from the original on 24 December 2013. Retrieved 23 December 2013.
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