{{short description|English footballer}} {{about||the English defender|Sam Barratt (footballer, born 2002)|the Australian rules footballer|Sam Barrett}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Use British English|date=December 2019}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Sam Barratt |image = Barratt 2.jpg |image_size = 250 |caption = Barratt lines up for Maidenhead United in 2017. |fullname = Samuel James Barratt<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefa.com/-/media/files/thefaportal/governance-docs/registrations/august-2015.ashx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024145328/http://www.thefa.com/-/media/files/thefaportal/governance-docs/registrations/august-2015.ashx|title=The Football Association – List of Players under Written Contract Registered Between 01/08/2015 and 31/08/2015|archive-date=24 October 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|8|25|df=y}} |birth_place = Reading, England<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.footballinbracknell.co.uk/features/interviews/46691/boy-interrupted-sam-barratt-is-getting-back-to-what-he-does-best/|title=Boy interrupted: Sam Barratt is getting back to what he does best|date=14 May 2020}}</ref> |height = |position = Winger |currentclub = |clubnumber = |youthyears1 = |youthclubs1 = Woodley Town |years1 = 2011–2014 |clubs1 = Bracknell Town |caps1 = |goals1 = |years2 = 2014–2018 |clubs2 = Maidenhead United |caps2 = 97 |goals2 = 12 |years3 = 2016–2017 |clubs3 = → Staines Town (loan) |caps3 = 7 |goals3 = 0 |years4 = 2018–2020 |clubs4 = Southend United |caps4 = 10 |goals4 = 0 |years5 = 2020–2023 |clubs5 = Maidenhead United |caps5 = 81 |goals5 = 23 |years6 = 2023 |clubs6 = Barnet |caps6 = 6 |goals6 = 0 |years7 = 2023 |clubs7 = → Maidenhead United (loan) |caps7 = 5 |goals7 = 2 |years8 = 2023–2026 |clubs8 = Maidenhead United |caps8 = 71 |goals8 = 8 |nationalyears1 = 2017–2018 |nationalteam1 = England C |nationalcaps1 = 2 |nationalgoals1 = 0 |club-update = 06:20, 2 May 2026 (UTC) }} '''Samuel James Barratt''' (born 25 August 1995) is an English professional footballer who plays as a winger.
==Career== ===Early career=== Barratt started his career in the youth team at Woodley Town before joining Bracknell Town in 2011 aged 15. Barratt scored on his first team debut as a 16 year old and went on to play "approximately 90 games" for the Robins.<ref name ="berksbucks">{{Cite web|url=http://www.berks-bucksfa.com/news/2016/nov/09/player-profile--sam-barratt|title=Player Profile- Sam Barratt|first=The Football|last=Association|website=www.berks-bucksfa.com}}</ref><ref name = "art">{{cite web|url=https://www.thenonleaguefootballpaper.com/latest-news/20703/maidenhead-uniteds-sam-barratt-drawing-on-experience-to-juggle-art-with-football/|title=Maidenhead United's Sam Barratt drawing on experience to juggle art with football|date=19 October 2017|accessdate=15 May 2018|publisher=The Non-League Football Paper}}</ref> In summer 2014, Barratt signed for Maidenhead United. During four seasons at the club he made 97 league appearances – scoring 12 goals – and was part of the team that won the National League South in 2016–17.<ref name = "Soccerway">{{Soccerway|sam-barratt/371603|accessdate=15 May 2018}}</ref> He combined his non-league football career with his job as an artist.<ref name = "art"/> He also had trials at Crystal Palace and Bristol Rovers,<ref name ="berksbucks"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.footballinbracknell.co.uk/features/in-depth/27937/sam-barratt-career/|title=From Bracknell to England: Sam Barratt's career so far|date=14 May 2018}}</ref> as well as a loan spell at Staines Town in December 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.footballinbracknell.co.uk/news/transfer-news/26364/sam-barratt-makes-loan-move-staines-town-fc/|title=Sam Barratt makes loan move to Staines Town FC|date=6 December 2016}}</ref>
===Southend United=== In May 2018 it was announced that he would turn professional with Southend United for the 2018–19 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44114065|title=Sam Barratt: Southend United sign Maidenhead United winger|date=15 May 2018|accessdate=15 May 2018|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> He made his English Football League debut on the opening day of the season as a substitute in a 2–3 defeat at home to Doncaster Rovers.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44989249|title=Southend United 2–3 Doncaster Rovers|work=BBC Sport|date=4 August 2018}}</ref> This was his only appearance before sustaining a "long-term" knee injury in August 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.southendunited.co.uk/news/2018/august/sam-barratt-suffers-long-term-knee-injury/|title=Sam Barratt suffers "long-term" knee injury|website=www.southendunited.co.uk}}</ref> Barratt returned to the senior team on 1 January 2020 against AFC Wimbledon.<ref name = "Soccerway"/> He left Southend on 22 August 2020, having made ten appearances during his time in Essex.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.echo-news.co.uk/sport/18669657.sam-barratt-leaves-southend-united/|title=Sam Barratt leaves Southend United|website=Echo}}</ref>
===Return to Maidenhead United=== Barratt re-joined Maidenhead on 14 September 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/maidenheadunited/news/new-signing--barratt-is-back-2568300.html|title=New Signing | Barratt is Back|website=www.pitchero.com}}</ref> After scoring fifteen goals in his first season back with the club, Barratt signed a two-year contract extension in June 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pitchero.com/clubs/maidenheadunited/news/contract-news--sam-signs-up-to-extend-spell-2625166.html|title=SAM SIGNS UP TO EXTEND SPELL|website=www.pitchero.com/clubs/maidenheadunited|date=20 June 2021|accessdate=21 June 2021}}</ref>
===Barnet=== Barratt joined Barnet for the 2023–24 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.barnetfc.com/sam-barratt-to-join-barnet-fc|title=Sam Barratt to join Barnet FC|website=www.barnetfc.com|date=30 May 2023|accessdate=30 May 2023}}</ref>
===Second return to Maidenhead United=== On 10 November 2023 he re-joined Maidenhead on a one-month loan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MUFCYorkRoad/status/1722939728817799650|title=x.com}}</ref> Barratt joined Maidenhead again on a permanent deal on 22 December 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.maidenheadunitedfc.org/news/sam-barratt-returns-to-york-road-on-a-permanent-deal/|title=Sam Barratt makes permanent move to York Road|website=www.maidenheadunitedfc.org}}</ref> He left the club at the end of the 2025–26 season.<ref>https://x.com/i/status/2055321074456240347</ref>
==International career== Barratt was called up to the England C team in November 2017 and made his debut against Slovakia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thefa.com/news/2017/nov/08/england-c-slovakia-report-081117|title=Slovakia 4–0 England C|first=The Football|last=Association|website=www.thefa.com}}</ref> He also played against Wales in March 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thefa.com/news/2018/mar/21/england-c-wales-report-200318|title=England C beat Wales in 3–2 thriller in Barry thanks to Fejiri Okenabirhie's hat-trick}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{updated|end of 2025–26 season}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- !rowspan=2|Club !rowspan=2|Season !colspan=3|League !colspan=2|FA Cup !colspan=2|League Cup !colspan=2|Other !colspan=2|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="3"|Bracknell Town |2011–12 |Hellenic League Premier Division |rowspan="3" colspan="10"|No data currently available |- |2012–13 |Hellenic League Division One East |- |2013–14 |Hellenic League Premier Division |- |rowspan="5"|Maidenhead United |2014–15<ref name = "Soccerway"/> |Conference South |12||0||0||0||colspan=2|—||1{{Efn|name=FAT|Appearance(s) in the FA Trophy.}}||0||13||0 |- |2015–16<ref name = "Soccerway"/> |National League South |29||5||1||0||colspan=2|—||1{{Efn|name=FAT}}||0||31||5 |- |2016–17<ref name = "Soccerway"/> |National League South |24||2||0||0||colspan=2|—||4{{Efn|One appearance and one goal in FA Trophy, three appearances and one goal in Berks & Bucks Senior Cup}}||2||28||4 |- |2017–18<ref name = "Soccerway"/> |National League |32||5||2||1||colspan=2|—||3{{Efn|name=FAT}}||1||37||7 |- !colspan="2"|Total !97!!12!!3!!1!!0!!0!!9!!3!!109!!16 |- |Staines Town (loan) |2016–17<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://stainestown.wordpress.com/page/27/?pages-list|title=Annual Presentation Evening – Staines Town}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |Isthmian League Premier Division |7||0||0||0||colspan=2|—||0||0||7||0 |- |rowspan="3"|Southend United |2018–19<ref name = "Soccerway"/> |League One |1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0 |- |2019–20<ref name = "Soccerway"/> |League One |9||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||9||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !10!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!0!!10!!0 |- |rowspan="4"|Maidenhead United |2020–21<ref name = "Soccerway"/> |National League |29||15||1||0||colspan=2|—||1<ref group=lower-alpha name=FAT/>||0||31||15 |- |2021–22<ref name = "Soccerway"/> |National League |21||7||2||1||colspan=2|—||0||0||23||8 |- |2022–23<ref name = "Soccerway"/> |National League |31||1||2||0||colspan=2|—||2{{efn|One appearance in FA Trophy, one appearance and one goal in Berks & Bucks Senior Cup}}||1||35||2 |- !colspan="2"|Total !81!!23!!5!!1!!0!!0!!3!!1!!89!!25 |- |Barnet |2023–24<ref name = "Soccerway"/> |National League |6||0||0||0||colspan=2|—||1{{efn|One appearance in Middlesex Senior Cup}}||0||7||0 |- |Maidenhead United (loan) |2023–24<ref name = "Soccerway"/> |National League |5||2||0||0||colspan=2|—||0||0||5||2 |- |rowspan="4"|Maidenhead United |2023–24<ref name = "Soccerway"/> |National League |20||1||0||0||colspan=2|—||0||0||20||1 |- |2024–25<ref name = "Soccerway"/> |National League |32||4||3||1||colspan=2|—||4{{efn|One appearance in FA Trophy, three appearances in National League Cup}}||1||39||6 |- |2025–26<ref name = "Soccerway"/> |National League South |19||3||0||0||colspan=2|—||4{{efn|One appearance in FA Trophy, two appearances and one goal in Berks & Bucks Senior Cup, one appearance in National League South playoffs}}||1||23||4 |- !colspan="2"|Total !71!!8!!3!!1!!0!!0!!9!!2!!82!!11 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !268!!44!!10!!3!!0!!0!!22!!6!!299!!53 |} {{notelist}}
==References== {{reflist}}
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