{{short description|Sierra Leonean footballer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Samuel Barlay | image = | fullname = | height = 1.86 m | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1986|09|15}} | birth_place = Freetown, Sierra Leone | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = Midfielder | years1 = {{0}}{{0}}{{0}}{{0}}2003–2004 | clubs1 = East End Lions | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2004–2007 | clubs2 = Malmö FF | caps2 = 4 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2006 | clubs3 = → Mariehamn (loan) | caps3 = 9 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2007 | clubs4 = → Örgryte (loan) | caps4 = 18 | goals4 = 5 | years5 = 2008–2009 | clubs5 = Mariehamn | caps5 = 15 | goals5 = 0 | years6 = 2010 | clubs6 = Syrianska | caps6 = 20 | goals6 = 4 | years7 = 2010 | clubs7 = Mughan | caps7 = 6 | goals7 = 1 | years8 = 2011–2013 | clubs8 = Ravan Baku | caps8 = 56 | goals8 = 5 | years9 = 2013–2014 | clubs9 = AZAL | caps9 = 24 | goals9 = 1 | years10 = 2014–2015 | clubs10 = Syrianska | caps10 = 26 | goals10 = 1 | years11 = 2015–2016 | clubs11 = Ravan Baku | caps11 = 6 | goals11 = 0 | years12 = 2016–2017 | clubs12 = Syrianska | caps12 = 28 | goals12 = 0 | years13 = 2018 | clubs13 = IFK Mora | caps13 = 16 | goals13 = 1 | nationalyears1 = 2002–2003 | nationalteam1 = Sierra Leone U-20 | nationalcaps1 = 8 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2004– | nationalteam2 = Sierra Leone<ref>{{NFT player|id=5938|accessdate=}}</ref> | nationalcaps2 = 18 | nationalgoals2 = 1 | pcupdate = 11:13, 9 May 2020 (UTC) | ntupdate = 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.
==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.<ref>[http://www.veikkausliiga.com/Default.aspx?link=/Player.aspx?ID=13001262 Veikkausliiga profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720154147/http://www.veikkausliiga.com/Default.aspx?link=%2FPlayer.aspx%3FID%3D13001262 |date=20 July 2011 }} {{in lang|fi}}</ref> In 2008, he returned to "Grönvitt" after a loan spell at Örgryte IS in the Swedish second tier of football.<ref>[https://svenskfotboll.se/superettan/person/?playerid=4252 Svenskfotboll profile] {{in lang|sv}}</ref>
Barlay left IFK Mariehamn, six months before his contract was due to expire, in April 2009.<ref>{{cite web|title=Samuel Barlay jättää IFK Mariehamnin|url=http://www.veikkausliiga.com/News.aspx?id=33828|publisher=www.veikkausliiga.com|accessdate=23 December 2013|language=Finnish|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224104811/http://www.veikkausliiga.com/News.aspx?id=33828|archivedate=24 December 2013}}</ref>
Following the end of his contract with Syrianska IF, Barlay went on trial with Syrianska FC in January 2011,<ref>{{cite web|title=Barlay to undergo trials with new Swedish top division team|url=http://sierraleonefootball.com/index.php/archive/229-news|publisher=Sierraleonefootball.com|accessdate=23 December 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20131223153105/http://sierraleonefootball.com/index.php/archive/229-news|archivedate=23 December 2013}}</ref> before signing with Azerbaijan Premier League side FK Mughan.<ref>{{cite web|title=Barlay to miss Nigeria friendly|url=http://www.sierraexpressmedia.com/archives/19142|publisher=www.sierraexpressmedia.com|accessdate=23 December 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224144943/http://www.sierraexpressmedia.com/archives/19142|archivedate=24 December 2013}}</ref>
Barlay left Ravan Baku at the end of his two-year contract in the summer of 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=2 legionerlə roads were|url=http://www.revanfc.az/news/702/2+legionerlə+yollar+ayrıldı/|publisher=www.revanfc.az/|accessdate=23 June 2013|language=Azerbaijani}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Barlay joins AZAL">{{cite web|title=Azal PFC sign Barlay|url=http://www.sierraexpressmedia.com/archives/58988|publisher=sierraexpressmedia.com|accessdate=2 August 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722084243/http://www.sierraexpressmedia.com/archives/58988|archivedate=22 July 2013}}</ref>
In June 2014 Barlay returned to Syrianska, playing in the Division 2 Norra Svealand.<ref>{{cite web|title=Publicerad 19 jun 2014 07:00 Så ska Syrianska köra över VIK|url=http://vlt.se/sport/fotboll/1.2532565-sa-ska-syrianska-kora-over-vik|website=vlt.se|date=19 June 2014|publisher=VLT|accessdate=19 June 2014|language=Swedish}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Big-Sam återvänder till klubben|url=http://www.syrianskaif.com/Big-Sam-aatervaender.htm|website=www.syrianskaif.com|publisher=Syrianska|accessdate=23 June 2014|language=Swedish|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006100856/http://www.syrianskaif.com/Big-Sam-aatervaender.htm|archivedate=6 October 2014}}</ref> He signed a new one-year contract with Syrianska in December 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Barlay, Suma sign new deal with Syrianska IF|url=http://www.footballsierraleone.net/barlay-suma-sign-new-deal-with-syrianska-if/|website=www.footballsierraleone.net|publisher=Football Sierra Leone|accessdate=31 July 2015|date=18 December 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227165611/http://www.footballsierraleone.net/barlay-suma-sign-new-deal-with-syrianska-if/|archivedate=27 December 2014}}</ref>
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 indefinitely, along with Ibrahim Koroma, Ibrahim Kargbo and Christian Caulker over allegations of match-fixing relating to a 2008 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against South Africa which ended 0–0.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sierra Leone match-fixing: Captain Kargbo one of 15 suspended|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/28325794|website=www.bbc.co.uk/sport|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=16 July 2014}}</ref> Barlay and his fellow banned players had their ban lifted in March 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sierra Leone lifts football ban on Kargbo, Caulker, Barlay and others|url=http://www.switsalone.com/21330_sierra-leone-lifts-football-ban-on-kargbo-caulker-barlay-and-others/|website=www.switsalone.com|publisher=switsalone|accessdate=31 July 2015|date=11 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Sierra Leone: Bans on 15 alleged match-fixers lifted|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/31820051|website=www.bbc.co.uk/sport|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=31 July 2015|date=10 March 2015}}</ref>
==Career statistics==
===Club=== {{updated|6 May 2014}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Samuel Barlay|url=https://svenskfotboll.se/superettan/person/?playerid=4252|publisher=Svenskfotboll.se|accessdate=23 December 2013|language=Swedish}}</ref><ref>{{Soccerway|6304|accessdate=23 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{NFT|5938|accessdate=23 December 2013}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Season !rowspan="2"|Club !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="3"|Total |- !Division||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||App !!Goals||Apps||Goals |- |Malmö |2005 |Allsvenskan |4||0||||||2||0||6||0 |- |IFK Mariehamn (loan) |2006 |Veikkausliiga |9||0||||||colspan="2"|—||9||0 |- |Örgryte (loan) |2007 |Superettan |18||5||||||colspan="2"|—||18||5 |- |rowspan="2"|IFK Mariehamn |2008 |rowspan="2"|Veikkausliiga |15||0||||||colspan="2"|—||15||0 |- |2009 |0||0||||||colspan="2"|—||0||0 |- |Syrianska |2010 |Division 1 |20||4||||||colspan="2"|—||20||4 |- |Mughan |2010–11<ref>{{cite web|title=Premier League Stats 2010/11|url=http://www.pfl.az/upload/arxiv/201011/oyuncustats201011.pdf|publisher=Peşəkar Futbol Liqası|accessdate=11 September 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130708090422/http://www.pfl.az/upload/arxiv/201011/oyuncustats201011.pdf|archivedate=8 July 2013}}</ref> |Azerbaijan Premier League |6||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||6||1 |- |rowspan="3"|Ravan Baku |2011–12<ref>{{cite web|title=Premier League Stats 2011/12|url=http://www.pfl.az/upload/arxiv/201112/oyuncustats201112.pdf|publisher=Peşəkar Futbol Liqası|accessdate=11 September 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017180225/http://www.pfl.az/upload/arxiv/201112/oyuncustats201112.pdf|archivedate=17 October 2013}}</ref> |rowspan="2"|Azerbaijan Premier League |28||4||1||0||colspan="2"|—||29||4 |- |2012–13<ref>{{cite web|title=Premier League Stats 2012/13|url=http://www.pfl.az/upload/arxiv/201213/oyuncu21.pdf|publisher=Peşəkar Futbol Liqası|accessdate=11 September 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017180215/http://www.pfl.az/upload/arxiv/201213/oyuncu21.pdf|archivedate=17 October 2013}}</ref> |28||1||2||0||colspan="2"|—||30||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !56!!5!!3!!0!!2!!0!!59!!5 |- |AZAL |2013–14 |Azerbaijan Premier League |24||1||1||0||colspan="2"|—||25||1 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !152!!16!!4!!0!!2!!0!!158!!16 |}
===International goals=== :''Scores and results list Sierra Leone's goal tally first.''
{| class="wikitable" |- ! # !! Date !! Venue !! Opponent !! Score !! Result !! Competition |- | 1. || 9 June 2012 || Estadio de Malabo, Malabo, Equatorial Guinea || {{fb|Equatorial Guinea}} || {{center|1–1}} || {{center|2–2<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/africa/matches/round=258334/match=300181919/report.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306223750/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/preliminaries/africa/matches/round=258334/match=300181919/report.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 March 2014|title=FIFA}}</ref>}} || 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier |}
==References== {{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Barlay, Samuel}} Category:1986 births Category:Living people Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Sierra Leonean men's footballers Category:Sierra Leonean expatriate men's footballers Category:Allsvenskan players Category:Superettan players Category:Ettan Fotboll players Category:Veikkausliiga players Category:Azerbaijan Premier League players Category:Malmö FF players Category:Örgryte IS players Category:IFK Mariehamn players Category:Syrianska IF Kerburan players Category:Mughan FK players Category:Ravan Baku FK players Category:Shuvalan FK players Category:Sportspeople involved in betting scandals Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Azerbaijan Category:Sierra Leone men's international footballers