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Sam Saunders
Saunders playing for Brentford DS in 2013.
Personal information
Full name Sam Daniel Saunders[1]
Date of birth (1983-08-29) 29 August 1983 (age 41)[1]
Place of birth Erith, England[2]
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Brentford B
(assistant coach)
Youth career
1994–1999 Charlton Athletic
1999–2000 Fulham
2000–2001 Welling United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2001–2002 Welling United 4 (2)
2002–2004 Ashford Town (Kent) 59 (4)
2004–2005 Carshalton Athletic 48 (9)
2005–2009 Dagenham & Redbridge 126 (19)
2009–2017 Brentford 170 (26)
2015 → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 11 (1)
2017–2019 Wycombe Wanderers 43 (2)
2019 Colchester United 6 (0)
Total 467 (63)
Managerial career
2019– Brentford B (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sam Daniel Saunders (born 29 August 1983) is a retired English professional football midfielder, who is assistant coach of Brentford B. He made over 290 appearances in the English Football League, most notably for Brentford and Dagenham & Redbridge. Saunders began his career in non-League football and in 2007 was part of the Dagenham & Redbridge team which was promoted to the Football League for the first time in the club's history. He later made over 200 appearances for Brentford and is a member of the club's Hall of Fame.

Career

Early years and non-league

Saunders began his career at Charlton Athletic and spent five years in the club's youth setup up to the age of 15.[3] He spent a year in the academy at Fulham, but was unable to win a contract and dropped into non-League football when he signed for Southern League Premier Division club Welling United's youth team in the summer of 2000.[3] While with Welling, Saunders returned to Fulham briefly to appear in a youth tournament in Marseilles, but was unable to win a scholarship deal.[3] Saunders played sparingly for Welling before moving to Southern League First Division East club Ashford Town (Kent) on 7 March 2002.[4][5] Saunders moved to the Isthmian League Premier Division to join Carshalton Athletic in February 2004 and he helped the club to a seventh-place finish.[6] After being allocated to the newly created Conference South for the 2004–05 season, the Robins narrowly avoided relegation during Saunders' solitary full season on the club's the books.[5]

Dagenham & Redbridge

Saunders joined Conference Premier club Dagenham & Redbridge in the summer of 2005.[7] Injuries disrupted the start of Saunders' first season at Dagenham,[8] but following a starting appearance in a 2–1 league win over Tamworth on 21 January 2006, he became a regular in the first team until the end of the season.[9] Saunders scored his first goal for the club with a Dagenham's second in a 2–2 draw with Stevenage Borough on 18 February 2006 and followed up with his second goal 10 days later in a 4–2 FA Trophy quarter-final replay defeat to Grays Athletic.[10][11] Saunders made 29 appearances during the 2005–06 season and scored three goals as Dagenham finished in mid-table.[12] Saunders was a virtual ever-present during the 2006–07 season, making 43 appearances and scoring three goals as Dagenham raced to the Conference title and secured promotion to the Football League for the first time in the club's history.[13]

Saunders started each of Dagenham's first 10 games in League Two and played in the club's first ever League Cup tie on 14 August 2007,[14] which ended in a 2–1 defeat to Luton Town.[15] A medial ligament problem in October saw Saunders miss over two months of the season.[16] Saunders endured another injury-hit spell between late January and early April 2008 and finished the 2007–08 season with 25 appearances and one goal.[15] Saunders began the 2008–09 season in excellent form, hitting his first brace for the club in a 6–0 opening day win over Chester City and he followed up with three goals in three games from late August to mid September, which took his tally to five goals in seven games.[17] He received the first red card of his career in a 3–2 victory over Rochdale on 24 January 2009.[18] Beginning with an injury time equaliser in a 1–1 draw with Chesterfield on 14 March, Saunders finished the 2008–09 season with a run of six goals in eight games,[17] as Dagenham narrowly missed out on the League Two playoffs.[19] His form won him the League Two Player of the Month award for April 2009.[20] It turned out to be Saunders' final season for the Daggers, in which he made 45 appearances and scored 14 goals.[17] During his four seasons at Victoria Road, Saunders made 142 appearances and scored 21 goals.[21]

Brentford

League One (2009–2012)

On 1 July 2009, Saunders and Dagenham & Redbridge teammates Danny Foster and Ben Strevens signed for League One club Brentford on free transfers,[22] with Saunders agreeing a three-year contract.[23] Used as a wide midfield player by manager Andy Scott, Saunders began the 2009–10 season as a starter, before falling out of favour in October and being used as an impact substitute.[24] Saunders had to wait for his 30th and final appearance of the season to score his first Brentford goal,[25] which came via a free kick late in the second half in a 1–1 draw with Yeovil Town on 24 April 2010.[26] Saunders found himself well down the wide-midfield pecking order at the start of the 2010–11 season and didn't make an appearance until 18 September 2010.[27][28] He requested a loan move, which was rejected by Andy Scott.[29] Saunders had to wait until 9 November to make his first start of the season, in a Football League Trophy quarter-final shootout win over Swindon Town.[27]

Saunders admitted that the first few months of the 2010–11 season were the most difficult of his career.[27] After Andy Scott was sacked in February 2011,[30] teammate Nicky Forster was given the manager's job until the end of the season and immediately reinstated Saunders to the starting line-up.[31] Saunders scored Brentford's first goal in their 2–1 Football League Trophy semi-final second leg win over Exeter City on 7 February, which sent the Bees to the 2011 Football League Trophy Final at Wembley Stadium.[28] He started in the final, but came away empty-handed as Brentford lost 1–0 to Carlisle United.[28] Saunders made 27 appearances during the 2010–11 season and scored three goals.[28] Under new manager Uwe Rösler for the 2011–12 season, Saunders went on a goalscoring run in September and October 2011, scoring four goals in six games and helping Brentford to a winning position in each game.[32] He came into form again in January 2012, scoring three goals in five games.[32] Saunders signed a one-year contract extension in late February 2012.[23] He finished the 2011–12 season with 43 appearances,[32] a seasonal-best 12 goals and he was also credited with 9 assists.[33]

Challenging for promotion (2012–2014)

Saunders began the 2012–13 season as a first-choice at the top of a midfield diamond formation,[34] but was dropped to the bench in mid-September 2012, following the return of the injured Harry Forrester.[35] He was utilised predominantly as a substitute for the remainder of the season.[35] Saunders appeared in each of Brentford's three end-of-season playoff games as a substitute, but he was unable to help the Bees to victory in the 2013 League One play-off Final.[35] He made 44 appearances and scored three goals during the 2012–13 season and signed a new two-year contract in June 2013.[35][36]

Saunders began the 2013–14 season with starting roles in cup games and substitute cameos in the league.[37] An illness suffered by George Saville brought Saunders into the game as a first-half substitute against Preston North End on 21 December and late in the second half he capped a fine Brentford performance by scoring the third goal in a 3–0 victory.[38][39] He went on to score in four consecutive games and Saunders' form garnered him the December 2013 League One Player of the Month award.[40] Saunders was sidelined with a knee problem in mid-January 2014, which required surgery in February and ended his season.[41] In his absence, the Bees went on to win automatic promotion to secure a place in the Championship for the 2014–15 season.[42] He led the team in assists during the season, with seven.[43]

Championship (2014–2017)

Saunders travelled with the Brentford squad to the IMG Academy in Florida in the summer of 2014 for a pre-season training camp and revealed on 6 July that his injured knee was "fine".[44] The knee subsequently became inflamed and he failed to return to full training until 14 October 2014.[45][46] Saunders made his first competitive appearance in 11 months with a late cameo in a 3–2 victory over Millwall on 8 November.[47] He failed to appear again until Boxing Day, but he made his presence felt, when he scored two late goals after coming on for Alan Judge during the second half of a 4–2 defeat to Ipswich Town.[48] Saunders signed a one-year contract extension on 15 January 2015.[49] He finished 2014–15 with just six appearances and spent the final three months of the season away on loan.[50][51]

A hamstring injury suffered while on loan in May 2015 prevented Saunders from appearing at all in Brentford's 2015–16 pre-season and he returned to full training in early August 2015.[52] He made his first appearance of the season as a late substitute for Konstantin Kerschbaumer in a 3–1 defeat to Reading on 29 August,[53] but was ruled out again after the match for a period of further rehabilitation.[54] He returned to fitness in November and made frequent second-half substitute appearances under interim heach coach Lee Carsley and his replacement Dean Smith.[55][56] He scored his first goal of the season in a 1–1 draw with Leeds United on 26 January 2016 and he signed a new one-year contract 10 days later.[53][57] but lost his starting berth to Konstantin Kerschbaumer later in the month.[55] He regained it in March and scored goals in wins versus Ipswich Town and West London rivals Fulham in April.[55] Saunders finished the 2015–16 season with 25 appearances and three goals.[53]

After 67 minutes of a league match versus Ipswich Town on 13 August 2016,[58] Saunders came on as a substitute for Maxime Colin to make his 200th appearance for Brentford.[59] By mid-January 2017 and having failed to make an appearance for nearly three months,[58] co-director of football Rasmus Ankersen revealed that the club were open to offers for Saunders and he departed Griffin Park on 20 January 2017.[60][61] During seven-and-a-half years with Brentford, Saunders made 206 appearances and scored 30 goals.[21] He was inducted into the Brentford Hall of Fame in May 2017.[62]

Wycombe Wanderers

On 27 February 2015, Saunders joined League Two club Wycombe Wanderers on a one-month loan.[51] After five starting appearances,[63] Saunders' loan was extended until the end of the 2014–15 season.[64][65] He scored his first goal for the club in a 3–2 victory over Luton Town on 24 March 2015.[50] Saunders' season ended in double heartbreak, as he was substituted with a torn calf less than a minute into the Chairboys' shootout defeat to Southend United in the 2015 League Two play-off Final.[66][67] He made 14 appearances and scored two goals during his spell at Adams Park.[21]

Nearly two years after he initially joined the club on loan, Saunders signed an 18-month permanent contract with Wycombe Wanderers on a free transfer on 20 January 2017.[61] He made 18 appearances during the remainder of the 2016–17 season and scored the first goal of his second spell with the club with the opener in a 2–0 victory over Barnet on 17 April 2017.[58] Despite missing three of the final months of the 2017–18 season with injury,[68] Saunders made 27 appearances and two goals during a successful campaign,[69] which ended with automatic promotion to League One after a third-place finish.[70] He signed a new one-year contract on 3 May 2018,[68] but managed just eight appearances before his contract was terminated by mutual consent on 30 January 2019.[71][72] Across his two spells at Adams Park, Saunders made 67 appearances and scored six goals.[21]

Colchester United

On 30 March 2019, Saunders joined playoff-chasing League Two club Colchester United on a free transfer, on a contract running until the end of the 2018–19 season.[73] He made six appearances before the end of the season and announced his retirement in June 2019.[71][74]

Coaching career

During the second half of the 2018–19 season, Saunders spent a period coaching Brentford B.[75] In June 2019, he took over the role as assistant coach of the team.[75]

Honours

Dagenham & Redbridge

Brentford

Wycombe Wanderers

Individual

Personal life

Before becoming a professional footballer, Saunders worked as an electrician for the London Underground.[76] Looking back in 2011, he remarked "it was a horrible job, but it was money and gave me the opportunity to go out and play. I used to start work at half 10 at night and get in at five or six in the morning. I would go training in the evening, then go straight into work again. When John Still came calling I couldn't say no, even though I had to take a pay cut to get back into football. My parents told me they would have my back, which was great, but luckily the gamble paid off. I enjoy every second of it and don't want it to stop. I appreciate the position I'm in, being able to earn a living from doing something I love".[77] Saunders was invited by the Hounslow Chronicle to write a column during Brentford's 2013–14 season, which ran from August 2013 until June 2014.[3][78][79][80][81] Saunders has undertaken occasional television work, appearing on BBC Late Kick Off in April 2014 and as a pundit for Sky Sports' Football League coverage.[82] Saunders co-owns custom swimwear company Thomas Royall with fellow footballers Liam Ridgewell and John Terry.[83]

Career statistics

Club statistics
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Welling United 2000–01[4] Southern League Premier Division 3 2 0 0 — 0 0 3 2
2001–02[4] 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 1 0
Total 4 2 0 0 — 0 0 4 2
Ashford Town (Kent) 2003–04[6] Southern League First Division East 15 1 0 0 — 0 0 15 1
Carshalton Athletic 2003–04[6] Isthmian League Premier Division 12 3 — — — 12 3
2004–05[84] Conference South 36 6 0 0 — 0 0 36 6
Total 48 9 0 0 — 0 0 48 9
Dagenham & Redbridge 2005–06[12] Conference Premier 22 2 1 0 — 6[a] 1 29 3
2006–07[13] 42 3 1 0 — 0 0 43 3
2007–08[15] League Two 22 0 1 0 1 0 1[b] 1 25 1
2008–09[17] 40 14 3 0 1 0 1[b] 0 45 14
Total 126 19 6 0 2 0 8 2 142 21
Brentford 2009–10[25] League One 26 1 2 0 1 0 1[b] 0 30 1
2010–11[28] 21 2 1 0 1 0 4[b] 1 27 3
2011–12[32] 37 10 2 1 1 0 3[b] 1 43 12
2012–13[35] 31 3 7 0 1 0 5[c] 1 44 4
2013–14[39] 17 5 1 0 2 0 2[b] 0 22 5
2014–15[50] Championship 5 2 1 0 0 0 — 6 2
2015–16[53] 25 3 0 0 0 0 — 25 3
2016–17[58] 8 0 — 1 0 — 9 0
Total 170 26 15 1 6 0 15 3 206 30
Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 2014–15[50] League Two 11 2 — — 3[d] 0 14 2
Wycombe Wanderers 2016–17[58] League Two 17 1 1 0 — — 18 1
2017–18[69] 22 1 3 1 0 0 2[b] 0 27 2
2018–19[71] League One 4 0 0 0 2 1 2[b] 0 8 1
Wycombe Wanderers total 54 4 4 1 2 1 7 0 67 6
Colchester United 2018–19[71] League Two 6 0 — — — 6 0
Career total 423 61 25 2 10 1 30 5 488 69
  1. ^ 1 appearance in EFL Trophy, 5 appearances and 1 goal in FA Trophy
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Appearances in EFL Trophy
  3. ^ 3 appearances in EFL League One play-offs, 2 appearances and 1 goal in EFL Trophy
  4. ^ Appearances in EFL League Two play-offs

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