Vinny Samways

Infobox Football biography
playername = Vinny Samways


fullname = Vincent Samways
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1968|10|27|df=y
cityofbirth = Bethnal Green, London
countryofbirth = England
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
height = height|ft=5|in=8
currentclub =
position = Central midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1986–1994 1994–1997 1995–1996 1996 1996–2002 2002–2003 2003–2004 2004–2005
clubs = Tottenham Hotspur
Everton
→ Wolves (loan)
→ Birmingham City (loan)
Las Palmas
Sevilla FC
Walsall
Algeciras CF
caps(goals) = 193 (11)
023 0(2)
003 0(0)
012 0(0)
160 0(6)
010 0(0)
042 0(2)
018 0(1)
nationalyears = 1988
nationalteam = England U21
nationalcaps(goals) = 005 0(1)

Vincent "Vinny" Samways (born 27 October 1968) is an English former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.

Samways was born in Bethnal Green, London, and began his football career in Tottenham Hotspur's youth system. He won the FA Cup with Tottenham in 1991, and helped them reach the semi-finals of the competition in 1993. He was a regular player in the side which reached the quarter-finals of the European Cup Winners' Cup during the 1991–92 season.

He joined Everton in 1994, and scored the only goal of the 1995 Charity Shield to defeat league champions Blackburn Rovers. In the 1995–96 season, he spent time on loan at Division One sides Wolverhampton Wanderers and Birmingham City.

Unable to settle at Everton, Samways enjoyed a degree of success in Spain with UD Las Palmas during the late 1990s and early 2000s, where he was team captain and played a key role in the Canary Islands side. In 2002–03, he played ten league games with Sevilla FC before returning to England, where he spent the 2003–04 season with Walsall in Division One.

He then went back to Spain, joining lower league side Algeciras CF, and retired in 2005 aged 36.

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Persondata
NAME = Samways, Vinny
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Samways, Vincent
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH = 1968-10-27
PLACE OF BIRTH = Bethnal Green, London, England
DATE OF DEATH =
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