Vinny Samways

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Vinny Samways
Personal information
Full name	Vincent Samways
Date of birth	27 October 1968 (1968-10-27) (age 39)
Place of birth	Bethnal Green, London, England
Height	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position	Central midfielder (retired)
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1986–1994 1994–1997 1995–1996 1996 1996–2002 2002–2003 2003–2004 2004–2005	Tottenham Hotspur Everton → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) → Birmingham City (loan) UD Las Palmas Sevilla Walsall Algeciras CF	193 (11) 023 0(2) 003 0(0) 012 0(0) 160 0(6) 010 0(0) 042 0(2) 018 0(1)
National team
1988	England U21	005 0(1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

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

Born in Bethnal Green, London, Samways won the FA Cup with Tottenham Hotspur 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 also scored the only goal of the 1995 Charity Shield match as FA Cup holders Everton beat league champions Blackburn Rovers 1–0. He made his first appearance in league football as a substitute at Nottingham Forest, and made his full debut at Everton.

After a difficult time at Everton, Samways enjoyed a degree of success at Las Palmas during the late 1990s and early 2000s. He was team captain and played a key role in the side. Noted in England for his flair on the ball, in Spain he became something of a hardman whose nickname was Los Locos.

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Vinny Samways career stats at Soccerbase

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
PLACE OF DEATH