Sam Werner (born December 3, 1995) is a former American

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

player who previously played for

Sacramento Republic FC Sacramento Republic FC is an American professional soccer team based in Sacramento, California, that plays in the Western Conference of the USL Championship, the second level in US soccer. Co-founded by Warren Smith and Joe Wagoner in 2012, the ...

in the USL Championship.

Career

College

Werner played four years of

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Stanford University Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...

between 2014 and 2017, where he made 67 appearances, scoring 9 goals and tallying 9 assists. Werner missed the entirety of Stanford's 2014 season due to injury.

Professional

Werner spent time on trial in Israel with Hapoel Hadera, making two appearances for the club in the

Toto Cup The Israel Toto Cup ( he, גביע הטוטו, ''Gvia Ha'Toto'') is an association football tournament that features clubs in the two highest divisions in Israel: the Israeli Premier League ( Ligat Ha'Al), and the second division Liga Leumit. Fro ...

. On December 18, 2018, Werner signed with USL Championship side

Sacramento Republic Sacramento Republic FC is an American professional soccer team based in Sacramento, California, that plays in the Western Conference of the USL Championship, the second level in US soccer. Co-founded by Warren Smith and Joe Wagoner in 2012, th ...

. On October 20, 2020, Werner announced his retirement from professional soccer.

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Stanford bio
1995 births Living people American men's soccer players Men's association football midfielders Hapoel Hadera F.C. players Sacramento Republic FC players Soccer players from Montana Sportspeople from Bozeman, Montana Stanford Cardinal men's soccer players USL Championship players Expatriate men's footballers in Israel American expatriate men's soccer players American expatriate sportspeople in Israel {{US-footy-midfielder-stub