Samuel Edward Westley (born 4 February 1994) is an English former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a defender.

Career

Westley started out at Birmingham City as a schoolboy player before joining

Stoke City Stoke City Football Club is a professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which competes in the . Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, it changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke ...

in the summer of 2012. He was a member of their Development Squad between 2012–14 and made five appearances for the team. In early 2014 he spent time with

Ipswich Town Ipswich Town Football Club is a professional association football club based in Ipswich, Suffolk, England. They play in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. The club was founded in 1878 but did not turn profession ...

before joining West Ham United in the summer of 2014. Westley was an unused substitute for both legs of the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round against Andorran side

Lusitanos FC Lusitanos, also known as Lusitans, was an Andorran football club from Andorra la Vella which was founded in 1999 and currently play in Segona Divisió. Lusitanos won their first Primera Divisió title in 2011–12 and its second national ch ...

and shortly afterwards, on 31 August 2015, he joined Dutch side VVV-Venlo on a season-long loan. He made his Eerste Divisie debut for VVV-Venlo on 1 April 2016, in a 2–1 win against Den Bosch. He was released by West Ham at the end of the 2016–17 season without having played for the club. Westley announced his retirement as a player after being released, instead choosing to focus on a career as a sports agent.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Westley, Sam 1994 births Living people English men's footballers Men's association football defenders West Ham United F.C. players Birmingham City F.C. players Stoke City F.C. players Ipswich Town F.C. players VVV-Venlo players Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands English expatriate men's footballers English expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Eerste Divisie players British sports agents Footballers from Luton