Sam Saunders

Midfielder · 43 years old · England

Current club

Colchester Previous club

Brentford until 2017-01-20

Bio

Sam Saunders is a 43 year old football player from Engeland who mostly plays as a midfielder. The last game Sam played was Lincoln - Colchester on 2019-05-04.

Next match

League Two

Colchester

15:00

Walsall

Saturday 31 October 2026

Last match

Fact sheet

Position

Midfielder

Age

Nationality

England

Birthday

1983-08-29

Place of birth

London

Country of birth

England

Length

173 cm

Weight

70 kg

Career statistics Sam Saunders

Full career · 2015 - 2017

Matches 36 27 in the starting XI

Minutes played 1,586 44 per match

Goals 4 0.23 per 90 minutes

Assists -

Goals + assists 4 397 minutes per contribution

FN rating 6.68 average

Minutes per goal 397

Cards 2 / 0 793 minutes per card

FN rating over the last matches

Success rates across the whole career

Shots on target 31.4%

Goals per shot 11.4%

Successful dribbles 56.3%

Duels won 47.0%

Starts 75.0%

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Stats Sam Saunders

Match	Competition	Date	FN rating	Min	Pos	G	A	Sh	SoT	Pas	KP	Pas+	Tkl	Blk	Int	Du	Du+	Dri	Dri+	Foul	Foul+			Off	Sav	GC	Pen+	Pen-	PenSv
Ø Average					-
Swindon Town - Wycombe Wanderers FC	League Two	2017-10-21	-	66	Midfielder	-	-	1	0	0	-	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	0	2	0	0	-	-	1	0	0	-
Carlisle - Wycombe Wanderers FC	League Two	2017-10-17	-	78	Midfielder	1	-	2	2	0	-	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	1	2	0	0	-	-	3	0	0	-
Wycombe Wanderers FC - Crewe	League Two	2017-09-26	-	81	Midfielder	-	-	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	1	0	0	0	-	-	2	0	0	-
Port Vale - Wycombe Wanderers FC	League Two	2017-08-12	-	69	Midfielder	-	-	2	1	0	-	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	1	2	0	0	-	-	2	0	0	-
Tottenham - Wycombe Wanderers FC	FA Cup	2017-01-28	6.2	13	Midfielder	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Brentford - Barnsley	Championship	2016-10-22	6.6	45	Midfielder	-	-	2	0	12	1	80	-	-	0	10	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Derby - Brentford	Championship	2016-10-18	7.1	72	Midfielder	-	-	1	0	19	2	65	-	-	2	9	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Brighton - Brentford	Championship	2016-09-10	6.3	5	Midfielder	-	-	0	0	6	0	85	-	-	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Brentford - Sheffield Wednesday (sub)	Championship	2016-08-27	6.2	13	Midfielder	-	-	0	0	2	0	50	-	-	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Rotherham - Brentford	Championship	2016-08-20	6.9	32	Midfielder	-	-	2	1	16	1	80	-	-	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Brentford - Nottingham Forest (sub)	Championship	2016-08-16	6.8	7	Midfielder	-	-	0	0	1	2	50	-	-	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Brentford - Ipswich (sub)	Championship	2016-08-13	6.2	23	Midfielder	-	-	1	0	9	1	69	-	-	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Huddersfield - Brentford	Championship	2016-08-06	6.4	34	Midfielder	-	-	1	0	9	0	60	-	-	0	6	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Huddersfield - Brentford	Championship	2016-05-07	6.7	90	Midfielder	-	-	0	0	22	2	78	-	-	2	11	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Brentford - Fulham	Championship	2016-04-30	7.7	80	Midfielder	1	-	1	1	20	2	83	-	-	0	12	7	0	0	2	3	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Hull City - Brentford	Championship	2016-04-26	6.8	10	Midfielder	-	-	2	1	5	0	83	-	-	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Brentford - Cardiff	Championship	2016-04-19	6.2	67	Midfielder	-	-	0	0	16	1	76	-	-	2	8	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Brentford - Bristol City	Championship	2016-04-16	7.3	72	Midfielder	-	-	1	0	29	1	69	-	-	1	9	7	0	0	0	4	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Ipswich - Brentford	Championship	2016-04-09	7.4	82	Midfielder	1	-	2	2	22	1	78	-	-	3	9	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Brentford - Bolton	Championship	2016-04-05	6.3	69	Midfielder	-	-	3	0	18	0	69	-	-	0	9	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Nottingham Forest - Brentford	Championship	2016-04-02	6.4	70	Midfielder	-	-	1	0	19	0	61	-	-	0	8	3	1	0	2	1	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Brentford - Blackburn	Championship	2016-03-19	6.4	84	Midfielder	-	-	2	0	20	2	66	-	-	0	7	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
QPR - Brentford	Championship	2016-03-12	7.0	14	Midfielder	-	-	1	0	5	0	62	-	-	1	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Brentford - Charlton (sub)	Championship	2016-03-05	6.5	19	Midfielder	-	-	0	0	10	1	66	-	-	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Brentford - Wolves (sub)	Championship	2016-02-23	6.7	14	Midfielder	-	-	0	0	7	1	77	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Sheffield Wednesday - Brentford	Championship	2016-02-13	7.0	45	Midfielder	-	-	2	1	15	0	83	-	-	1	6	4	2	2	2	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Brighton - Brentford	Championship	2016-02-05	6.2	60	Midfielder	-	-	0	0	19	0	76	-	-	1	10	4	3	3	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Brentford - Leeds	Championship	2016-01-26	7.3	65	Midfielder	1	-	3	1	26	0	81	-	-	2	8	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Brentford - Burnley (sub)	Championship	2016-01-15	6.8	45	Midfielder	-	-	3	1	32	1	94	-	-	0	4	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Brentford - Middlesbrough	Championship	2016-01-12	6.5	63	Midfielder	-	-	1	0	27	0	75	-	-	1	5	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Reading - Brentford	Championship	2015-12-28	6.5	12	Midfielder	-	-	0	0	3	0	100	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Brentford - Brighton (sub)	Championship	2015-12-26	6.6	5	Midfielder	-	-	1	0	2	0	66	-	-	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Brentford - Huddersfield (sub)	Championship	2015-12-19	6.7	32	Midfielder	-	-	0	0	11	1	91	-	-	0	4	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Brentford - Milton Keynes Dons (sub)	Championship	2015-12-05	6.6	23	Midfielder	-	-	0	0	7	1	63	-	-	0	5	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Bolton - Brentford	Championship	2015-11-30	6.8	9	Midfielder	-	-	0	0	4	1	80	-	-	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-
Blackburn - Brentford	Championship	2015-11-07	6.7	18	Midfielder	-	-	0	0	7	0	77	-	-	0	9	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	-	-	-	0	0	-

Legend

Min Minutes played

Pos Position

G Goals

A Assists

Sh Shots

SoT Shots on target

Pas Passes

KP Key passes

Pas+ Accurate passes

Tkl Tackles

Blk Blocked shots

Int Interceptions

Du Duels

Du+ Duels won

Dri Dribbles

Dri+ Successful dribbles

Foul Fouls committed

Foul+ Fouls drawn

Yellow cards

Red cards

Off Offside

Sav Saves

GC Goals conceded

Pen+ Penalties scored

Pen- Penalties missed

PenSv Penalties saved

sub Substitute

Competition	M	St	Min	G	A	G+A	Min/G			Ø
Season 2017
League Two	4	4	294	1	-	1	294	0	0	-
Season 2016
Championship	8	5	231	-	-	-	-	0	0	6.56
FA Cup	1	1	13	-	-	-	-	0	0	6.20
Total 2016	9	6	244	-	-	-	-	0	0	6.52
Season 2015
Championship	23	17	1,048	3	-	3	349	2	0	6.74
Full career	36	27	1,586	4	-	4	397	2	0	6.68

Statistic	Season 2017			Full career
	Total	per match	per 90	Total	per match	per 90
Matches	4	-	-	36	-	-
Minutes played	294	73.5	-	1,586	44.1	-
Attacking
Goals	1	0.25	0.31	4	0.11	0.23
Goals + assists	1	0.25	0.31	4	0.11	0.23
Shots	5	1.25	1.53	35	0.97	1.99
Shots on target	3	0.75	0.92	11	0.31	0.62
Dribbles	-	-	-	16	0.44	0.91
Successful dribbles	-	-	-	9	0.25	0.51
Passing
Passes	0	0.00	0.00	420	11.67	23.83
Key passes	-	-	-	22	0.61	1.25
Accurate passes	0	0.00	0.00	2,293	63.69	130.12
Defending
Tackles	0	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0.00
Interceptions	0	0.00	0.00	16	0.44	0.91
Blocked shots	0	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0.00
Duels	-	-	-	168	4.67	9.53
Duels won	-	-	-	79	2.19	4.48
Dribbled past	-	-	-	17	0.47	0.96
Discipline
Fouls committed	3	0.75	0.92	23	0.64	1.31
Fouls drawn	6	1.50	1.84	29	0.81	1.65
Yellow cards	0	0.00	0.00	2	0.06	0.11
Red cards	0	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0.00
Penalties
Penalties scored	0	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0.00
Penalties missed	0	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0.00