Vincent Samways was born on 27 October 1968 and is an English former professional footballer and manager who played as a central midfielder from 1986 until 2006.
10 Facts About Vinny Samways
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Vinny Samways notably played in the Premier League for Tottenham Hotspur and Everton.
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Vinny Samways played in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Birmingham City and Walsall, and in Spain for Sevilla, Las Palmas and Algeciras.
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Vinny Samways was born in Bethnal Green, London, and began his football career in Tottenham Hotspur's youth system.
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Vinny Samways won the FA Cup with Tottenham in 1991, and helped them reach the semi-finals of the competition in 1993.
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Vinny Samways was put on the transfer list in the 1992 close season, but was taken off it at his own request and would spend a further two seasons at White Hart Lane.
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Vinny Samways joined Everton in 1994, and was part of the Everton squad that reached the 1995 FA Cup Final, but Samways was left out of the team for the final itself.
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Vinny Samways did however score the only goal of the 1995 Charity Shield to defeat league champions Blackburn Rovers.
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Unable to settle at Everton, Vinny 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.
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Vinny Samways then went back to Spain, joining lower league side Algeciras CF, and retired in 2005, aged 36.