Ben Sampayo

Ben Sampayo
Personal information
Full name Ben Jordan Sampayo
Date of birth (1992-12-10) 10 December 1992
Place of birth Dagenham, London, England
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Playing position Right-back
Youth career
2006–2011 Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2013 Brighton & Hove Albion 0 (0)
2013 → Bishop's Stortford (loan) 9 (0)
2013 Chelmsford City 6 (0)
2014 Greenock Morton 2 (0)
2014 Grays Athletic 0 (0)
2014 Dover Athletic 0 (0)
2015 Hemel Hempstead Town 0 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:05, 1 September 2015 (UTC).


Ben Jordan Sampayo (born 10 December 1992) is an English footballer who last played for Conference South side Hemel Hempstead Town.

He came through the youth team at Chelsea, where he won the FA Youth Cup in 2010. He then spent two seasons as a professional at Brighton & Hove Albion, though made only one FA Cup appearance for the club. He spent time on loan at Bishop's Stortford in 2013, before moving on to Chelmsford City and Greenock Morton. He picked up an injury at Morton, and went on to have brief non-playing spells with Grays Athletic, Dover Athletic, and Hemel Hempstead Town.

Career

Sampayo came through the Chelsea Academy, and was an unused substitute in both legs of the club's FA Youth Cup final victory over Aston Villa in 2010.[1] He was released upon the expiry of his contract in June 2011.[2] He was soon signed up to the Brighton & Hove Albion development squad, along with former Chelsea teammate Anton Rodgers.[3] He made his first team debut for the "Seagulls" in a 1–1 draw with Wrexham in an FA Cup third round match at Falmer Stadium on 7 January 2012.[4] On 29 March 2013, he joined Bishop's Stortford of the Conference South on loan until the end of the 2012–13 season.[5] He was released by Brighton in the summer, having played only one game for the club.

He signed with Chelmsford City in August 2013 after impressing manager Dean Holdsworth in a trial game.[6] He made six Conference South appearances for the "Clarets" in the 2013–14 season, before being released in October.[7] He played in a behind-closed-doors friendly for Carlisle United in December 2013; Carlisle manager Graham Kavanagh said that "Ben showed a good attitude, got up and down well and is a nice footballer but we have decided not to take it any further".[8] Sampayo won a professional contract with Scottish Championship side Greenock Morton the following month.[9] He picked up a cruciate ligament injury in a reserve team game at Cappielow Park, and after being released by Morton admitted to feeling "very lonely, really isolated and depressed" as he struggled to prove his fitness to prospective clubs.[10]

In September 2014, Sampayo returned to England and signed for Isthmian League Premier Division club Grays Athletic.[11] Two months later he moved on to Conference Premier side Dover Athletic.[12] In August 2015, he signed for National League South side Hemel Hempstead Town.[13] He never played a league game for Grays, Dover, or Hemel Hempstead. He played a reserve team game with Port Vale in October 2016.[14]

Statistics

Club Season Division League FA Cup EFL Cup Other Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bishop's Stortford (loan) 2012–13[15]Conference South9000000090
Brighton & Hove Albion 2011–12[16]Championship0010000010
2012–13[17]Championship0000000000
2013–14[18]Championship0000000000
Total 0010000010
Chelmsford City 2013–14[15][19]Conference South6010000070
Greenock Morton 2013–14[18]Scottish Championship2000000020
Grays Athletic 2014–15[20]Isthmian League Premier Division0000000000
Dover Athletic 2014–15[19][21]Conference Premier0000001[lower-alpha 1]010
Hemel Hempstead Town 2015–16[15]National League South0000000000
Career total 170200010200
  1. ↑ Appearance/s in the Kent Senior Cup.

Honours

Chelsea

References

  1. 1 2 "Chelsea's FA Youth Cup winners – Where are they now?". talkSPORT. 28 April 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "Young Blues Head For Pastures New – TheChels.net". thechels.net. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  3. ↑ Owen, Brian (30 May 2011). "Ex-Blues kids can shine with Seagulls". The Argus. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Brighton 1-1 Wrexham". BBC Sport. 7 January 2012. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "Former Chelsea Academy player is one of three new Blues signings". Herts & Essex Observer. 29 March 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  6. ↑ Phipps, Jon (16 August 2013). "Ben Sampayo joins Chelmsford City ahead of kick-off". Essex Live. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "Dean's delight at City's improved form". Chelmsford Weekly News. 25 October 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  8. ↑ "Former Chelsea defender in trial outing for Carlisle United". News and Star. 10 December 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  9. ↑ "Three players exit Morton". Greenock Telegraph. 6 January 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  10. ↑ Welch, Ben (16 April 2015). "How rehab rebuilds players' shattered bodies – and minds". FourFourTwo. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  11. ↑ "Ben Sampayo joins the blues". Grays Athletic F.C. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  12. ↑ "Dover sign two ex-chelsea starlets". Pitchero Non-League. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
  13. ↑ "Tudors Pick Up Sampayo". nonleague.pitchero.com. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  14. ↑ Travers, Chris (25 October 2016). "Port Vale: Former Chelsea defender in Valiants' side for reserve-team fixture at Fleetwood". Stoke Sentinel. Retrieved 25 October 2016.
  15. 1 2 3 Ben Sampayo profile at Soccerway
  16. ↑ "Games played by Ben Sampayo in 2011/2012". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  17. ↑ "Games played by Ben Sampayo in 2012/2013". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  18. 1 2 "Games played by Ben Sampayo in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  19. 1 2 "Ben Sampayo Profile | Aylesbury United FC". www.aylesburyunitedfc.co.uk. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  20. ↑ "Profile: Ben Sampayo". Grays Athletic FC Statistics Archive. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  21. ↑ "Games played by Ben Sampayo in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
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