Sam Daniel Saunders is an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 footballer

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

, currently playing for Brentford

Brentford F.C.

Brentford Football Club are a professional English football club based in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow. They are currently playing in Football League One....

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Career

Before signing for Brentford, Saunders played for Ashford Town

Ashford Town F.C. (Kent)

Ashford United F.C. are an English football club based in Ashford, Kent. The 'new' United was formed in 2011 . Between 1930 and 2010 the town was represented by Ashford Town FC, before it ultimately went into administration...

 Carshalton Athletic

Carshalton Athletic F.C.

Carshalton Athletic F.C. is an English football club based in Carshalton in the London Borough of Sutton, London. They currently play in the Isthmian League Premier Division, and are based at the War Memorial Sports Ground.-Early years:...

 and Dagenham & Redbridge

Dagenham & Redbridge F.C.

Dagenham & Redbridge Football Club , informally known as Daggers, is an English association football club based in Dagenham, in the London Borough of Barking & Dagenham, East London. It was formed in 1992 after a merger between Redbridge Forest and Dagenham...

. He had been spotted by Dagenham in a first team game for Carlshalton Athletic against AFC Hornchurch

A.F.C. Hornchurch

AFC Hornchurch are an English football club based in Hornchurch, Greater London. The club are currently members of the Isthmian League Premier Division and play at the Hornchurch Stadium....

 by two local scouts from the club. At the end of the 2008–09 season he signed for Brentford, along with Dagenham team-mates Danny Foster

Danny Foster (footballer)

Danny Foster is an English footballer who plays for Wycombe Wanderers.-Career:Foster started his career as a youth player at Tottenham Hotspur and joined Dagenham & Redbridge in 2004. He is a former England under-18 player. At the end of the 2008–09 season, he signed for Brentford, along with...

 and Ben Strevens

Ben Strevens

Benjamin John Strevens is a professional English Football player currently signed to Wycombe Wanderers in League One. He plays as a striker or attacking midfielder.-Playing career:...

. He scored his first goal for The Bees on 24 April 2010, curling in a second-half free-kick to equalise against Yeovil Town

Yeovil Town F.C.

Yeovil Town F.C. are an English association football team based in Yeovil, Somerset. The club play in League One after having won the League Two championship in 2004–05...

 in a game which ended 1–1.

On 7 February 2011, Saunders scored the first of two goals in Brentford's 2–1 second-leg win over Exeter City to take Brentford to the Football League Trophy

Football League Trophy

The Football League Trophy, currently known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is an annual English association football knock-out competition open to the 48 clubs in Football League One and Football League Two, the bottom two divisions in the four fully professional top...

 final at Wembley. With Uwe Rösler

Uwe Rösler

Uwe Rösler is a German football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of Brentford.Rösler was previously a successful player who played for several clubs, most notably Manchester City , where he was the leading goalscorer for three consecutive seasons from 1995–96 to 1997–98, and 1...

 now in charge, and new attacking wingers coming into the club, competition heated up for positions and chances were given to impress for a stake in the first-team. Saunders impressed massively coming into the fourth match of the new season with two finishes against Leyton Orient

Leyton Orient F.C.

Leyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football club in East London. They currently play in Football League One and are known to their fans as the O's.Leyton Orient have spent one season in the top flight of English football, in 1962–63...

, scoring one from 20 yards and the second from a little further out. The match ended 5–0 in favour of Brentford

Brentford F.C.

Brentford Football Club are a professional English football club based in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow. They are currently playing in Football League One....

. He then scored his third goal of the season at home to Chesterfield

Chesterfield F.C.

Chesterfield Football Club is an English football club based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. The club currently plays in Football League One, the third tier of English football. Despite being the fourth oldest Football League club in England, they have spent most of their existence in the lower...

, scoring from a freekick, 25-yards out.

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