Personal information | |||
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Full name | Andrew John Sambrook | ||
Date of birth | 13 July 1979 | ||
Place of birth | Chatham, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Welling United | ||
Youth career | |||
Gillingham | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1996–2001 | Gillingham | 1 | (0) |
2001–2005 | Rushden & Diamonds | 69 | (0) |
2005–2008 | Grays Athletic | 86 | (0) |
2008 | Fisher Athletic | 9 | (0) |
2008–2009 | Thurrock | 6 | (0) |
2009 | AFC Wimbledon | 4 | (0) |
2009–2012 | Welling United | ? | (?) |
International career | |||
England Schoolboys | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16:39, 4 October 2011 (UTC) |
Andrew John Sambrook (born 13 July 1979) is a former professional footballer who played for a number of lower-league English clubs including Gillingham, Rushden & Diamonds, and Grays Athletic.
Sambrook began his career at Gillingham whilst still in full-time education at Rainham Mark Grammar School. Sambrook won a scholarship to Hartwick College, New York where he combined his football career with further education.[ citation needed] Prior to his leaving the UK, he featured for England schoolboys. [1]
On his return to England, Sambrook signed for Rushden & Diamonds, making over sixty appearances before transferring to Grays Athletic in the summer of 2005. He signed a one-year contract extension at the end of the 2006–07 season.
In April 2007, Sambrook won the "Chairman's Player of the Year" trophy at the annual Grays Athletic awards ceremony. [2]
Despite being offered a new contract for the 2008–09 season, Sambrook did not re-sign for Grays and subsequently was released. [3] He joined Conference South side Fisher Athletic in July 2008, [4] a move that was to be cut-short by extreme financial difficulties at the club. [5]
Due to these problems Sambrook, along with a handful of other players, was released from Fisher by mutual consent on 10 November 2008 and subsequently signed for Conference South rivals Thurrock. [6]
Less than three months later, on 30 January 2009, Sambrook left Thurrock for AFC Wimbledon. He signed for Welling United in May 2009, at the end of the 2008–09 season, [7] making it his fifth club in under a year.
Sambrook retired from competitive football in July 2010 due to a series of chronic ankle injuries. He is now a junior accountant.