Sam Werner (born December 3, 1995) is a former American

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player who previously played for

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in the

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Career

College

Werner played four years of

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between 2014 and 2017, where he made 67 appearances, scoring 9 goals and tallying 9 assists. Werner missed the entirety of Stanford's 2014 season due to injury.

Professional

Werner spent time on trial in Israel with Hapoel Hadera, making two appearances for the club in the

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. On December 18, 2018, Werner signed with

side

Sacramento Republic Sacramento Republic FC is an American professional soccer team based in Sacramento, California, that competes in the Western Conference of the USL Championship, the second level in US soccer. Co-founded by Warren Smith and Joe Wagoner in 2012, t ...

. On October 20, 2020, Werner announced his retirement from professional soccer.

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Stanford bio
1995 births Living people American men's soccer players Men's association football midfielders Hapoel Hadera F.C. players Sacramento Republic FC players Soccer players from Montana Sportspeople from Bozeman, Montana Stanford Cardinal men's soccer players USL Championship players Expatriate men's footballers in Israel American expatriate men's soccer players American expatriate sportspeople in Israel 21st-century American sportsmen {{US-footy-midfielder-1990s-stub