Samuel Robert Foley (born 17 October 1986) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for EFL League Two club Barrow.

In August 2008 he signed a one-year contract with Kidderminster Harriers after impressing manager Mark Yates during a trial spell.

[6] He scored two goals in seven games and "Reds" manager Gary Whild wanted an extended loan spell, but Foley was recalled to Kidderminster in December.

[7] He went on to spend the second half of the 2008–09 season on loan at Conference South club Newport County, scoring four goals in 14 appearances.

Foley was immediately a regular in the team, filling all midfield and forward roles at various times, but mostly played as a supporting striker alongside Craig Reid.

He remained a key player in the 2010–11 season, scoring five goals in 44 games as Newport posted a ninth-place finish in the Conference Premier.

[18] With Yeovil back in League One Foley was restored to the first-team for the 2014–15 campaign and featured 45 times, mainly in central midfield, as the club suffered a second successive relegation.

[15] Though the season was a poor one for the club, Foley managed to find success on an individual level, winning the Western Gazette's Player of the Year award.

He missed just two of the opening 15 league games of the 2016–17 season, being named on the EFL Team of the Week after providing two assists in a 3–1 win over Scunthorpe United at Vale Park on 27 August.

[26] In February 2017, he was praised by caretaker manager Michael Brown for playing despite being below full fitness during a difficult period for the club.

[30] He lost his first-team place under new manager Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and scored three goals in 28 appearances for the "Cobblers" as the club were relegated at the end of the 2017–18 season.

He scored two goals in 40 appearances in the 2018–19 campaign, maintaining his first-team place under first Dean Austin and then Keith Curle, before he was released on 6 May.

[36] A back injury meant that he featured just five times for the "Steelmen", feeling that due to the team's form that he "wasn't in a position to knock on the manager's (Graham Alexander) door".

[40] Foley signed a one-year contract with League Two club Tranmere Rovers on 22 July 2021, with manager Micky Mellon citing his "experience, leg power and he is a great athlete".

[51] Foley can operate on the left or centre of midfield and has good dribbling, passing and ball control skills.