Samuel Barlay (born September 15, 1986 in Freetown) is a Sierra Leonean international footballer. He plays as an central midfielder for IFK Mariehamn in the Finnish [Veikkausliiga|Premier Division] and for the Sierra Leone national football team. Barlay is a first choice at the central midfield position for the Leone Stars, as the Sierra Leone national football team is known. He won a penalty for Sierra Leone which was converted by Mohamed Kallon that gave the Leone Stars a 1-0 win over South Africa in the 2010 Fifa world cup/2010 African Nations Cup qualifying match played in June in Freetown.

Samuel Barlay was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone to Mende parents. He was the captain of the Sierra Leone U-17 national football team at the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship in Finland. He signed for Malmö FF from Sierra Leonean East End Lions shortly after the 2003 FIFA U-17 World Championship. In 2006 he was on a season long loan at IFK Mariehamn in the Finnish Veikkausliiga. In 2008 he returned to "Grönvitt" after a loan spell at Örgryte IS in the Swedish second tier of football.