Personal information | |||
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Full name | Enda John Stevens | ||
Date of birth | 9 July 1990 | ||
Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
Playing position | Left back | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Portsmouth | ||
Number | 3 | ||
Youth career | |||
–2008 | Cherry Orchard | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008 | UCD | 2 | (0) |
2009 | St Patrick's Athletic | 30 | (0) |
2010–2011 | Shamrock Rovers | 46 | (0) |
2012–2015 | Aston Villa | 7 | (0) |
2013 | → Notts County (loan) | 2 | (0) |
2013–2014 | → Doncaster Rovers (loan) | 13 | (0) |
2014 | → Northampton Town (loan) | 4 | (1) |
2014–2015 | → Doncaster Rovers (loan) | 28 | (1) |
2015– | Portsmouth | 87 | (1) |
National team | |||
2011 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 3 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:00, 17 April 2017 (UTC). |
Enda John Stevens (born 9 July 1990) is an Irish professional footballer who plays for Portsmouth as a left back. He has experience of football at a continental level, having played in the UEFA Europa League for Shamrock Rovers.
Following a spell in the Cherry Orchard youth team Stevens signed professionally with UCD but was released at the end of the 2008 season. He had trials with Nottingham Forest, Hull City, Stockport County and Yeovil Town. He was one of Jeff Kenna's first signings for St Patrick's Athletic. He plays as a centre back or as a left back. He made his professional debut in a 1–0 win over Cork City at Turners Cross in March 2009.
Stevens made a breakthrough into the first team where he made himself the first choice left back with performances in the league, FAI Cup, and Europa League qualifiers. He made six appearances in the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League as Pats advanced through two rounds to the play-off round.
He signed for Shamrock Rovers in December 2009. Stevens made his Rovers League debut at home to Dundalk in Tallaght Stadium on the 21 March 2010 He capped off his first League of Ireland season with Rovers by winning his first title as Shamrock Rovers won the league title on the final day of the season.
In 2011, he won the All Ireland Setanta Cup with Rovers. He won the league title again in 2011. He competed in the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League with Rovers, the club's first ever appearance in the competition. Over the course of two seasons, Stevens made 15 appearances for Rovers in European competition.