Paul Stephenson (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 2 January 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Wallsend, England | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Kilmarnock (U20 coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Newcastle United | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1988 | Newcastle United | 61 | (1) |
| 1988–1993 | Millwall | 98 | (6) |
| 1992 | → Gillingham (loan) | 12 | (2) |
| 1993–1995 | Brentford | 70 | (2) |
| 1995–1998 | York City | 97 | (8) |
| 1998–2003 | Hartlepool United | 147 | (9) |
| – | Total | 485 | (28 ) |
| National team | |||
| 1986 | England Youth | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 2006 | Hartlepool United (caretaker) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Paul Stephenson (born 2 January 1968) is an English former professional footballer who played as a Winger or a central midfielder for Newcastle United, Millwall, Gillingham, Brentford and York City before he ended his career with Hartlepool United. During his footballing career he made a combined total of over 500 appearances.
He is currently U20 Coach at Kilmarnock.
Paul Stephenson was born in Wallsend. He started his career as an apprentice at Newcastle United in the same youth team that brought through the likes of Paul Gascoigne. He was by capped by England at youth level in 1986. He made his debut at the age of 17 and went on to make 63 starts and four substitute appearances for the club.
In 1988, Stephenson was sold to Millwall for a fee of around £300,000. He spent his first four seasons playing regularly for the Lions in the same team as the likes of Teddy Sheringham and Tony Cascarino. However, after the arrival of new manager Mick McCarthy, Stephenson's first-team opportunities were limited and he found himself being loaned to Gillingham, for whom he made 12 league starts and scored two goals. Stephenson returned to Millwall but he failed to force his way back into the first team. While at Millwall, Stephenson made a total of 98 league appearances and scored sixgoals.
Midway through the 1993–94 season, Stephenson was sold to Brentford for £30,000. During his two-and-a-half seasons at Griffin Park, Stephenson played regularly and made 70 appearances for the club. However, he decided to move back up north and joined York City for £35,000, which the then-York manager Alan Little has cited as a 'bargain'. Stephenson's first season at the club was disrupted by two severe injuries — a broken arm and hairline fracture of the leg. During his three seasons at Bootham Crescent, Stephenson established himself as York's first choice right winger and he made just under 100 appearances for the club, scoring five times. Little reluctantly placed him on the transfer list along with several other first-team players in order to raise much-needed funds before his contract ran out. Hartlepool, along with his former club Brentford, both made offers, but Little delayed the transfer in order to try and use the winger to help aid York's play-off bid. York failed to make the play-offs, however, and Stephenson took the opportunity to move closer to his Newcastle roots and joined Hartlepool in March 1998.
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