Stephen McPhee
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen McPhee | ||
| Date of birth | 5 June 1981 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1994–1998 | Vitesse Arnhem | ||
| 1998–2000 | Coventry City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2000–2001 | Coventry City | 0 | (0) |
| 2001 | → St Mirren (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2001–2004 | Port Vale | 130 | (39) |
| 2004–2005 | Beira-Mar | 31 | (5) |
| 2005–2007 | Hull City | 35 | (2) |
| 2008–2010 | Blackpool | 24 | (3) |
| Total | 227 | (49) | |
| National team | |||
| 2001 | Scotland under-21s | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Stephen McPhee (born 5 June 1981) is a Scottish former footballer. In a ten-year career he played for clubs in Scotland, England and Portugal. He was capped for his country at under-21 level. A forward, he scored 56 goals in 252 games in all competitions.
Starting his career at Coventry City, following a loan to St Mirren in 2001, he signed with Port Vale later in the year. He made his name at Vale, playing the majority of his career appearances in a three-year spell at the club. Leaving the club for Beira-Mar of Portugal, in 2005 he made a big money move to Hull City. Two years later he moved on to Blackpool. He retired in 2010 after being dogged with injury problems since his time in Portugal.
Born in Glasgow, McPhee began his career with his brother Gary at Vitesse Arnhem in the Netherlands. In 1998, he went to England at Coventry City, but did not make a senior appearance for the "Sky Blues", who were then in the Premier League. In 2001 Coventry sent him on loan to Scottish Premier League club St Mirren, who had hoped to sign Ronaldinho, but instead settled for the young hopeful McPhee. He played seven games for the "Saints" and won the April 2001 SPL Young Player of the Month Award.
McPhee signed for Port Vale on a free transfer in July 2001 and would soon show himself to be arguably Brian Horton's best signing at the club. He scored on his debut against Notts County and finished the season as the club's top scorer with 14 goals in 51 games, including one in the 2001 Potteries derby. Paul Jewell's Wigan Athletic made a bid for McPhee that was accepted by his club (£300,000), however the deal fell through as the Scotsman's agent rejected Wigan's contract offer. The 2002–03 season was one largely devoid of goals for the striker, his strike against Oldham Athletic in October ended a run of 21 games without a goal, but only two goals followed in the remaining 34 matches.
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