Steve Banks
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Steven Banks | ||
| Date of birth | 9 February 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Hillingdon, London, England | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Bradford City (goalkeeping coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1993 | West Ham United | 0 | (0) |
| 1993–1995 | Gillingham | 67 | (0) |
| 1995–1999 | Blackpool | 153 | (0) |
| 1999–2003 | Bolton Wanderers | 20 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | → Rochdale (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2002 | → Bradford City (loan) | 9 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | → Stoke City (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2003 | Stoke City | 4 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Wimbledon | 24 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Gillingham | 39 | (0) |
| 2005–2009 | Heart of Midlothian | 36 | (0) |
| 2009–2013 | Dundee United | 1 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | St Johnstone | 4 | (0) |
| Total | 382 | (0) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 03:35, 2 February 2016 (UTC). |
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Steven "Steve" Banks (born 9 February 1972) is an English football player and coach. He is currently employed as the goalkeeping coach at Bradford City.
Born in Hillingdon, London, Banks began his career as a trainee with West Ham United. He made just one first team appearance, in the Anglo-Italian Cup, for West Ham, before joining Gillingham on a free transfer in March 1993.
Banks was a regular for the remainder of the season and his form the following season led to a £60,000 move to Blackpool in August 1995. He spent four years with the Seasiders, making more than 150 league appearances for the club. In March 1999, Banks moved to Bolton Wanderers for a fee of £50,000. Although a regular at the start of his time with Bolton he soon lost his place and had loan spells with Rochdale (December 2001 to May 2002) and Bradford City (August to November 2002) before joining Stoke City on loan in December 2002 for whom he played ten times in his loan spell
Banks joined Stoke on a free transfer in February 2003. However, he played just four times after his free transfer and was released at the end of the season.
Banks joined Wimbledon in August 2003 and was a regular in their struggling Championship side until returning to Gillingham on a free transfer in March 2004. During his second run with Gillingham he appeared in the film Green Street.
In August 2005, Banks joined Heart of Midlothian on a free transfer as back-up for regular goalkeeper Craig Gordon. He made his Hearts debut as a substitute in the 2–2 draw against Falkirk on 2 October 2005, after Craig Gordon's sending off. Two weeks later, Banks played in a 1–1 draw with Celtic at Celtic Park in which he made a number of saves to maintain the Jambos' unbeaten start to the season. He made another rare start against Dundee United on 23 December 2006 and kept a clean sheet as Hearts won by a single goal at Tannadice. Banks repeated the feat on 10 February 2007, in a 1–0 win against Caley Thistle at Tynecastle. Earlier in the day, Banks, who had recently become first-choice ahead of unsettled Gordon, signed a contract that will keep him at Hearts until the end of the 2007–08 season. Gordon returned to the starting line-up on 17 February in Hearts' 1–1 draw with St Mirren. Banks was forced to take control of the Jambos during a 1–0 defeat to Kilmarnock on 27 October 2007, when Stephen Frail was sent from the touchline.
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