Steve Staunton
Staunton in 2011
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen Staunton | ||
| Date of birth | 19 January 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Dundalk, Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1985–1986 | Dundalk | ||
| 1986–1991 | Liverpool | 65 | (0) |
| 1987 | → Bradford City (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 1991–1998 | Aston Villa | 208 | (16) |
| 1998–2000 | Liverpool | 44 | (0) |
| 2000 | → Crystal Palace (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| 2000–2003 | Aston Villa | 73 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | Coventry City | 70 | (4) |
| 2005 | Walsall | 7 | (0) |
| Total | 481 | (21) | |
| National team | |||
| 1987–1989 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 4 | (0) |
| 1988–2002 | Republic of Ireland | 102 | (8) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2006–2007 | Republic of Ireland | ||
| 2009–2010 | Darlington | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Stephen "Steve" Staunton (born 19 January 1969) is an Irish association football manager and former professional footballer who played as a defender. He earned 102 caps for the Republic of Ireland national football team, captained his team to the knock-out stage of the 2002 FIFA World Cup and earned his place in the FIFA Century Club.
Staunton enjoyed a distinguished club career with Aston Villa and Liverpool. After retiring, he served as Republic of Ireland national team coach prior to Giovanni Trapattoni. He also spent five months as manager of Darlington in Football League Two.
Born in Drogheda, County Louth, Staunton was an accomplished all-round sportsman. He lived in Dundalk, County Louth, and attended the De La Salle College in the town. As well as playing soccer for his home club of Dundalk, he played Gaelic football, appearing for Louth's U-16 team and winning a Louth Senior Championship medal with Clan na Gael. He also played for the his local team St. Dominic's at underage level.
Staunton was spotted by Liverpool playing in Ireland for his home club of Dundalk as a 17-year-old and was signed on 2 September 1986 by manager Kenny Dalglish for a fee of £20,000.
He spent the first two seasons in the reserves and even went on loan to Bradford City for eight games during the 1987–88 season as cover for the injured Karl Goddard. He made his Liverpool debut on 17 September 1988 in the 1–1 league draw with Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield. As a result of his impressive performance he remained in the side for the rest of the season, despite him being vastly inexperienced compared to the players around him who were defending a League championship title won the year before. Following on from his impressive debut he scored his first goal three days later on 20 September; however, his 80th-minute strike wasn't enough to prevent Arsenal winning the Centenary Trophy semi-final 2–1.
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