Steve Thompson (footballer, born 1989)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen Thompson | ||
| Date of birth | 15 April 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Peterlee, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | ||
| Playing position | Centre forward | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Darlington | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2008 | Middlesbrough | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2009 | Port Vale | 17 | (2) |
| 2009 | → Stafford Rangers (loan) | 4 | (2) |
| 2009–2010 | Telford United | 14 | (0) |
| 2010–2012 | Durham City | ||
| 2012– | Darlington | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Stephen Thompson (born 15 April 1989) is an English footballer who plays as a striker for National League North side Darlington.
Unable to make the first team at Middlesbrough, he signed with Port Vale in May 2008. He left Vale Park by mutual consent in October 2009, at which point he joined Telford United. He spent one season with Telford before joining Durham City. He signed with Darlington in September 2012, and helped the club to the Northern Football League title in 2012–13, promotion out of the Northern Premier League Division One North via the play-offs in 2015, and then Premier Division title in 2015–16.
Born in Peterlee, County Durham, Thompson began his career at Middlesbrough in the academy and youth team and he signed for the club at the start of the 2007–08 season but did not play a game for the first team. Released at the end of the season, he had a successful trial with Port Vale and signed with the club in May 2008, citing manager Lee Sinnott's style of play as a reason for joining the club.
He spent four months working off a hamstring injury, before making his debut as a 74th minute substitute on 6 December 2008 against Grimsby Town. His first league start came two weeks later in a 1–0 defeat to Chesterfield at Vale Park, he was taken off in the 53rd minute, despite the protestations of the home crowd. His first goal came against Rochdale on 28 December, as he hit a 90th-minute winner for a Vale side reduced to 10-men. Described by Ian Brightwell as "probably the best finisher we have at the club", he was dropped from the first team in February 2009. He worked hard at the end of the season to put himself back in contention and made eight further appearances under Dean Glover before the season's end.
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