Steve Watson
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Steven Craig Watson | ||
| Date of birth | 1 April 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | North Shields, England | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender, Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1989–1991 | Newcastle United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1998 | Newcastle United | 208 | (12) |
| 1998–2000 | Aston Villa | 41 | (0) |
| 2000–2005 | Everton | 125 | (14) |
| 2005–2007 | West Bromwich Albion | 42 | (1) |
| 2007 | → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Sheffield Wednesday | 45 | (5) |
| Total | 472 | (32) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1992–1995 | England U21 | 12 | (1) |
| 1998 | England B | 1 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:42, 13 November 2010 (UTC). |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:42, 13 November 2010 (UTC).
Steven Craig "Steve" Watson (born 1 April 1974 in North Shields, England) is a former English footballer, who retired after being released by Sheffield Wednesday on 15 May 2009.
Watson began his career with Newcastle United, playing on a regular basis. At the time of his debut, as a substitute in a 2-1 defeat to Wolves on 10 November 1990, he was the youngest person ever to play for Newcastle, a record he holds to this day. Watson appeared 24 times that season, firstly under Jim Smith and then under Ossie Ardiles as Newcastle struggled in the old Second Division.
Watson featured prominently during the 1991-92 season as Kevin Keegan returned to Newcastle and relegation to the old Third Division was famously avoided. During his seven years at the club, he wore a jersey with every shirt number 2–11 at least once, earning a reputation as a key all round capable footballer integral to The Entertainers style of play
Watson remained in the Newcastle first team picture under Kevin Keegan and his successor Kenny Dalglish, but was sold by Ruud Gullit, to the surprise of Newcastle fans, in a desperate attempt to make funds available. Steve was hugely popular with the Newcastle faithful and years later the feeling amongst the Toon Army is that Watson should never have left. Whilst at Newcastle, he played in the 1998 FA Cup Final.
Steve Watson was transferred to Aston Villa for £4m in October 1998. At Villa he scored once against Southampton in the League Cup.
He moved to Everton in the summer of 2000 in a £2.5m deal. When boss Walter Smith found his squad decimated by injury, Watson found himself a regular striker alongside Tomasz Radzinski, a role he had started to play at the beginning of his career before transferring to the defence. His time with Everton was blighted with injury, although he did enjoy some time in the first team for the 2003–2004 season, the highlight of which was a hat-trick against Leeds United in September 2003.
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