Steve Staunton

Steve Staunton
Staunton in 2011
Personal information
Full name Stephen Staunton[1]
Date of birth (1969-01-19) 19 January 1969[1]
Place of birth Dundalk, Ireland
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1]
Position(s) 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)
International career
1987–1989 Republic of Ireland U21 4 (0)
1988–2002[2] Republic of Ireland 102 (8)
Managerial career
2006–2007 Republic of Ireland
2009–2010 Darlington
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stephen Staunton (born 19 January 1969) is an Irish former professional footballer. He enjoyed a distinguished career with Liverpool and Aston Villa, and became the Republic of Ireland's most capped player. He is also the former manager of Republic of Ireland.

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Continental Other[a] Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Bradford City (loan) 1987–88 Second Division 8 0 0 0 2 0 – 1 0 11 0
Liverpool 1987–88 First Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 – – 0 0
1988–89 21 0 3 0 4 0 – 1 0 29 0
1989–90 20 0 6 0 2 3 – – 28 3
1990–91 24 0 7 1 2 1 – – 33 2
Total 65 0 16 1 8 4 – 1 0 90 5
Aston Villa 1991–92 First Division 37 4 – – 37 4
1992–93 Premier League 42 2 – – 42 2
1993–94 24 3 – – 24 3
1994–95 35 5 – – 35 5
1995–96 13 0 – – 13 0
1996–97 30 1 – – 30 1
1997–98 27 1 4 1 0 0 8[b] 0 – 39 2
Total 208 16 4 1 0 0 8 0 – 220 17
Liverpool 1998–99 Premier League 31 0 1 0 2 0 6[b] 0 – 40 0
1999–2000 12 0 1 0 3 1 – – 16 1
2000–01 1 0 – 0 0 1[b] 0 – 2 0
Total 44 0 2 0 5 1 7 0 – 58 1
Crystal Palace (loan) 2000–01 First Division 6 1 – – – 6 1
Aston Villa 2000–01 Premier League 14 0 3 0 – – – 17 0
2001–02 33 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 – 38 0
2002–03 26 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 – 32 1
Total 73 0 4 0 5 0 5 1 – 87 1
Coventry City 2003–04 First Division 35 3 2 0 1 0 – – 38 3
2004–05 Championship 35 1 1 0 1 0 – – 37 1
Total 70 4 3 0 2 0 – – 75 4
Walsall 2004–05 League One 7 0 2 0 0 0 – 1 0 10 0
Career total 481 21 31 2 22 5 20 1 3 0 557 29
  1. ↑ Includes FA Charity Shield, Full Members Cup and Centenary Trophy
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Appearances in UEFA Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Republic of Ireland 1988 2 0
1989 6 0
1990 13 1
1991 7 0
1992 8 1
1993 7 3
1994 11 0
1995 7 1
1996 3 0
1997 9 0
1998 4 0
1999 5 1
2000 4 1
2001 8 0
2002 8 0
Total 102 8

Managerial

Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Republic of Ireland January 2006 October 2007 17 6 6 5 035.29
Darlington October 2009 March 2010 25 4 2 19 016.00
Total 42 10 8 24 023.81

Honours

Liverpool

Aston Villa

Individual

  • FAI Senior International Player of the Year: 1993[3]
  • FAI Young International Player of the Year: 1989[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2006). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2006–07. Mainstream Publishing. p. 387. ISBN 978-1-84596-111-4.
  2. ↑ "Stephen Staunton - Century of International Appearances". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  3. ↑ "Cunningham Player of the Year". independent. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
  4. ↑ "Inaugural FAI International Football Awards". RTÉ Archives. Retrieved 2022-05-14.


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