Steve Staunton

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.

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)
1987Bradford City (loan) 8 (0)
1991–1998 Aston Villa 208 (16)
1998–2000 Liverpool 44 (0)
2000Crystal 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[2] 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

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Continental Other[lower-alpha 1] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Bradford City (loan) 1987–88 Second Division 80002010110
Liverpool 1987–88 First Division 00000000
1988–89 210304010290
1989–90 2006023283
1990–91 2407121332
Total 6501618410905
Aston Villa 1991–92 First Division 374374
1992–93 Premier League 422422
1993–94 243243
1994–95 355355
1995–96 130130
1996–97 301301
1997–98 27141008[lower-alpha 2]0392
Total 2081641008022017
Liverpool 1998–99 Premier League 31010206[lower-alpha 2]0400
1999–2000 1201031161
2000–01 10001[lower-alpha 2]020
Total 440205170581
Crystal Palace (loan) 2000–01 First Division 6161
Aston Villa 2000–01 Premier League 14030170
2001–02 330102020380
2002–03 260003031321
Total 730405051871
Coventry City 2003–04 First Division 3532010383
2004–05 Championship 3511010371
Total 7043020754
Walsall 2004–05 League One 70200010100
Career total 481213122252013055729
  1. Includes FA Charity Shield, Full Members Cup and Centenary Trophy
  2. Appearances in UEFA Cup

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Republic of Ireland 198820
198960
1990131
199170
199281
199373
1994110
199571
199630
199790
199840
199951
200041
200180
200280
Total1028

Managerial

Team From To Record
GWDLWin %
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. 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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