Steve Staunton

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Steve Staunton
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Staunton (2011)
Personnel
Surname Stephen Staunton
birthday 19th January 1969
place of birth Drogheda ,  Ireland
size 183 cm
position Full-back (left)
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1985-1986 Dundalk FC
1986-1991 Liverpool FC 65 0(0)
1987 →  Bradford City  (loan) 8 0(0)
1991-1998 Aston Villa 208 (16)
1998-2000 Liverpool FC 44 0(0)
2000 →  Crystal Palace  (loan) 6 0(1)
2000-2003 Aston Villa 73 0(0)
2003-2005 Coventry City 70 0(4)
2005 Walsall FC 7 0(0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1987-1989 Ireland U-21 4 0(0)
1988-2002 Ireland 102 0(7)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
2006-2007 Ireland
2009-2010 Darlington FC
1 Only league games are given.

Stephen "Steve" Staunton (born January 19, 1969 in Drogheda ) is a former Irish football player and current coach . Mostly in the left full-back position, he was known for his engagements in English football for Liverpool FC and Aston Villa . Greatest successes were initially with Liverpool winning the FA Cup in 1989 and the English championship the following year . In the 1990s he was part of the Aston Villa team, which won the League Cup in 1994 and 1996 respectively . He also made 102 international matches for the Irish national team , played three World Cup finals in 1990 , 1994 and 2002 and coached the eleven between 2006 and 2007.

Athletic career

Club career as a player

Staunton played as a youth for Dundalk FC and at regional level in national teams. In addition, he was interested in many sports and also talented in Gaelic football . After all, he was at the age of 17 years by a scout of Liverpool discovered. After meeting Scottish head coach Kenny Dalglish , he signed his first contract in the summer of 1986. In the first two years they worked together on Staunton's footballing skills and it was not until the 1987/88 season that he had his first professional league appearances on loan from the second division club Bradford City .

In September 1988 Staunton made his debut for Liverpool in the First Division in a 1-1 draw against Tottenham Hotspur after half an hour for Jan Mølby . He stood three days in the semi-finals of the tournament on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Football League and scored the consolation goal in the 1: 2 defeat against Arsenal . Gradually he played himself as a left full-back in the foreground and when the captain and center- back Alan Hansen was injured and he was replaced by the ancestral left-back Gary Ablett , Staunton remained a regular for the rest of the season. This year Liverpool was on the way to the "double" from the English championship and the FA Cup. In the cup final against local rivals Everton , he was in the starting line-up, but was then substituted at the beginning of extra time before his teammates ensured the 3-2 victory. Shortly thereafter, the season ended in disappointment as he lost the league title to Arsenal on the final day of the match with Liverpool. The reparation was not long in coming, as Staunton won the English championship with Liverpool a year later. He not only convinced in his traditional left-back position, but also helped out in the other defensive positions, in midfield and at times even in the attacking center. He scored a hat trick in the League Cup against Wigan in September 1989 after coming on for Ian Rush . The positive development stalled in the 1990/91 season, as Liverpool faced more turbulent times. After Dalglish left the club in February 1991, it quickly became apparent that many changes were imminent under Graeme Souness . Liverpool returned to the European stage after a long suspension for the 1991/92 season and it turned out to be negative for Staunton that there were no more than three foreigners in the team. So Souness planned without the Irish and instead accepted a transfer offer from Aston Villa in the amount of 1.1 million pounds in August 1991 .

Steve Staunton as the Aston Villa player

Staunton quickly found his way around Villa Park and scored a goal against Sheffield Wednesday right on his debut . A year later, he met two other ex-Liverpool players after Dean Saunders and Ray Houghton also fell out of favor with Souness. Staunton achieved his first notable success in the 1993/94 season when he won the league cup and with a 3-1 final victory over Manchester United, he completed his collection of the three most important titles in English football. Two years later Aston Villa repeated the victory in the League Cup , but due to an injury, Staunton was not used in the current competition and was only on the bench in the final against Leeds United . In the following two years he re-established himself in the defense of Aston Villa and in addition to two solid places in fifth and seventh in the Premier League, he was part of the team in the 1997/98 season that reached the quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup . In the meantime, after the Bosman decision, the foreigner restriction for players from the European Union had been removed and since they could now change clubs free of charge after the end of the contract period, Staunton took the opportunity after the 1998 World Cup to play again at Liverpool FC under the new one Hire coaching team Roy Evans and Gérard Houllier . In the years before, there had been frequent speculation about a return to the “Reds” by Stauntons.

Staunton found his way in the 1998/99 season without any problems at the ex-club, which was peppered with many new players, was particularly strong in October 1998 - as "Man of the Match" against Everton and Fulham - and he was in a total of 40 competitive appearances only once not the starting XI. When Houllier finally completed his first season in 1999/2000 under sole responsibility, Staunton was less and less taken into account in favor of Dominic Matteo and was completely left out in Liverpool from mid-2000. In October 2000 Liverpool loaned him to the second division club Crystal Palace for a month and shot there in the 3-2 win against Tranmere Rovers one of his rare hits, which surprisingly flew over the goalkeeper as a break free. In early December 2000, he returned to Aston Villa. He played there straight away for the injured central defender Gareth Southgate twelve games in a row and then moved to the left wing. His main task was still as a "backup" in the defense center and in the 2001/02 season he first represented Olof Mellberg and then Alpay Özalan . At the end of 2002 injury problems ensured that Staunton's second phase at Aston Villa was coming to an end. At the end of December he underwent double groin surgery and shortly afterwards he also had an ankle surgery, which he had suffered from for some time.

Next station was from August 2003 in the second division Coventry City . Although he also had to struggle with minor injuries in Coventry and missed the last two games at the end of the 2003/04 season after knee surgery, he helped the defense on the left side or in the center to stabilize (although he had now lost speed) . In his last second division season 2004/05 he played another 35 games and the goal to 2-1 against Brighton & Hove Albion in April 2005 was his final. He ended his active career with third division club FC Walsall , played his last competitive game against FC Blackpool (2-0) on New Year's Eve 2005 and then switched to coaching.

Irish national team

At the end of his first season, Jack Charlton called him to the Irish national team , with which he took part in the 1990 World Cup in Italy as the first Irish team ever. The 21-year-old Staunton took part in all games in the tournament; the team was eliminated in the quarterfinals against Italy .

He then took part in the 1994 World Cup in the USA . Again he was at all of Ireland's games; Ireland was eliminated by the Netherlands in the round of 16 . After Ireland missed the next finals in 1996 and 1998 , the team qualified with Staunton for the 2002 World Cup . The team of the new coach Mick McCarthy was drawn into a preliminary group with Germany . In the 1-1 draw against Germany, he made his 100th international match for Ireland and ended his international career after losing on penalties in the round of 16 against Spain after 102 internationals (7 goals). He was then Ireland's record international player before Shay Given and Kevin Kilbane took over from him in March 2010 .

In January 2006 he took over the position of team manager for the Irish national team and looked after the team in qualifying for the 2008 European Championship . However, Ireland could not prevail against Germany and the Czech Republic . In the penultimate group game, the Irish only achieved a 1-1 draw against Cyprus in Dublin ; However, one victory would not have been enough, because at the same time Germany lost to the Czech Republic. Six days later, on October 23, 2007, the Irish Association and Staunton ended their collaboration "by mutual agreement".

Further trainer activities

After a stint as assistant to Gary McAllister at Leeds United in 2008 and subsequent scouting activities for Mick McCarthy at Wolverhampton Wanderers , Staunton took on his first head coaching role in club football at fourth division FC Darlington . Ultimately, his term of office lasted only five months. Under Staunton's direction, Darlington won only four of 23 league games and was 19 points away from a non-relegation place at the time of his resignation. His last game against FC Barnet (1: 2) was attended by only 1,463 spectators, which in turn was a negative club record.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c "Liverpool's Forgotten Heroes: Steve Staunton" (This is Anfield)
  2. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1999-2000 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1999, ISBN 1-85291-607-9 , pp. 284 .
  3. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 2000-2001 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2000, ISBN 1-85291-626-5 , pp. 302 .
  4. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 2001-2002 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2001, ISBN 0-946531-34-X , pp. 288 .
  5. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2002/2003 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2002, ISBN 1-85291-648-6 , pp. 389 .
  6. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2003, ISBN 1-85291-651-6 , pp. 401 .
  7. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2004/2005 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2004, ISBN 1-85291-660-5 , pp. 385 .
  8. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2005/2006 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2005, ISBN 1-85291-662-1 , pp. 385 .
  9. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2006-07 . Mainstream Publishing, 2006, ISBN 1-84596-111-0 , pp. 387 .
  10. ^ "Staunton leaves Republic boss job" (BBC Sport)
  11. ^ "Darlington part company with manager Steve Staunton" (BBC Sport)
personal data
SURNAME Staunton, Steve
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Staunton, Stephen
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH 19th January 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Drogheda , Ireland