Steve Vickers (footballer)

Infobox Football biography
playername = Steve Vickers
fullname = Stephen Vickers
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1967|10|13|df=y
cityofbirth = Bishop Auckland
countryofbirth = England
height = 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
position = Defender (retired)
years = 1984–1985
1985–1993
1993–2001
2001
2001
2001–2003 | clubs = Spennymoor United
Tranmere Rovers
Middlesbrough
→ Crystal Palace (loan)
→ Birmingham City (loan)
Birmingham City
Career
caps(goals) =
311 (11)
258 0(8)
006 0(0)
005 0(0)
014 0(1)
594 (20)

Stephen "Steve" Vickers (born 13 October 1967), is an English former association footballer who played as a central defender. He made nearly 600 appearances in the Football League and the Premier League, the majority of which were for Tranmere Rovers and Middlesbrough.

Playing career

Born in Bishop Auckland, County Durham, Vickers began his professional career at Tranmere Rovers, who signed him from local non-league outfit Spennymoor United, and where he forged a reputation as one of the classiest defenders in England's lower leagues. He subsequently played in England's Premier League with Middlesbrough, whom he joined in 1993, winning the club's Player of the Year Award for the 1993–94 season. He was loaned to Crystal Palace in 2001, then to Birmingham City a season later. This deal was then made permanent for £400,000, and Vickers helped them gain promotion to the Premiership. Vickers retired from playing at the end of an injury-plagued 2002–03, which included a knee operation before the start of the season, a broken rib in his first game back, [cite news
url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:BSMB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=0F8B50E68143D404&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB57AB53DF815 |title=Steve's time running out |work=Sunday Mercury |author=Hill, Graham |date=2003-01-19 |accessdate=2008-02-26] a badly-gashed ankle following a two-footed challenge from Everton's Wayne Rooney which resulted in Rooney's first senior red card, [cite news
url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20021227/ai_n12663067 |title=Rooney finds out the hard way for Everton |work=The Independent |author=Culley, Jon |date=2002-12-27 |accessdate=2008-02-26] and a succession of minor problems. [cite news
url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:BSMB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=100A82D43AE08A99&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB57AB53DF815 |title=A blast from the past |work=Sunday Mercury |author=Clarkson, Ian |date=2004-02-08 |accessdate=2008-02-26] After his retirement from playing, he went into property development in his native north-east of England. [cite news
url=http://icteesside.icnetwork.co.uk/boro/information/page.cfm?objectid=15891264&method=full&siteid=50080 |title=Where are they now? 10 years at the Riverside |work=Evening Gazette |author=Tallentire, Richard |date=2005-08-24 |accessdate=2008-02-26]

He is currently a soccer coach for a non-league club.

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Persondata
NAME = Vickers, Steve
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Vickers, Stephen
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Professional footballer
DATE OF BIRTH = 1967-10-13
PLACE OF BIRTH = Bishop Auckland, County Durham, England
DATE OF DEATH =
PLACE OF DEATH =