Stefan Moore

Football player infobox
playername = Stefan Moore


fullname = Stefan Leroy Bobby Moore
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1983|9|28
cityofbirth = Birmingham
countryofbirth = England
height = height|ft=5|in=10
nickname = Leroy
currentclub = Kidderminster Harriers
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position = Striker
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years = 2000–2005
2001
2004
2005
2005–2008
2006
2008
2008-
clubs = Aston Villa
→ Chesterfield (loan)
→ Millwall (loan)
→ Leicester City (loan)
Queens Park Rangers
→ Port Vale (loan)
Walsall
Kidderminster Harriers
caps(goals) = 22 (2)
02 (0)
06 (0)
07 (0)
39 (3)
12 (1)
05 (1)
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nationalteam =
nationalcaps(goals) =
pcupdate = 18:43, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
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Stefan Moore (born September 28, 1983 in Birmingham, England) is a professional footballer playing for Kidderminster Harriers.

chooling and Career

chooling

Moore attended Hodge Hill Secondary School in the Bromford area of Birmingham. Located on Bromford Road, Hodge Hill was one of the most unsuccessful schools in Birmingham, and was often under inspection for its poor exam results. In 2006, Hodge Hill was named the most improved school in Birmingham. Moore attended Hodge Hill with his brother Luke.

Stefan and Luke also attend the same school as Birchfield athlete Jonathan Moore (please note that they are unrelated).

Playing career

Aston Villa

Moore began his career at Aston Villa, and was captain of the club's 2002 FA Youth Cup winning side. His brother Luke was on that team as well. At that point in his career, Moore was rated by many as a better prospect than Wayne Rooney. Moore scored 2 goals for Aston Villa, and was used more frequently as a substitute than as a choice in the starting eleven. A knee injury sustained in January 2004 halted his progress somewhat, and from then on only sporadically appeared for Aston Villa. Between August 3 and October 3 he was signed on loan to Millwall F.C., before finishing the season on loan at Leicester City F.C.

Chesterfield

His first league appearance came on October 27, 2001, but as a Chesterfield F.C. player, as he had been loaned out to Chesterfield for seven weeks. This match, against Blackpool F.C. finished 1-0 in Blackpool's favour.

He scored his first goal for the Villa first team on his debut against Charlton.

Queens Park Rangers

Moore signed for Queens Park Rangers on 14th June 2005 on a free transfer. Strangely, due to a mix-up between the two clubs, Moore was paraded in a QPR shirt on the day before the transfer was actually completed. After a spending a season on loan at Port Vale and in QPR reserves, Stefan Moore finally got into the first team against Coventry in April 2007. After a few performances he got to keep his place, despite him reverting to his under-performing self.

However, he stil kept his place in the new season, still delivering below-par performances. This was to change though when Watford played QPR at Loftus Road where Moore came on for the half-fit Gareth Ainsworth. Watford soon scored after the break but Moore scored the equalizer with a high driven shot from the outside the 6-yard box to send the Rangers fans into raptures, as it was the first league goal scored at Loftus Road by QPR in the 2007/2008 season. Since the new regime took over at QPR, he struggled to find a place in the team even more, so on 23rd of January 2008, he parted company with the club by mutual consent.

Melbourne Victory

In early February 2008, Moore was linked to Melbourne Victory of the A-League, a club that is set to compete in the Asian Champions League after winning the Australian premiership in 2006-07. Moore scored 2 goals in a practice match for the 06/07 A-League champions against Victorian Premier League side the Whittlesea Zebras at Epping stadium on February 14, 2008 but did not sign a deal with the club.

Walsall

In February 2008, Stefan returned from Melbourne to sign for Midlands club Walsall. Richard Money considered him as a major signing for the club and he scored on his debut against Luton Town on 1 March 2008. However, after failing to find the back of the net again for the club he subsequently left at the end of the 2007/08 season.

Kidderminster Harriers

Moore began training with Kidderminster Harriers in September 2008, scoring twice in a friendly against Bewdley Town before signing a short term deal with the club.

External links

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