 Harper playing for Newcastle United in 2010 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen Alan Harper[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 14 March 1975[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Seaham, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Newcastle United (first team coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1992–1993 | Seaham Red Star | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–2013 | Newcastle United | 157 | (0) |
| 1995 | → Bradford City (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 1996 | → Gateshead (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 1997 | → Stockport County (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1997 | → Hartlepool United (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | → Huddersfield Town (loan) | 24 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Brighton & Hove Albion (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2013–2015 | Hull City | 23 | (0) |
| 2016 | Sunderland | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 237 | (0) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2019– | Northern Ireland (coach) | ||
| 2019– | Newcastle United (coach) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
"I hadn't played for a while ... you're walking along shaking hands and you're thinking 'That's Pavel Nedvěd and that's Del Piero' and there's the Champions League music blaring."
Steve Harper[2]
Stephen Alan Harper (born 14 March 1975) is an English former professional footballer, and currently first team coach for Newcastle United and goalkeeping coach for the Northern Ireland national team. He is best known for his time playing at Newcastle, having amassed 157 league appearances over a twenty-year period between 1993 and 2013. Although he was not always the first choice goalkeeper at Newcastle, he was the longest-serving player in the club's history.