Steve Heighway

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Steve Heighway

Heighway against FC Zürich in 1977
Personal information
Full name	Stephen Derek Heighway
Date of birth	(1947-11-25) 25 November 1947 (age 76)
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland[1]
Position(s)	Winger
Youth career
	Skelmersdale United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1970–1981	Liverpool	444	(76)
1981	Minnesota Kicks	26	(19)
1981–1982	Philadelphia Fever (indoor)	23	(19)
Total		493	(122)
International career
1970–1981	Republic of Ireland	26	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stephen Derek Heighway (born 25 November 1947) is an Irish former footballer who played as a winger. He was part of the successful Liverpool team of the 1970s. Following his eleven-year spell at the club, he was ranked 23rd in the 100 Players Who Shook The Kop poll.

Heighway became academy director at Liverpool in a period when the club welcomed players including Steven Gerrard, Steve McManaman, Robbie Fowler and Jamie Carragher. He retired in 2007 but later rejoined the Liverpool Academy in a consulting role, which he held until retiring again in 2022.^[2]