Steve Walsh (footballer)

Steve Walsh
Personal information
Full name Steven Walsh[1]
Date of birth (1964-11-03) 3 November 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth Preston, England
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[2]
Position(s) Centre-back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1982–1986 Wigan Athletic 126 (4)
1986–2000 Leicester City 449 (62)
2000–2001 Norwich City 4 (0)
2001–2002 Tamworth ?
2002 Coventry City 2 (0)
2002–2003 Tamworth ?
Total 581 (66)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Steven Walsh (born 3 November 1964) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre-back, but at times was used as a striker.

He spent most of his career at Leicester City where he won two League Cups in 1997 and 2000, as well as featuring as a Premier League player across a number of seasons. He also played in the Football League for Wigan, Norwich City and Coventry City, with several stints with non-league Tamworth. He is the record holder for the most red cards in the Football League, with 13, a record he holds jointly with Roy McDonough.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Steve Walsh". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  2. ^ Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 210. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. ^ "Away penalties at Old Trafford", Sean Ingle, Barry Glendenning and Matt Cunningham, The Guardian, 26 June 2003
  4. ^ "Five red cards in football match", ITV, accessed 11 March 2013