Shane Hill (footballer)

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Shane Hill
Personal information
Date of birth (1987-08-05) 5 August 1987 (age 36)
Place of birth London, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2005 Hitchin Town 13 (0)
2005–2006 Sheffield United 0 (0)
2007 Rushden & Diamonds 0 (0)
2010 Windsor & Eton 1 (0)
2011 Tampa Bay Rowdies 17 (2)
2011–2012 Leighton Town 8 (1)
2012–2014 Tampa Bay Rowdies 66 (5)
2015–2016 Biggleswade Town
2016St Albans City (loan)
2016–2017 St Albans City 7 (1)
2017–2018 Biggleswade Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 May 2017

Shane Hill (born 5 August 1987 in London) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder.

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Career

England

Hill began his career as a trialist for Manchester United as a 16-year-old, but was not taken on by the superclub, and eventually found his way to non-league Hitchin Town, playing for them in the Southern Football League Premier Division, the seventh level of English football, in the 2004–2005 season. [1] [2]

Hill joined Sheffield United as a youth player on 25 August 2005, [3] but was released at the end of the 2005-06 having never played a first team game for the Blades. He trialed with Luton Town during the summer of 2006, but was not offered a contract, and eventually signed for Rushden & Diamonds of the Football Conference on 4 January 2007. [4] He was released by the Diamonds at the end of the season, again without having made a first team appearance for the club.

United States

Hill moved to the United States in 2010 and was a pre-season trialist with FC Tampa Bay prior to their first competitive season in the USSF Division 2 Pro League. When his father was hired as the head coach of the club in 2011, Hill returned to the United States, trialed with the team during the 2011 pre-season, and signed a formal contract on 6 April 2011. He made his debut for Tampa on 31 May, coming on as a late substitute in a game against NSC Minnesota Stars. [5]

Tampa Bay announced on 27 December 2011 that it declined the 2012 contract option for Hill. [6] However, one month later the club signed him to a new contract for 2012 which includes a club option for 2013. [7]

Personal

Shane is the son of former Luton Town standout and England international Ricky Hill. Ricky Hill did coach Shane for the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the North American Soccer League before both were let go.

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References

  1. "About Hitchin Town F.C."
  2. "About Hitchin Town F.C."
  3. Blades Sign Hill
  4. Shane Hill signs for Diamonds
  5. FC Tampa Bay Earns 0-0 Draw at NSC Minnesota
  6. "NASL index". Archived from the original on 27 January 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
  7. "NASL News". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 1 February 2012.