Stephen Elliott (footballer)

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Stephen Elliott
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Elliott in 2008
Personal information
Full name Stephen William Elliott [1]
Date of birth (1984-01-06) 6 January 1984 (age 40)
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Position(s) Forward, attacking midfielder
Youth career
Belvedere
Stella Maris
Manchester City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2004 Manchester City 2 (0)
2004–2007 Sunderland 81 (22)
2007–2008 Wolverhampton Wanderers 29 (4)
2008–2010 Preston North End 46 (7)
2010 → Norwich City (loan) 10 (2)
2010–2012 Heart of Midlothian 56 (11)
2012–2013 Coventry City 18 (5)
2014–2015 Carlisle United 15 (1)
2016 Shelbourne 6 (0)
2017 Drogheda United 19 (2)
2017–2018 Morpeth Town 21 (6)
Total303(60)
International career
Republic of Ireland U17
2002–2003 Republic of Ireland U19 9 (4)
2003 Republic of Ireland U20 4 (3)
2003–2004 Republic of Ireland U21 10 (6)
2004–2006 Republic of Ireland 9 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stephen William Elliott (born 6 January 1984) is a professional football coach. He is currently the Head of Academy and lead coach of the Under-20 side of St Patrick's Athletic. During his playing career he played for Manchester City, Sunderland, Wolves, Preston North End, Heart of Midlothian, Coventry City, Carlisle United, Shelbourne, Drogheda United and Morpeth Town, and also had a loan spell at Norwich City.

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He played in nine international matches for the Republic of Ireland between 2004 and 2006, scoring once.

Club career

Elliott began his career as a youth player with Belvedere. [2] and Stella Maris. [3]

Manchester City

Elliott began his professional career as a youth player at Manchester City after impressing in a trial match with Stella Maris in which he scored five goals in the space of half an hour. [4] His league debut came on 21 February 2004 when Kevin Keegan used him as a late substitute in a 3–1 win at Bolton Wanderers. [5] He failed to establish himself in the first team, making only one further appearances as a substitute, [6] with his development at City hampered by a serious back injury that ruled him out for a season. [4]

Sunderland

Sunderland manager Mick McCarthy signed him from Manchester City on 1 June 2004 [7] for an initial fee of £125,000, set by a tribunal, [8] with well over £250,000 of additional payments linked to his subsequent performance at the Black Cats of around £100,000 if Sunderland were promoted to the Premier League; £50,000 if he played in a competitive game for the Republic of Ireland; five instalments of £20,000 for each set of ten appearances he made for Sunderland up to a maximum of 50 games; and 25% of any sell-on transfer fees. [9] McCarthy later admitted that he had bought him outrageously cheaply, although that was before all of the above add-ons were ultimately realised. [10] He made his debut on 7 August against Coventry in their 2–0 defeat, [11] with his first goal for the club coming on 10 August against Crewe Alexandra, scoring the winner in their 3–1 win. [12] He quickly established himself as first-team regular, making 47 appearances scoring 16 goals in his debut season [13] as the team finished as champions in 2005, helping him win the clubs young player of the season award. [6] And in July 2005 he signed a contract extension extending his stay until 2008. [14]

However, his first Premiership season was largely disrupted by injury, [4] only managing 15 appearances [15] although prior to his injuries he scored two long-range goals against Manchester United [16] and Newcastle United. [17]

On Sunderland's return to the Championship the following season, he showed good form when fit, but again was disrupted by an ankle injury which kept him out for two months. [18] In all he made 88 appearances for Sunderland scoring 23 goals. [19]

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Elliott moved to Wolves in July 2007 for an undisclosed fee signing a three-year contract, [20] linking up with Mick McCarthy, his former manager at Sunderland. [21] He made his debut on 11 August 2007 in their 2–1 defeat to Watford, [22] going on to score his first goal for the club on 15 September scoring the opening goal against Sheffield United. [23] However, he failed to make a strong impact at Molineux, and was transfer-listed at the season's end after the club missed out on the play-offs on goal difference. [24]

He made one more appearance for Wolves the following season in the League Cup against Rotherham. [25] In all he made 32 appearances for Wolves scoring five times. [19]

Preston North End

On 1 September 2008, Elliot signed for Championship side Preston North End on a three-year deal for an undisclosed fee. [26] He made his debut as a substitute on 16 September against Nottingham Forest, [27] and scored his first goal for the club on 18 October 2008 against Reading, with the winning goal in their 2–1 win. [28] He scored a brace against his former team Wolves at Molineux in their 3–1 win in January. [29] He was to form a partnership with Jon Parkin in Preston's attack. [30] In his debut season he made 39 appearances scoring six times. [31]

The following season he made 13 appearances scoring twice [32] before falling out of favour and in March 2010 he joined Norwich on loan. [33] On his return on 7 August [34] he negotiated an early release from his Preston contract. [35]

Norwich City

On 6 March 2010, Elliot signed on an emergency loan deal with Norwich City until the end of the season and was given the number 11 shirt. [36] He made his debut on 6 March 2010 against Yeovil in League One, [37] scoring his first goals for the club the following week, scoring a brace against Huddersfield in their 3–1 win. [38] In all he made ten appearances scoring twice. [32]

Heart of Midlothian

On 9 August 2010 Elliott joined Scottish Premier League side Heart of Midlothian on a two-year deal, [39] reuniting him with former strike partner at Sunderland Kevin Kyle. [40] He made his debut as a 66th-minute substitute on 14 August against St Johnstone at Tynecastle, [41] going on to make his first start on 7 November against rivals Hibernian in the first Edinburgh Derby of the season scoring the second goal in a 2–0 victory for Hearts. [42] He scored his first home goal for the club on 10 December to make the score 3–0 in a 5–0 victory against Aberdeen. [43] Despite a hamstring injury that put him out for a month, [44] he made 31 appearances scoring eight goals in his debut season. [45]

Elliott become renowned for his crucial goals away from home. Of his eight goals for Hearts in his debut season, seven came away from home [45] including doubles at Hamilton in a 2–0 win, [46] [47] and at Kilmarnock in a 2–1 victory, the latter coming after Elliott had come off the substitutes bench for the second half to reverse a 1–0 deficit. [48] Elliott scored an equalising goal in the 83rd minute of the third Edinburgh derby of the season, earning Hearts a 2–2 draw despite having played for over an hour with ten men. [49]

He made his European debut on 28 July 2011 in a Europa League qualifier against Paksi. [50] Elliott helped Hearts win the 2011–12 Scottish Cup; he started in the 2012 Scottish Cup Final, which Hearts won 5–1 against Hibernian. Days later, Hearts announced that Elliott's contract would not be renewed.

Coventry City

On 2 July 2012, Elliott joined Football League One side Coventry City on a one-year deal after his Heart of Midlothian contract had expired. [51] He scored three goals up to the new year, against Sheffield United and scored two against MK Dons at Stadium MK which Coventry won 3–2 after going behind. Coventry manager Steven Pressley announced on 30 April 2013 that Elliott's contract would not be renewed. [52]

Carlisle United

On 7 August 2014, Elliott signed a one-year deal with recently relegated Football League Two side Carlisle United. [53]

Return to Ireland

In April 2016, Elliott trained with League of Ireland Premier Division club Shamrock Rovers before signing for Dublin First Division side Shelbourne. [54] On 11 August 2016, Shelbourne announced Stephen had left by mutual consent. [55] Elliott signed for newly promoted Premier Division side Drogheda United for the 2017 season[ citation needed ] but his two goals in 19 league games could not help them from finishing bottom on the league and being relegated.[ citation needed ]

Morpeth Town

Elliott signed for Northern League Division One outfit Morpeth Town in November 2017. [56] He retired at the end of the season. [57]

International career

Elliott has represented Ireland at U-17 level, [58] U-19, [59] the U-20 team at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championship, [60] where he was their top goalscorer, and the U-21 team where he made 10 appearances scoring six times.

Elliott's good start for Sunderland in 2004 led to a call-up to the Republic of Ireland senior squad, and he made his international debut against Croatia at Lansdowne Road on 16 November 2004. [61] He scored his first senior International goal to beat Cyprus 1–0 in a World Cup qualifier on 8 October 2005. [62] In all he made nine appearances for Ireland at full international level. [63]

Post Playing Career

After retiring as a player, Elliott spent time working in the media as a football analyst for various outlets. He spent time as Head of Academy at Darlington, before he moved on to become Lead Coach of the Under-15 and Under-16 sides at Fleetwood Town. On 31 January 2024, Elliott was announced as Head of Academy Football at St Patrick's Athletic and also head coach of the club's Under-20 side. [64] [65] [66]

Personal life

Elliott was born in the North Inner City Dublin area in the Republic of Ireland. [67] He is often known by the nickname of Sleeves, [68] [69] which he picked up whilst playing for Sunderland from a phrase he said "Sleeves Up". [70]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition [71]
ClubSeasonLeagueNational CupLeague CupOther [lower-alpha 1] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Manchester City 2003–04 Premier League 2000000020
Sunderland 2004–05 Championship 42152021004616
2005–06 Premier League152001000162
2006–07 Championship245101000265
Total81223041008823
Wolverhampton Wanderers 2007–08 Championship294210000315
2008–09 Championship0000100010
Total294211000325
Preston North End 2008–09 Championship376100010396
2009–10 Championship91103100132
Total467203110528
Norwich City (loan) 2009–10 League One 102000000102
Heart of Midlothian 2010–11 Scottish Premier League 308100000318
2011–12 Scottish Premier League263500030343
Total56116000306511
Coventry City 2012–13 League One185003040255
Carlisle United 2014–15 League Two 151001020181
Shelbourne 2016 League of Ireland First Division 6000100070
Drogheda United 2017 League of Ireland Premier Division192001010212
Morpeth Town 2017–18 Northern Football League Division One 216000000216
Career total3035813114211034163

Honours

Sunderland

Football League Championship  : x 2

Norwich City

Heart of Midlothian

Individual

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