Steve Finnan

**Stephen John Finnan** (born 24 April 1976) is an Irish former international footballer who played as a right back.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|National Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="3"|Welling United|1993–94|Football Conference|22|0|||–|||22|0||
|1994–95|Football Conference|19|1|||–|||19|1||||
|rowspan="3"|Birmingham City|1995–96|First Division|12|1|0|0|4|0|3|0|19|1|
|1996–97|First Division|3|0|0|0|–|–|3|0|||||
|Notts County (loan)|1995–96|Second Division|17|2|–|–|3|1|20|3||||
|rowspan="4"|Notts County|1996–97|Second Division|23|0|4|0|–|1|0|28|0||
|1997–98|Third Division|44|5|3|1|4|0|0|0|51|6|||
|1998–99|Second Division|13|0|0|0|0|0|–|13|0||||
|rowspan="6"|Fulham|1998–99|Second Division|22|2|4|0|–|1|0|27|2||
|1999–2000|First Division|36|2|4|1|6|0|–|46|3||||
|2000–2001|First Division|45|2|1|0|2|0|–|48|2||||
|2001–02|Premier League|38|0|6|0|3|0|–|47|0||||
|2002–03|Premier League|32|0|3|0|1|0|5|0|41|0|||
|rowspan="6"|Liverpool|2003–04|Premier League|22|0|3|0|0|0|6|0|31|0|
|2004–05|Premier League|33|1|0|0|5|0|14|0|52|1|||
|2005–06|Premier League|33|0|6|0|0|0|13|0|52|0|||
|2006–07|Premier League|33|0|1|0|0|0|13|0|47|0|||
|2007–08|Premier League|24|0|3|0|1|0|7|0|35|0|||
|Espanyol|2008–09|La Liga|4|0|1|0|–|–|5|0||||
|Portsmouth|2009–10|Premier League|21|0|4|0|0|0|–|25|0|||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="9"|Republic of Ireland|2000|5|1|
|2001|7|0|||
|2002|9|0|||
|2003|4|0|||
|2004|9|0|||
|2005|4|0|||
|2006|5|0|||
|2007|7|1|||
|2008|3|0|||

- _Scores and results list Republic of Ireland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Finnan goal._

|scope="col"|No.|scope="col"|Date|scope="col"|Venue|scope="col"|Opponent|scope="col"|Score|scope="col"|Result|scope="col"|Competition|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align="center"|1|14 November 2000|Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland||align="center"|1–0|align="center"|3–0|Friendly|||||
|align="center"|2|17 October 2007|Croke Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland||align="center"|1–1|align="center"|1–1|UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying|||||

## Honours

**Notts County**
- Football League Third Division: 1997–98

**Fulham**
- Football League Second Division: 1998–99
- Football League First Division: 2000–01
- UEFA Intertoto Cup: 2002

**Liverpool**
- FA Cup: 2005–06
- FA Community Shield: 2006
- FIFA Club World Championship runner-up: 2005
- Football League Cup runner-up: 2004–05
- UEFA Champions League: 2004–05; runner-up 2006-07
- UEFA Super Cup: 2005

**Portsmouth**
- FA Cup runner-up: 2009–10

**Individual**
- Football League Second Division PFA Team of the Year: 1998–99
- Football League First Division PFA Team of the Year: 2000–01
- FA Premier League PFA Team of the Year: 2001–02
- Professional Footballers' Association Team of the Year: 2001–02
- Fulham Player of the Year: 2001–02

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Steve Finnan
- **image**: finnan.jpg
- **caption**: Finnan with Liverpool F.C., Liverpool in 2006
- **full name**: Stephen John Finnan
- **birth place**: Limerick, Ireland
- **position**: Right back
- **youthyears1**: 1990–1993
- **youthclubs1**: Wimbledon F.C., Wimbledon
- **years1**: 1993–1995
- **clubs1**: Welling United F.C., Welling United
- **caps1**: 41
- **goals1**: 1
- **years2**: 1995–1996
- **clubs2**: Birmingham City F.C., Birmingham City
- **caps2**: 15
- **goals2**: 1
- **years3**: 1996
- **clubs3**: → Notts County F.C., Notts County (loan)
- **caps3**: 17
- **goals3**: 2
- **years4**: 1996–1998
- **clubs4**: Notts County F.C., Notts County
- **caps4**: 80
- **goals4**: 5
- **years5**: 1998–2003
- **clubs5**: Fulham F.C., Fulham
- **caps5**: 172
- **goals5**: 7
- **years6**: 2003–2008
- **clubs6**: Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
- **caps6**: 145
- **goals6**: 1
- **years7**: 2008–2009
- **clubs7**: RCD Espanyol, Espanyol
- **caps7**: 4
- **goals7**: 0
- **years8**: 2009–2010
- **clubs8**: Portsmouth F.C., Portsmouth
- **caps8**: 21
- **goals8**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 495
- **totalgoals**: 17
- **nationalyears1**: 2000–2008
- **nationalteam1**: Republic of Ireland national football team, Republic of Ireland
- **nationalcaps1**: 53
- **nationalgoals1**: 2