Steve Staunton

**Stephen Staunton** (born 19 January 1969) is an Irish former professional footballer. He enjoyed a distinguished career with Liverpool and Aston Villa, and became the Republic of Ireland's most capped player. He is also the former manager of Republic of Ireland.

### Club

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|FA Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Continental|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Bradford City (loan)|1987–88|Second Division|8|0|0|0|2|0|–|1|0|11|0|||
|rowspan="5"|Liverpool|1987–88|rowspan="4"|First Division|0|0|0|0|0|0|–|–|0|0||
|1988–89|21|0|3|0|4|0|–|1|0|29|0|||||
|1989–90|20|0|6|0|2|3|–|–|28|3||||||
|1990–91|24|0|7|1|2|1|–|–|33|2||||||
|rowspan="8"|Aston Villa|1991–92|First Division|37|4|||||–|–|37|4|||
|1992–93|rowspan=6|Premier League|42|2|||||–|–|42|2||||
|1993–94|24|3|||||–|–|24|3||||||
|1994–95|35|5|||||–|–|35|5||||||
|1995–96|13|0|||||–|–|13|0||||||
|1996–97|30|1|||||–|–|30|1||||||
|1997–98|27|1|4|1|0|0|8|0|–|39|2|||||
|rowspan="4"|Liverpool|1998–99|rowspan="3"|Premier League|31|0|1|0|2|0|6|0|–|40|0|
|1999–2000|12|0|1|0|3|1|–|–|16|1||||||
|2000–01|1|0|–|0|0|1|0|–|2|0||||||
|Crystal Palace (loan)|2000–01|First Division|6|1|||–|–|–|6|1|||||
|rowspan="4"|Aston Villa|2000–01|rowspan="3"|Premier League|14|0|3|0|–|–|–|17|0|||
|2001–02|33|0|1|0|2|0|2|0|–|38|0|||||
|2002–03|26|0|0|0|3|0|3|1|–|32|1|||||
|rowspan="3"|Coventry City|2003–04|First Division|35|3|2|0|1|0|–|–|38|3|||
|2004–05|Championship|35|1|1|0|1|0|–|–|37|1|||||
|Walsall|2004–05|League One|7|0|2|0|0|0|–|1|0|10|0|||

### International

|National team|Year|Apps|Goals||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="15"|Republic of Ireland|1988|2|0|
|1989|6|0|||
|1990|13|1|||
|1991|7|0|||
|1992|8|1|||
|1993|7|3|||
|1994|11|0|||
|1995|7|1|||
|1996|3|0|||
|1997|9|0|||
|1998|4|0|||
|1999|5|1|||
|2000|4|1|||
|2001|8|0|||
|2002|8|0|||

### Managerial

|rowspan=2|Team|rowspan=2|From|rowspan=2|To|colspan="5"|Record|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Republic of Ireland|align=left|January 2006|align=left|October 2007|||
|align=left|Darlington|align=left|October 2009|align=left|March 2010|||

## Honours

**Liverpool**
- Football League First Division: 1989–90
- FA Cup: 1988–89
- FA Charity Shield: 1988, 1990 (shared)

**Aston Villa**
- League Cup: 1993–94, 1995–96

**Individual**

- FAI Senior International Player of the Year: 1993
- FAI Young International Player of the Year: 1989

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Steve Staunton
- **image**: Staunton, Steve.jpg
- **caption**: Staunton in 2011
- **fullname**: Stephen Staunton
- **birth place**: Dundalk, Ireland
- **position**: Defender (association football), Defender
- **years1**: 1985–1986
- **clubs1**: Dundalk F.C., Dundalk
- **years2**: 1986–1991
- **clubs2**: Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
- **caps2**: 65
- **goals2**: 0
- **years3**: 1987
- **clubs3**: → Bradford City A.F.C., Bradford City (loan)
- **caps3**: 8
- **goals3**: 0
- **years4**: 1991–1998
- **clubs4**: Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa
- **caps4**: 208
- **goals4**: 16
- **years5**: 1998–2000
- **clubs5**: Liverpool F.C., Liverpool
- **caps5**: 44
- **goals5**: 0
- **years6**: 2000
- **clubs6**: → Crystal Palace F.C., Crystal Palace (loan)
- **caps6**: 6
- **goals6**: 1
- **years7**: 2000–2003
- **clubs7**: Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa
- **caps7**: 73
- **goals7**: 0
- **years8**: 2003–2005
- **clubs8**: Coventry City F.C., Coventry City
- **caps8**: 70
- **goals8**: 4
- **years9**: 2005
- **clubs9**: Walsall F.C., Walsall
- **caps9**: 7
- **goals9**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 481
- **totalgoals**: 21
- **nationalyears1**: 1987–1989
- **nationalteam1**: Republic of Ireland national under-21 football team, Republic of Ireland U21
- **nationalcaps1**: 4
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 1988–2002
- **nationalteam2**: Republic of Ireland national football team, Republic of Ireland
- **nationalcaps2**: 102
- **nationalgoals2**: 8
- **manageryears1**: 2006–2007
- **managerclubs1**: Republic of Ireland national football team, Republic of Ireland
- **manageryears2**: 2009–2010
- **managerclubs2**: Darlington F.C., Darlington