Dale Christopher Stephens ( born Dale Christopher Stephens ; born December 12, 1989 , Bolton ) is an English footballer who is the central midfielder of Brighton & Hove Albion .
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| Full name | Dale Christopher Stevens | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 12, 1989 (29 years old) Bolton , England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship |  England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Growth | 169 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | midfielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Brighton & Hove Albion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Football career
A native of Bolton , Dale Stevens began his football career at Bury Club. July 1, 2008 became an Oldham Athletic player, refusing to sign a new contract with Bury [1] .
On August 14, 2009, he went on loan to the Rochdale Club. In his debut game for the club (against “ Morkam ” on September 4, 2009) he scored a goal [2] .
On March 9, 2010, he scored his first goal with Oldham in a game against Leighton Orient [3] .
In March 2011, he went on loan to Southampton until the end of the 2010/11 season [4] .
June 29, 2011 became a player in the London team Charlton Athletic , concluding a three-year contract with the club [5] . He made his debut for the club on August 6, 2011 in a match against Bournemouth , marking his goal with a goal and an assist to his partner [6] .
On January 30, 2014, Stevens moved to Brighton and Hove Albion , signing a contract with the club until 2017 [7] . He made his debut for the club on February 2, 2014 in the match against Watford [8] . On April 1, 2014, he scored his first goal for Brighton, equalizing with a header in the end of the game against Blackburn Rovers (the match ended in a draw 3: 3) [9] .
In the 2016/17 season, he was one of the key players in the team that took second place in the Championship , which guaranteed access to the Premier League [10] . May 9, 2017 signed a new four-year contract with the club [11] .
On August 12, 2017, Stevens made his debut in the Premier League in a match against Manchester City [12] . On January 2, 2019, he scored his first goal in the Premier League in a match against West Ham United [13] .
Achievements
- Charlton Athletic
- Football League Champion 1 : 2011/12
- Brighton & Hove Albion
- Second place in the Championship (access to the Premier League ): 2016/17
Performance Statistics
- As of March 17, 2019 [14]
| Club | Season | League | Cup countries [15] | Cup leagues [16] | Others [17] | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | Games | Goals | ||
| Take it | 2006/07 | League 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2007/08 | League 2 | 6 | one | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | one | |
| Total | 9 | one | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | one | ||
| Droylsden (rental) | 2007/08 | Premier Conference | 7 | 0 | - | - | - | 7 | 0 | |||
| Hyde United (rental) | 2007/08 | North Conference | four | 0 | - | - | - | four | 0 | |||
| Oldham Athletic | 2008/09 | League 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2009/10 | League 1 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 2 | |
| 2010/11 | League 1 | 34 | 9 | one | one | one | 0 | one | 0 | 37 | ten | |
| Total | 60 | eleven | one | one | one | 0 | one | 0 | 63 | 12 | ||
| Rochdale (rental) | 2009/10 | League 2 | 6 | one | - | - | - | 6 | one | |||
| Southampton (rental) | 2010/11 | League 1 | 6 | 0 | - | - | - | 6 | 0 | |||
| Charlton Athletic | 2011/12 | League 1 | thirty | five | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | one | 0 | 31 | five |
| 2012/13 | Championship | 28 | 2 | one | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 29th | 2 | ||
| 2013/14 | Championship | 26 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | one | - | thirty | four | ||
| Total | 84 | ten | 3 | 0 | 2 | one | one | 0 | 90 | eleven | ||
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 2013/14 | Championship | 14 | 2 | - | - | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | ||
| 2014/15 | Championship | sixteen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | sixteen | 2 | ||
| 2015/16 | Championship | 45 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 7 | |
| 2016/17 | Championship | 39 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 39 | 2 | ||
| 2017/18 | Premier League | 36 | 0 | 3 | one | 0 | 0 | - | 39 | one | ||
| 2018/19 | Premier League | 22 | one | four | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 26 | one | ||
| Total | 172 | 14 | 7 | one | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 179 | 15 | ||
| Total career | 348 | 37 | 14 | 2 | 3 | one | 2 | 0 | 367 | 40 | ||
Notes
- ↑ Oldham swoop for Bury's Stephens . BBC Sport (June 5, 2008).
- ↑ Morecambe 3-3 Rochdale . BBC Sport (4 September 2009).
- ↑ Oldham 2-0 Leyton Orient . BBC Sport (March 9, 2010).
- ↑ Southampton take Dale Stephens on loan from Oldham . BBC Sport (March 24, 2011).
- ↑ Charlton Athletic sign Danny Green and Dale Stephens . BBC Sport (June 29, 2011).
- ↑ Charlton 3-0 Bournemouth . BBC Sport (August 6, 2011).
- ↑ Transfer window: Brighton sign Charlton's Dale Stephens . BBC Sport (January 30, 2014).
- ↑ Watford 2-0 Brighton & Hove Albion . BBC Sport (February 2, 2014).
- ↑ Blackburn Rovers 3-3 Brighton & Hove Albion . BBC Sport (1 April 2014).
- ↑ Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 Wigan Athletic . BBC Sport (April 17, 2017).
- ↑ Dale Stephens: Brighton midfielder signs new four-year contract with promoted club . BBC Sport (May 9, 2017).
- ↑ Brighton & Hove Albion 0-2 Manchester City . BBC Sport (August 12, 2017).
- ↑ West Ham United 2-2 Brighton & Hove Albion . BBC Sport (2 January 2019).
- ↑ Dale Stephens . Soccerbase.com
- ↑ FA Cup .
- ↑ English Football League Cup .
- ↑ Trophy of the English Football League .
Links
- Profile at Brighton & Hove Albion Official Website
- Player profile on soccerbase.com