Stephen Foster (footballer)
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| Stephen Foster | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen Foster | |
| Date of birth | September 18, 1980 (age 26) | |
| Place of birth | Warrington, England | |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) | |
| Nickname | Fozza | |
| Playing position | Defender | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Burnley | |
| Number | 22 | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1997-2006 2006- |
Crewe Alexandra Burnley |
217 (15) 17 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Stephen Foster (born 18 September 1980, Mansfield) is a professional footballer who currently plays for Burnley F.C.
[edit] Career
Steve Foster signed for local club Crewe as a trainee back in August 1997 and made his debut on the 22nd of that month in Crewe's 1-0 loss to Bury, he made a second appearance in the same season a months later in Crewe's 1-1 draw with Bristol City. Foster however didn't play any first team games for Crewe during the next season. A season on and Foster scored his first goal for Crewe in their 2-2 draw with Bury, the goal came in the 84th minute, Mark Rivers scoring the other goal for Crewe 2 minutes after Steve's goal. It took 4 seasons before Foster was received his first red card, he received it in Crewe's 2-1 loss at Gresty Road against Oldham. After the transfer of David Brammer to Stoke City in 2003, Stephen was named the captain of Crewe Alexandra for the 2003/2004 season, Foster's role as captain was taken away from him the next season and was given to team mate Kenny Lunt.
After Crewe's relegation from the championship in the 05/06 season, Foster (who was out of contract) decided to turn down a new offer by Crewe in favour of joining the Championship side Burnley on a free transfer.
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| Burnley F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Coyne | 2 Thomas | 3 Harley | 4 McGreal | 5 Coughlan | 6 Duff | 7 J. O'Connor | 8 Mahon | 9 Jones | 10 Gray | 11 Elliott | 12 Jensen | 14 G. O'Connor | 15 Branch | 16 McCann | 17 Lafferty | 18 Djemba-Djemba | 19 Spicer | 20 Akinbiyi | 21 McVeigh | 22 Foster | 24 Caldwell | 25 Guðjónsson | Manager: Cotterill |
