Steve Finnan

Stephen John Finnan (born 24 April 1976)^[1] is an Irish former international footballer who played as a right back.

Steve Finnan

Finnan with Liverpool in 2006
Personal information
Full name	Stephen John Finnan
Date of birth	(1976-04-24) 24 April 1976 (age 49)[1]
Place of birth	Limerick, Ireland
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Position(s)	Right back
Youth career
1990–1993	Wimbledon
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–1995	Welling United	41	(1)
1995–1996	Birmingham City	15	(1)
1996	→ Notts County (loan)	17	(2)
1996–1998	Notts County	80	(5)
1998–2003	Fulham	172	(7)
2003–2008	Liverpool	145	(1)
2008–2009	Espanyol	4	(0)
2009–2010	Portsmouth	21	(0)
Total		495	(17)
International career
2000–2008	Republic of Ireland	53	(2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Welling United	1993–94[3]	Football Conference	22	0			–				22	0
	1994–95[3]	Football Conference	19	1			–				19	1
	Total		41	1			–				41	1
Birmingham City	1995–96[4]	First Division	12	1	0	0	4	0	3[a]	0	19	1
	1996–97[5]	First Division	3	0	0	0	–		–		3	0
	Total		15	1	0	0	4	0	3	0	22	1
Notts County (loan)	1995–96[6]	Second Division	17	2	–		–		3[b]	1	20	3
Notts County	1996–97[5][7]	Second Division	23	0	4	0	–		1[c]	0	28	0
	1997–98[8]	Third Division	44	5	3	1	4	0	0	0	51	6
	1998–99[9]	Second Division	13	0	0	0	0	0	–		13	0
	Total[10]		97	7	7	1	4	0	4	1	112	9
Fulham	1998–99[9]	Second Division	22	2	4	0	–		1[c]	0	27	2
	1999–2000[11]	First Division	36	2	4	1	6	0	–		46	3
	2000–2001[12]	First Division	45	2	1	0	2	0	–		48	2
	2001–02[13]	Premier League	38	0	6	0	3	0	–		47	0
	2002–03[14]	Premier League	32	0	3	0	1	0	5[d]	0	41	0
	Total		173	6	18	1	12	0	6	0	209	7
Liverpool	2003–04[15]	Premier League	22	0	3	0	0	0	6[e]	0	31	0
	2004–05[16]	Premier League	33	1	0	0	5	0	14[f]	0	52	1
	2005–06[17]	Premier League	33	0	6	0	0	0	13[g]	0	52	0
	2006–07[18]	Premier League	33	0	1	0	0	0	13[h]	0	47	0
	2007–08[19]	Premier League	24	0	3	0	1	0	7[f]	0	35	0
	Total		145	1	13	0	6	0	53	0	217	1
Espanyol	2008–09[20]	La Liga	4	0	1	0	–		–		5	0
Portsmouth	2009–10[21]	Premier League	21	0	4	0	0	0	–		25	0
Career total			496	16	43	2	26	0	66	1	631	19

1. Appearances in Anglo-Italian Cup
2. Appearances in Football League play-offs
3. Appearance(s) in Football League Trophy
4. One appearance in UEFA Intertoto Cup, four in UEFA Cup
5. Appearances in UEFA Cup
6. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
7. Twelve appearances in Champions League, one in UEFA Super Cup
8. Twelve appearances in Champions League, one in FA Community Shield

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[22]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
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
Total		53	2

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

List of international goals scored by Steve Finnan

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	14 November 2000	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Finland	1–0	3–0	Friendly
2	17 October 2007	Croke Park, Dublin, Republic of Ireland	Cyprus	1–1	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^[23]
• Football League Cup runner-up: 2004–05^[24]
• UEFA Champions League: 2004–05; runner-up 2006-07^[25]
• UEFA Super Cup: 2005

Portsmouth

• FA Cup runner-up: 2009–10

Individual

• Football League Second Division PFA Team of the Year: 1998–99^[26]
• Football League First Division PFA Team of the Year: 2000–01^[27]
• FA Premier League PFA Team of the Year: 2001–02^[28]
• Professional Footballers' Association Team of the Year: 2001–02
• Fulham Player of the Year: 2001–02