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Steve Claridge, England footballer: Profile, Career, News & Videos

Steve Claridge
Steve Claridge
England
10 April 1966
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Steve Claridge is an English football pundit, coach and former professional player. He was a pundit for BBC Sport football shows including Football Focus and The Football League Show, until 2014 when he became both manager and a director at newly formed Salisbury.

Claridge's career was known for its longevity and diversity. Born in Portsmouth, he has spent a number of periods with teams from Hampshire and Dorset, having begun his career with non-league Fareham Town in 1983. He also played in the Meon Valley Football League during this period for The Limes S&SC. After failing to gain a permanent contract at local league club AFC Bournemouth, Claridge spent three years at Weymouth, in his longest single spell with any club. From 1988 till 1996 Claridge played for a number of Football League teams, before moving to Leicester City with whom he played in the Premier League and won the 1997 Football League Cup. In 1998, he moved to Portsmouth, where he was also player manager from 2000 to 2001. After a spell with Millwall, he dropped down to the Southern Premier League to work as player-manager for Weymouth. After this ended in 2004, Claridge played for ten different clubs in a variety of leagues, never spending more than a season with one team. He has played at all levels of English football and has also appeared in 1000 professional or semi-professional football matches.

After formally retiring from football in 2007, Claridge moved into media work for the BBC. His experience of the Football League has been used to position him as an expert at that level, though he works across a variety of different football programmes on the BBC. After retirement he occasionally played semi-professional football for clubs in south England, most recently in 2017 for Salisbury.

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📋 Profile & Career

⚽ Personal information:
Full name: Stephen Edward Claridge
Date of birth: (1966-04-10) 10 April 1966 (age 59)
Place of birth: Portsmouth, England
Height: 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Position: Striker
⚽ Youth career:
: Portsmouth
⚽ Senior career*:
Years: Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1984: Fareham Town 13 (2)
1984–1985: AFC Bournemouth 7 (1)
1985–1988: Weymouth 110 (28)
1988: Crystal Palace 0 (0)
1988–1990: Aldershot 62 (19)
1990–1992: Cambridge United 79 (28)
1992: Luton Town 16 (2)
1992–1994: Cambridge United 53 (18)
1994–1996: Birmingham City 88 (35)
1996–1998: Leicester City 63 (17)
1998: → Portsmouth (loan) 10 (2)
1998: Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 (0)
1998–2001: Portsmouth 104 (34)
2001: → Millwall (loan) 6 (3)
2001–2003: Millwall 85 (26)
2003–2004: Weymouth 47 (24)
2004: Brighton & Hove Albion 5 (0)
2004–2005: Brentford 4 (0)
2005: → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 4 (0)
2005: Wycombe Wanderers 15 (4)
2005: Millwall 0 (0)
2005: Gillingham 1 (0)
2005–2006: Bradford City 26 (5)
2006: → Walsall (loan) 7 (1)
2006–2007: AFC Bournemouth 1 (0)
2007: Worthing 1 (0)
2007: Harrow Borough 4 (2)
2009: Weymouth 1 (1)
2011–2012: Gosport Borough 11 (4)
2017: Salisbury 1 (0)
Total: 829 (256)
⚽ Managerial career:
2000–2001: Portsmouth
2003–2004: Weymouth
2005: Millwall
2015–2022: Salisbury
2023–2025: Fleetlands
2025: Weymouth
: * Club domestic league appearances and goals

📼 Match Highlights Videos

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Channel Image Steve Claridge's Goal vs Crystal Palace Play-Off Final '96
15 years ago • 87.93K views
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Channel Image ⚽ Steve Claridge | Goals Montage 🎯
1 years ago • 1.43K views
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Channel Image Friday Fives: Steve Claridge Goals For Leicester City
5 years ago • 13.41K views
Estimated Revenue • $38

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Channel Image Steve Claridge's Top F̶i̶v̶e̶ Six Pompey Goals
5 years ago • 5.45K views
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Channel Image Steve Claridge stunned by Cisse's wonder-goal v Chelsea
13 years ago • 292.92K views
Estimated Revenue • $820

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Channel Image Steve Claridge's EFL Trophy memories
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7 years ago • 310 views
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Channel Image On The Ball Steve Claridge Weymouth 2003
3 years ago • 1.31K views
Estimated Revenue • $4

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Channel Image 2017-09-02 | Farnborough vs Salisbury | Steve Claridge Interview
8 years ago • 861 views
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Channel Image Claridge Sends City Into The Premier League | Leicester City 2 Crystal Palace 1 | Classic Matches
5 years ago • 12.46K views
Estimated Revenue • $35

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Channel Image Steve Claridge hilarious story on scrapping manager told on undrthecosh 😂#football #footballshorts
11 months ago • 87.65K views
Estimated Revenue • $245

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Channel Image FA commission: B League Football Proposal Danny Mills Vs Steve Claridge
11 years ago • 629 views
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Channel Image Steve Claridge on ‘Merciless’ Barry Fry at Birmingham told on UndrThecosh😂#football #footballshorts
11 months ago • 73.41K views
Estimated Revenue • $206

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