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Steve Finnan

After being rejected by Wimbledon at the age of 16 Finnan tried his luck with non-league Welling United, contemplating to working as a bricklayer for his family's building firm if his football career didn't turn out. His dreams came true though when he signed a professional contract with Birmingham City in Football League One in 1995. Finnan didn't stay there long as in March 1996 he was loaned out to Notts County in the third tier of League football where he stayed until the end of the season. He signed for County in October 1996 and played...

Born:
24 April 1976
Place of Birth:
Limerick, Ireland
Other Clubs:
Welling United (1993-95), Birmingham City (1995-96), Notts County (1996-98), Fulham (1998-2003), Espanyol (2008-09), Portsmouth (2009-10)
Signed from:
Fulham
Joined Liverpool:
£3.5m, 01.07.2003
Contract Expiry:
31.08.2008
Debut:
17 Aug 2003
First goal:
11 Sep 2004
Last goal:
11 Sep 2004
Last appearance:
11 May 2008
Games/assists ratio:
10.85
Win ratio:
55.3% W:120 D:52 L:45
League: Apps / Goals / Assists:
145 / 1 / 12
All Competitions: Apps / Goals / Assists:
217 / 1 / 20
Honours:
Champions League 2005, European Super Cup 2005, FA Cup 2006
International debut:
26.04.2000 vs. Greece
International caps:
53/2 (28/1 at LFC) - 10.09.2008
Also played against Liverpool:
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Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
Totals 145 13 6 51 2 217
2003-2004 22 3 0 6 0 31
2004-2005 33 0 5 14 0 52
2005-2006 33 6 0 12 1 52
2006-2007 33 1 0 12 1 47
2007-2008 24 3 1 7 0 35
2008-2009 0 0 0 0 0 0
Season League FA LC Europe Other Total
Totals 1 0 0 0 0 1
2003-2004 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004-2005 1 0 0 0 0 1
2005-2006 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006-2007 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007-2008 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008-2009 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Emile Heskey in May 2001

"Wherever you play it is an incentive to be up there with the great strikers of the past. So what I am trying to do at Liverpool is hopefully match the achievements of Kenny Dalglish and Ian Rush. I was also a huge fan of John Barnes as a youngster and always wanted to be like him. It is a dream of mine to go on and become a Liverpool legend. I was a Liverpool fan as a kid and what we have done so far this season has been brilliant. I want to be successful here and I believe we can be with the squad we have."

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Last Home DrawTottenham15 March 2026
Last Home LossParis St Germain14 April 2026
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