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Player #825
Appearances:
103
Starts:
102
Goals:
3
Seasons:
4
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Stephen Warnock
Position
Left Back
From
2009-10
To
2012-13
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IMAGE CREDIT
Stephen Warnock
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Seasons
Age*
27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
Division
PL | PL | PL | PL |
Appearances
103 |
41 | 22 | 40 | 0 |
Starts
102 |
41 | 22 | 39 | 0 |
Substitute
1 |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Unused
4 |
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Goals
3 |
1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
*Age on opening day of the season
FAC: FA Cup; FL: Football League; D1: Division 1; D2: Division 2; D3: Division 3; PL: Premier League; CH: Championship
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Stephen David Warnock
Birth Date
Saturday, 12 December 1981
Birth Place
Ormskirk, Lancashire
Birth Country
England
Villa Youth
n/a
From
Transfer in
Blackburn Rovers
From
For
£8,100,000
On
Thursday, 27 August 2009
Previous Clubs
2000-07 Liverpool |
2002 Bradford City (L) |
2003-04 Coventry City (L) |
2007-09 Blackburn Rovers, £2.03m |
Loans Out
2012 Bolton Wanderers, 21 Sep 2012 to 31 Dec 2012, 15 (0) |
2013 Leeds United |
Transfer Out
To
Leeds United
For
Free
On
Thursday, 31 January 2013
Subsequent Clubs
2013-15 Leeds United, Free |
2015-16 Derby County |
2016 Wigan Athletic (L) |
2016-17 Wigan Athletic |
2017-18 Burton Albion, Free |
2018 Bradford City (L) |
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Villa Career
Seasons Active, Fee, Starts (Sub) | Goals |
2009-13 £8.1m, 103 | 102 (1) | 4 |
STARTS
SUBS
GOALS
Played Under
Martin O’Neill |
Gérard Houllier |
Alex McLeish |
First Squad Appearance
Sunday, 30 August 2009
Debut Appearance
Sunday, 13 September 2009
Birmingham City (a), Premier League
DEBUT
First Goal
Wednesday, 20 January 2010
Final Appearance
Sunday, 13 May 2012
Norwich City (a), Premier League
FINAL
Final Squad Appearance
Sunday, 13 May 2012
Honours
2009-10 League Cup Runners Up |
Height
(5 ft 10 in) 1.78 m
Foot
Left
International Team
England
Stephen Warnock
Player #825 for Aston Villa, Stephen David Warnock played as a left back for the club between 2009-10 and 2011-12 making 103 appearances and scoring 3 goals but that was only a fraction of the story of his time with Villa.
Warnock was born in Ormskirk on 12 December 1981 and he was signed by Martin O’Neill from Blackburn Rovers for £8,100,000 in August 2009 as part of a makeover of the Villa defence that had suffered since the departure of Olof Mellberg and Martin Laursen.
Warnock made his debut appearance for Villa on Sunday, 13 September 2009, aged 27, in the win at neighbours Birmingham City.
Warnock made his debut that day alongside Richard Dunne and James Collins as part of a new look defence for Villa.
Indeed Warnock proved one of three critical and excellent defensive signings that Martin O’Neill made in his final season as Villa boss.
Warnock along with Richard Dunne and James Collins were a significant upgrade on Villa’s recent defensive options and it was no surprise that Villa went on to have their most successful season under O’Neill.
Warnock made 41 starts in his debut season and helped Villa to the League Cup final, an FA Cup Semi Final and a 6th placed finish in the Premier League.
Unlike his fellow newcomers however, Warnock’s worth to the team wasn’t allowed to continue untroubled as the reign of Gérard Houllier saw his career derailed for no apparent reason.
Under Houllier - who neither started nor finished the 2010-11 season as Villa boss - Warnock was a near ever present until the turn of the year 2011. Thereafter however madness took hold.
Houllier saw fit to ‘promote’ Warnock to his bomb squad that was already occupied by Habib Beye and removed Warnock from first team consideration or training for the remainder of the 2010-11 season.
For what reason few are sure but it began a trend of utter idiocy that future boss Paul Lambert took to new heights.
Such was the illogical treatment of Warnock and some of his successors that a player that had cost Villa over £8m was given away for free as Villa inflicted an unnecessary devaluation on themselves.
In between the madness of Houllier and Lambert however Alex McLeish brought Warnock back into the fold (40 appearances and 2 goals) and he once again proved his worth although his confidence had taken a hit and his performances were sometimes below the level that had been expected from him.
With the departure of the much maligned McLeish and the arrival Lambert, Villa’s new boss with a preferred recruitment strategy of selecting inexperienced, lower league players over experienced professionals, seemingly had no hesitation in replacing Warnock with less capable talent allowing Warnock to leave on loan and end his Villa career ahead of a permanent move to second tier Leeds United in January 2013 on a free transfer.