Steven Caulker
Sierra Leonean Footballer (born 1991) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Steven Roy Caulker (born 29 December 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back, who is currently the player-manager of Málaga City. Born in England, he represents and captains the Sierra Leone national team.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Steven Roy Caulker[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1991-12-29) 29 December 1991 (age 32)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Feltham, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[3] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Málaga City (player-manager) | ||
Number | 25 | ||
Youth career | |||
2007–2009 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2013 | Tottenham Hotspur | 18 | (2) |
2009–2010 | → Yeovil Town (loan) | 44 | (0) |
2010–2011 | → Bristol City (loan) | 29 | (2) |
2011–2012 | → Swansea City (loan) | 26 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Cardiff City | 38 | (5) |
2014–2017 | Queens Park Rangers | 50 | (3) |
2015–2016 | → Southampton (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2016 | → Liverpool (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2018 | Dundee | 14 | (1) |
2019–2021 | Alanyaspor | 71 | (5) |
2021–2022 | Fenerbahçe | 0 | (0) |
2021–2022 | → Gaziantep (loan) | 25 | (2) |
2022 | Fatih Karagümrük | 6 | (1) |
2023 | Wigan Athletic | 9 | (0) |
2024– | Málaga City | 5 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2009–2010 | England U19 | 11 | (0) |
2010–2013 | England U21 | 10 | (2) |
2012 | Great Britain Olympic | 5 | (0) |
2012 | England | 1 | (1) |
2022– | Sierra Leone | 13 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2024– | Málaga City | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 February 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 18 June 2023 (UTC) |
Caulker started his professional career with Tottenham Hotspur in 2009. He spent three seasons on loan with Yeovil Town, Bristol City and Swansea City. At Swansea he made his first appearances in the Premier League and at the end of the season played for Britain at the 2012 Olympics. In November 2012 he made a scoring England debut in a friendly against Sweden.
He was sold to newly promoted Cardiff City for the 2013–14 season but was unable to prevent their relegation from the Premier League. He was subsequently sold to Queens Park Rangers for the following 2014–15 season; who themselves were relegated. He spent the next few seasons largely on loan to Southampton and Liverpool before playing half a season for Dundee in the Scottish Premiership. He then joined Turkish Süper Lig team Alanyaspor in January 2019. After a successful spell there, Caulker signed with top Turkish club Fenerbahçe, but would spend his lone season there on loan with Gaziantep and never play for Fener. Caulker returned to England with Wigan Athletic, but left amid issues with the club failing to pay players.