Shane Hill (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 August 1987 | ||
| Place of birth | London, England | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2004–2005 | Hitchin Town | 13 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Sheffield United | 0 | (0) |
| 2007 | Rushden & Diamonds | 0 | (0) |
| 2010 | Windsor & Eton | 1 | (0) |
| 2011 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 17 | (2) |
| 2011–2012 | Leighton Town | 8 | (1) |
| 2012–2014 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 66 | (5) |
| 2015–2016 | Biggleswade Town | ||
| 2016 | → St Albans City (loan) | ||
| 2016–2017 | St Albans City | 7 | (1) |
| 2017–2018 | Biggleswade Town | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 May 2017 | |||
Shane Hill (born 5 August 1987 in London) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder.
England
Hill began his career as a trialist for Manchester United as a 16-year-old, but was not taken on by the superclub, and eventually found his way to non-league Hitchin Town, playing for them in the Southern Football League Premier Division, the seventh level of English football, in the 2004–2005 season.[1][2]
Hill joined Sheffield United as a youth player on 25 August 2005,[3] but was released at the end of the 2005-06 having never played a first team game for the Blades. He trialed with Luton Town during the summer of 2006, but was not offered a contract, and eventually signed for Rushden & Diamonds of the Football Conference on 4 January 2007.[4] He was released by the Diamonds at the end of the season, again without having made a first team appearance for the club.
United States
Hill moved to the United States in 2010 and was a pre-season trialist with FC Tampa Bay prior to their first competitive season in the USSF Division 2 Pro League. When his father was hired as the head coach of the club in 2011, Hill returned to the United States, trialed with the team during the 2011 pre-season, and signed a formal contract on 6 April 2011. He made his debut for Tampa on 31 May, coming on as a late substitute in a game against NSC Minnesota Stars.[5]
Tampa Bay announced on 27 December 2011 that it declined the 2012 contract option for Hill.[6] However, one month later the club signed him to a new contract for 2012 which includes a club option for 2013.[7]