Steve Penney (footballer)
Northern Irish footballer
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Steven Alexander Penney (born 6 January 1964) is a Northern Ireland former international footballer who played as a right winger.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Steven Alexander Penney[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 6 January 1964[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Ballymena,[1] Northern Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2] | ||
| Position | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Linfield | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1983 | Ballymena United | ||
| 1983–1991 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 138 | (14) |
| 1991–1992 | Heart of Midlothian | 9 | (0) |
| 1992–1994 | Burnley | 11 | (3) |
| International career | |||
| 1984–1988 | Northern Ireland | 17 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Penney started his career with hometown Ballymena United, before moving to England with Brighton & Hove Albion in 1983. Penney spent 8 seasons playing for Brighton in the second and third tier of English football before a single season cameo with Heart of Midlothian in 1991–92. After a similarly short spell with Burnley, a serious knee injury forced him into early retirement.
He was capped 17 times by Northern Ireland, earning selection for the 1986 World Cup squad in Mexico.
