1988 - Today
Stephanie Jayne Darby (née Houghton, , born 23 April 1988), commonly known as Steph Houghton, is an English professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for and captains Women's Super League club Manchester City. Known for her leadership and commitment, Houghton is widely regarded as one of the best centre-backs in the world. At club level, Houghton started at Sunderland in her native North East England, before moving on to Leeds Carnegie in 2007, where she won the FA Women's Premier League Cup. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Steph Houghton has received more than 1,445,295 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Steph Houghton is the 17,483rd most popular soccer player (down from 16,222nd in 2019), the 7,547th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 6,773rd in 2019) and the 1,105th most popular British Soccer Player.
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Among soccer players, Steph Houghton ranks 17,483 out of 16,880. Before her are Yasuhito Tomita, Ryuichi Dogaki, Yuya Himeno, Kazuya Sunamori, Masahiro Kaneko, and Yuya Yoshizawa. After her are Elise Kellond-Knight, Noboru Shimura, Jonathan Hogg, Yudai Inoue, Kyle Bartley, and Atsushi Shirota.
1990 - Present
HPI: 15.53
Rank: 17,477
1988 - Present
HPI: 15.52
Rank: 17,478
1996 - Present
HPI: 15.52
Rank: 17,479
1990 - Present
HPI: 15.52
Rank: 17,480
1991 - Present
HPI: 15.52
Rank: 17,481
1986 - Present
HPI: 15.51
Rank: 17,482
1988 - Present
HPI: 15.51
Rank: 17,483
1990 - Present
HPI: 15.51
Rank: 17,484
1993 - Present
HPI: 15.49
Rank: 17,485
1988 - Present
HPI: 15.49
Rank: 17,486
1989 - Present
HPI: 15.49
Rank: 17,487
1991 - Present
HPI: 15.49
Rank: 17,488
1991 - Present
HPI: 15.48
Rank: 17,489
Among people born in 1988, Steph Houghton ranks 1,448. Before her are Yuichiro Edamoto, Daiki Nishioka, Yuki Matsubara, Craig Lindfield, Ryota Okada, and Ryuichi Dogaki. After her are Jonathan Hogg, Kaarle McCulloch, Sarah Walker, Moe Sbihi, Manabu Minami, and Takamasa Sakai.
1988 - Present
HPI: 15.70
Rank: 1,442
1988 - Present
HPI: 15.69
Rank: 1,443
1988 - Present
HPI: 15.64
Rank: 1,444
1988 - Present
HPI: 15.61
Rank: 1,445
1988 - Present
HPI: 15.59
Rank: 1,446
1988 - Present
HPI: 15.52
Rank: 1,447
1988 - Present
HPI: 15.51
Rank: 1,448
1988 - Present
HPI: 15.49
Rank: 1,449
1988 - Present
HPI: 15.47
Rank: 1,450
1988 - Present
HPI: 15.46
Rank: 1,451
1988 - Present
HPI: 15.36
Rank: 1,452
1988 - Present
HPI: 15.33
Rank: 1,453
1988 - Present
HPI: 15.22
Rank: 1,454
Among people born in United Kingdom, Steph Houghton ranks 7,547 out of 7,765. Before her are Christian Malcolm (1979), Faye White (1978), Jon McLaughlin (1987), Matt Phillips (1991), Sophie Hitchon (1991), and Emily Carey (2003). After her are Jonathan Hogg (1988), Kyle Bartley (1991), David Button (1989), Fred Evans (1991), George Williams (1995), and Jody Craddock (1975).
1979 - Present
HPI: 15.57
Rank: 7,541
1978 - Present
HPI: 15.57
Rank: 7,542
1987 - Present
HPI: 15.57
Rank: 7,543
1991 - Present
HPI: 15.55
Rank: 7,544
1991 - Present
HPI: 15.53
Rank: 7,545
2003 - Present
HPI: 15.52
Rank: 7,546
1988 - Present
HPI: 15.51
Rank: 7,547
1988 - Present
HPI: 15.49
Rank: 7,548
1991 - Present
HPI: 15.49
Rank: 7,549
1989 - Present
HPI: 15.46
Rank: 7,550
1991 - Present
HPI: 15.45
Rank: 7,551
1995 - Present
HPI: 15.43
Rank: 7,552
1975 - Present
HPI: 15.41
Rank: 7,553
Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Steph Houghton ranks 1,105. Before her are Jerome Thomas (1983), Craig Lindfield (1988), Jordan Rhodes (1990), Faye White (1978), Jon McLaughlin (1987), and Matt Phillips (1991). After her are Jonathan Hogg (1988), Kyle Bartley (1991), David Button (1989), George Williams (1995), Jody Craddock (1975), and Greg Taylor (1997).
1983 - Present
HPI: 15.63
Rank: 1,099
1988 - Present
HPI: 15.61
Rank: 1,100
1990 - Present
HPI: 15.59
Rank: 1,101
1978 - Present
HPI: 15.57
Rank: 1,102
1987 - Present
HPI: 15.57
Rank: 1,103
1991 - Present
HPI: 15.55
Rank: 1,104
1988 - Present
HPI: 15.51
Rank: 1,105
1988 - Present
HPI: 15.49
Rank: 1,106
1991 - Present
HPI: 15.49
Rank: 1,107
1989 - Present
HPI: 15.46
Rank: 1,108
1995 - Present
HPI: 15.43
Rank: 1,109
1975 - Present
HPI: 15.41
Rank: 1,110
1997 - Present
HPI: 15.41
Rank: 1,111