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Steph Houghton

1988 - Today

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Stephanie Jayne Darby (née Houghton, , born 23 April 1988), commonly known as Steph Houghton, is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. Known for her leadership and commitment, Houghton was widely regarded as one of the best centre-backs in the world during her career. 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. In 2010, she joined Arsenal Ladies, where she won the FA WSL on two occasions and is a two-time winner of the FA Women's Cup and three-time winner of the FA WSL Cup. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2024). Steph Houghton is the 7,661st most popular soccer player (up from 19,436th in 2024), the 6,314th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 8,401st in 2019) and the 440th most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Steph Houghton ranks 7,661 out of 21,273. Before her are Gustavo Adrián López, Oleksandr Kucher, Sebastjan Cimirotič, Tony Sylva, Ron Vlaar, and Jim Leighton. After her are José Porras, Li Weifeng, Ernesto Díaz, Yusuke Kishida, Guram Kashia, and Alexandros Tzorvas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1988, Steph Houghton ranks 269. Before her are Carrie Johnson, Maicon Pereira de Oliveira, Ivan Zaytsev, Oribe Niikawa, Josh Dun, and Elsa Hosk. After her are Tania Raymonde, Miralem Sulejmani, Jesús Fernández Collado, Ashleigh Murray, Johanna Larsson, and Younha.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Steph Houghton ranks 6,316 out of 8,785. Before her are Archie Mountbatten-Windsor (2019), Guthrie Govan (1971), Michael Oliver (1985), Nick Wirth (1966), Slick Rick (1965), and Jim Leighton (1958). After her are Keeley Hawes (1976), Andrew Tiernan (1965), Saskia Reeves (1961), Jason Cooper (1967), Craig David (1981), and Magda Szubanski (1961).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Steph Houghton ranks 440. Before her are Paul Green (1983), Lee Dixon (1964), Chris Hughton (1958), Paul Dummett (1991), James Forrest (1991), and Jim Leighton (1958). After her are David Jones (1984), Scott Parker (1980), Sandy Turnbull (1884), Phil Thompson (1954), Stan Cullis (1916), and Steve Coppell (1955).

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