Steve Basham
Steve Basham in 2006
Personal information
Full name	Steven Brian Basham
Date of birth	2 December 1977 (1977-12-02) (age 32)
Place of birth	Southampton, England
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Hayes & Yeading United (on loan from Luton Town)
Youth career
1994–1996	Southampton
Senior career1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996–1999 1998 1998 1999 1999–2002 2002–2007 2007–2009 2009– 2009–	Southampton → Wrexham (loan) → Preston North End (loan) → Preston North End (loan) Preston North End Oxford United Exeter City Luton Town → Hayes & Yeading United (loan)	019 0(1) 005 0(0) 000 0(0) 017 (10) 051 0(5) 168 (43) 054 0(7) 006 0(0) 002 0(1)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:15 5 December 2009 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Steven Brian Basham (born 2 December 1977 in Southampton, England) is an English footballer who plays for Hayes & Yeading United, on loan from Luton Town, as a striker.

[edit] Career

Basham began his career at Southampton, playing nineteen Premier League games for the club, before transferring to Preston North End for £200,000 after a successful loan spell. He won promotion to Division One with Preston in the 1999–2000 season.^[1] A series of injuries, including a broken leg, limited Basham's playing opportunities at Preston, and he was released from the club in the summer of 2002.^[2]

Shortly after his release, Basham signed for Oxford United.^[3] Following a set of serious injuries in the 2006–07 season, Basham was not offered a new contract by Oxford.

Having been released, he signed a two-year contract for Exeter City on a free transfer in the summer of 2007.^[4] With Basham as a regular squad member, Exeter were promoted to League Two via the play-offs in 2007–08, and then immediately won direct promotion to League One the next season. At the end of the 2008–09 season, Exeter announced that Basham's contract was not to be extended.^[5]

On 6 August 2009, Basham signed for Conference National side Luton Town on a one-year contract.^[6] After just two starts in three months at Luton, Basham was loaned out to Hayes & Yeading United for two months.^[7]

[edit] Honours

Preston North End

• Division Two winner: 1999–2000

Exeter City

• Conference National play-off winner: 2007–08
• League Two runner-up: 2008–09

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Steve Basham career stats at Soccerbase