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Steven Gillespie
	Steven Gillespie
Personal information
Full name	Steven Gillespie
Date of birth	June 4, 1985 (age 24)
Place of birth	Liverpool, England
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Colchester United
Number	18
Youth career
	Liverpool
Senior career1
	1 Senior club appearances and goals; counted for the domestic league only and; correct as of 10:50, 7 June 2009 (UTC).; * Appearances (Goals)

Steven Gillespie (born 4 June 1985 in Liverpool) is an English professional footballer currently playing for Colchester United F.C.

Gillespie, a technically gifted striker, began his career as a trainee for Liverpool.

Gillespie began his career with Liverpool having carved out a name for himself as a goalscorer in schoolboy football. He broke Robbie Fowler's goal-scoring record for Liverpool Schools; he later had his record broken by Wayne Rooney.

In 2004, having had few opportunities at Liverpool, he was released and was quickly signed by Bristol City, then of Coca-Cola League One, who are now in the Coca-Cola Championship. He continued to find himself without many chances and later in 2004 was sent on-loan to Cheltenham Town of League Two, where he scored 4 goals in 5 appearances and instantly became a favourite with the team's supporters.

Gillespie once again joined Cheltenham on loan at the end of the 2004-2005 season, and again in the first half of the 2005-2006 season, scoring a further 5 goals. He signed a permanent two-and-a-half year contract in January 2006, for an undisclosed fee.

Despite signing a new contract in August 2007, Gillespie handed in a transfer request in the summer of 2008.^[1] Less than a week after handing in the request, Gillespie was sold to fellow League One club Colchester United for a fee of £400,000.^[2]

On the 7th July 2008, Gillespie signed for Colchester following a successful season with Cheltenham in which he scored 16 goals. It was a club record signing fee of £400,000 as the U's looked to bounce back to the Championship.

To date, he has endured a stop start beginning to his career in North Essex; persistent injuries and suspension hindering any run in the team.

[edit] References

^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cheltenham_town/7487059.stm Gillespie demands Cheltenham exit, BBC Sport, July 3, 2008
^ http://www.teamtalk.com/football/story/0,16368,1841_3790271,00.html Colchester seal Gillespie deal, TEAMtalk, July 7, 2008

[edit] External links

Steven Gillespie career stats at Soccerbase

[BBC_Sport-0] ttp://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/cheltenham_town/7487059.stm Gillespie demands Cheltenham exit, BBC Sport, July 3, 2008

[TEAMtalk.com-1] ttp://www.teamtalk.com/football/story/0,16368,1841_3790271,00.html Colchester seal Gillespie deal, TEAMtalk, July 7, 2008

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