Steve Banks

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Personal information
Steve Banks
Full name	Steven Banks
Date of birth	September 9, 1972 (age 34)
Place of birth	Hillingdon, London, England
Height	5'11"
Nickname	Banksy
Position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Hearts
Youth clubs
?-1990	West Ham United
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1991-1992 1993-1994 1995-1998 1998-2001 2001 2002 2002 2003 2003-2005 2005-	West Ham United Gillingham Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Rochdale (loan) Bradford City (loan) Stoke City Wimbledon Gillingham Hearts	0 (0) 67 (0) 153 (0) 21 (0) 15 (0) 9 (0) 14 (0) 24 (0) 39 (0) 3 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of December 3, 2006.

Steve Banks (born September 9, 1972 in Hillingdon) is an English goalkeeper currently playing for Scottish Premier League club Hearts.

Banks was born in Hillingdon, London and began his career as a trainee with West Ham United. He made just one first team appearance for West Ham before joining Gillingham on a free transfer in March 1993.

He was a regular for the remainder of the season and his form the following season led to a £60,000 move to Blackpool in August 1995. In March 1999 Banks moved to Bolton Wanderers for a fee of £50,000. Although a regular at the start of his time with Bolton he soon lost his place and had loan spells with Rochdale (December to May 2002) and Bradford City (August to November 2002) before joining Stoke City on loan in December 2002. He played ten times in his loan spell, joining Stoke on a free transfer in February 2003. However, he played just four times after his free transfer and was released at the end of the season.

He joined Wimbledon in August 2003 and was a regular in their struggling Championship side until moving to Gillingham on a free transfer in March 2004.

In August 2005 Banks joined Heart of Midlothian on a free transfer as back-up for regular goalkeeper Craig Gordon ^[1]. He made his Hearts debut as a substitute in the 2-2 draw against Falkirk on October 2, 2005 after Craig Gordon's sending off. Two weeks later, Banks played in a crucial 1-1 draw with Celtic at Celtic Park ^[2] in which he made a number of crucial saves to maintain the Jambos' unbeaten start to the season.