Steve Banks

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Steve Banks
Personal information
Full name Steven Banks
Date of birth February 9, 1972 (age 35)
Place of birth    Hillingdon, London, England
Height 5'11"
Nickname Banksy
Playing position Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club Hearts
Youth clubs
19??-1990 West Ham United
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1990-1993
1993-1995
1995-1999
1999-2003
2001-2002
2002
2002-2003
2003
2003-2004
2004-2005
2005-		 West Ham United
Gillingham
Blackpool
Bolton Wanderers
→ Rochdale (loan)
→ Bradford City (loan)
→ Stoke City (loan)
Stoke City
Wimbledon
Gillingham
Hearts
 000 (0)
067 (0)
153 (0)
020 (0)
015 (0)
008 (0)
010 (0)
004 (0)
024 (0)
039 (0)
007 (0)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 18:36, 13 February 2007 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Steve Banks (born February 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. He made another rare start v Dundee United on the December 23, 2006 and kept a clean sheet as Hearts won 1-0 at Tannadice. Banks repeated the feat on February 10, 2007, in a 1-0 win against Caley Thistle at Tynecastle.[3] Earlier in the day, Banks, who had recently become first-choice ahead of unsettled Craig Gordon, signed a contract that will keep him at Hearts until the end of the 2007/8 season.[4] Gordon returned to the starting line-up on February 17 in Hearts' 1-1 draw with St. Mirren.[5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hearts add Gills' keeper to squad
  2. ^ Celtic 1-1 Hearts
  3. ^ Hearts 1-0 Inverness CT
  4. ^ Banks seals new deal with Hearts
  5. ^ Hearts 1-1 St. Mirren - BBC Sport

[edit] External links


Heart of Midlothian F.C. - Current Squad

1 Gordon | 2 Neilson | 3 Fyssas | 5 Tall | 6 Barasa | 7 McCann | 8 Aguiar | 9 Jankauskas | 11 Pospíšil | 12 Bednář | 13 Banks | 14 Bešlija | 16 Mikoliūnas | 18 Česnauskis | 20 Berra | 21 Gonçalves | 22 Elliot | 23 Wallace | 24 Ivaškevičius | 25 Karipidis | 26 Žaliūkas | 27 Velička | 28 Brellier | 34 Kingston | 36 Neill | 37 Driver | 38 Lithgow | 40 Jónsson | 41 J. Armstrong | 42 Glen | 43 Kurskis | 44 Klimek | 45 Pilibaitis | 46 Kančelskis | 47 Mackle | 53 Park | 57 Kostadinov | — Copil | Interim Head Coach: Korobochka


Persondata
NAME Banks, Steve
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION English footballer
DATE OF BIRTH February 9, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Hillingdon, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH
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