Steve Foster

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Steve Foster
Personal information
Full name	Stephen Brian Foster
Date of birth	September 24, 1957 (age 49)
Place of birth	Portsmouth, England
Playing position	Central defender
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1975-1979 1979-1984 1984 1984-1989 1989-1992 1992-1996	Portsmouth Brighton & Hove Albion Aston Villa Luton Town Oxford United Brighton & Hove Albion	109 0(6) 172 0(6) 015 0(3) 163 (11) 095 0(9) 115 0(7)
National team
1982	England	003 (0)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Steve Foster (born 24 September 1957, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England) is a former English football player, famed for wearing a headband. He started his career at Portsmouth in 1973 and played for the club until 1979 when he joined Brighton. While at Brighton, Foster won three caps for England, was a member of England's 1982 World Cup squad, and reached the final of the 1983 FA Cup.

After five seasons at Brighton, Foster was sold to Aston Villa in March 1984. However, after only eight largely unsuccessful months at Villa Park, he was transferred to Luton Town in November 1984. At Luton, he became a rock in central defence, and captained the Hatters to the 1988 League Cup.

He left Luton in 1989, and later played for Oxford, before returning to Brighton, where he spent the last four years of his career.

	England squad - 1982 FIFA World Cup
1 Clemence | 2 Anderson | 3 Brooking | 4 Butcher | 5 Coppell | 6 Foster | 7 Keegan | 8 Francis | 9 Hoddle | 10 McDermott | 11 Mariner | 12 Mills | 13 Corrigan | 14 Neal | 15 Rix | 16 Robson | 17 Sansom | 18 Thompson | 19 Wilkins | 20 Withe | 21 Woodcock | 22 Shilton | Coach: Greenwood