Scott Hiley

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Scott Hiley
Full name	Scott Patrick Hiley
Date of birth	September 27, 1968 (1968-09-27) (age 39)
Place of birth	Plymouth, England
Playing position	Right Back, Sweeper
Club information
Current club	None
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1986-1993 1993-1996 1996 1996-1998 1998 1998-1999 1999-2002 2002 2002-2006 2006-2007	Exeter City Birmingham City → Manchester City (loan) Manchester City → Southampton (loan) Southampton Portsmouth → Exeter City (loan) Exeter City Crawley Town	210 (12) 049 0(0) 006 0(0) 003 0(0) 001 0(0) 031 0(0) 075 0(0) 009 0(0) 126 0(1) 044 0(0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:33, 29 May 2007 (UTC). * Appearances (Goals)

Scott Patrick Hiley (born September 27, 1968 in Plymouth, England) is an English footballer, currently without a club.

[edit] Football career

A defender, mainly at right-back, Hiley first came through the Exeter City youth system in 1986. He was a key part of Exeter's Division 4 winning side of 1989-90, and in 1993 he followed manager Terry Cooper to Birmingham City.

Hiley spent three injury-hit years with Birmingham, and in February 1996 was a surprise loan signing for Premiership side Man City. Two months later the move was made permanent, but he found first-team opportunitites limited and sat in the reserves for two years as City slid down the leagues.

In August 1998 he returned to the Premiership with Southampton (where Terry Cooper was working in a scouting role), and spent 18 months there, before joining rival club Portsmouth in December 1999. He was a popular player at Portsmouth, captaining the side and winning the player of the year award in his first full season, but the team was not successful.

When Harry Redknapp was appointed manager in 2002, he cleared out most of the old squad and built a new team. While Portsmouth won the First Division title, Hiley returned to Exeter in November for his second spell. He was one of the club's better players in the 2002-03 season, but he couldn't stop the side being relegated from the Football League. He remained with Exeter after relegation and, in 2003, joined the coaching staff. He continued to be a first-team regular until October 2005.

When Hiley left the club in February 2006, his contract was terminated by mutual consent, he had spent over 10 years at St James Park his two separate spells with the Grecians and had started almost 400 games for the club.

In August 2006, he was signed by Crawley Town after a successful pre-season trial period. He left the club after a year.

Preceded by Steve Claridge	Portsmouth F.C. Fans' Player of the Year 2000-2001	Succeeded by Peter Crouch
Preceded by Darren Moore	Portsmouth Captain 2001-2002	Succeeded by Paul Merson