Steve Kabba

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Steve Kabba
Personal information
Full name Stephen Kabba
Date of birth 7 March 1981 (1981-03-07) (age 27)
Place of birth    Lambeth, England
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club Watford
Number 15
Youth clubs
Crystal Palace
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1998–2002
2000
2002
2002
2002–2007
2007–		 Crystal Palace
→ Southend United (loan)
→ Luton Town (loan)
→ Grimsby Town (loan)
Sheffield United
Watford		 10 0(1)
00 0(0)
03 0(0)
13 0(6)
78 (18)
25 0(1)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 23:56, 9 April 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Stephen "Steve" Kabba (born 7 March 1981 in Lambeth) is an English professional football player of Sierra Leonean origin. He currently plays for Watford. He plays as a striker.

[edit] Career

Kabba started his career at Crystal Palace but struggled to get into the team, making just 11 appearances in 4 seasons and scoring 1 goal. He was loaned out to Luton Town in 2001–02 making 3 appearances as a substitute but it was during another loan spell at Grimsby Town the following season that he finally made his mark with 6 goals in 14 games.

In November 2002, shortly after his loan spell finished, Kabba joined Sheffield United for £250,000. In his first season his 11 goals in 33 games assisted the team in reaching two domestic cup semi-finals and the Division One play-off final.

After this successful first season his career was interrupted by a sequence of leg injuries allowing him just one appearance as a substitute in over a year. He returned to fitness at the end of 2004–05 Championship season.

On December 22, 2006, Kabba was placed on the transfer list along with 7 other players.[1] He joined Watford for an initial fee of £500,000 (which is expected to rise to £750,000) on 26 January 2007, after signing a two and a half year contract.[2] He never started a Premiership games for the Blades, his last appearance being as a substitute against West Ham United in November 2006.

On January 31, 2007 he played his first Premiership match for Watford against Manchester United.[3]

On 2 February 2008 Kabba scored his first goal in nearly two years in a 3–0 league win over Wolverhampton Wanderers.

[edit] References and Notes

  1. ^ Warnock: Suitors will be after eight (accessed 24 December 2006)
  2. ^ Watford land Blades striker Kabba
  3. ^ Tactical Formation. Football-Lineups.com. Retrieved on February 7, 2007.

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NAME Steven Kabba
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Steve Kabba
SHORT DESCRIPTION footballer
DATE OF BIRTH 7 March 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Lambeth
DATE OF DEATH
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