Steve Lovell

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Steve Lovell
Personal information
Full name Stephen William Henry Lovell
Date of birth December 6, 1980 (1980-12-06) (age 27)
Place of birth    Amersham, England
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current club none
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1998–1999
1999–2002
2000
2002
2002
2002–2005
2005–2008		 Bournemouth
Portsmouth
→ Exeter City (loan)
→ Sheffield Utd (loan)
→ Queens Park Rangers (loan)
Dundee
Aberdeen		 07 0(0)
32 0(3)
05 0(1)
05 0(1)
00 0(0)
82 (28)
75 (20)   

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 13:38, 21 April 2008 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)

Stephen William Henry "Steve" Lovell (born December 6, 1980 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire) is an English football striker, who currently is a free agent.

Lovell, sometimes known affectionately to fans as "The Shovel", started his career in 1998 when he joined A.F.C. Bournemouth. He then went on to play for Portsmouth, where he then played for Exeter City, Sheffield Utd and Queens Park Rangers on loan before signing for Dundee in the summer of 2002. It was at Dundee where Lovell made a name for himself. He spent 3 seasons there scoring 34 goals in 84 appearances.

In the summer of 2005, following Dundee's relegation from the Scottish Premier League, Lovell signed for Aberdeen. He made his debut against Kilmarnock on August 8, 2005. His first goal came against Rangers and he went on to hit a further nine that season.

Lovell certainly has proved a worthy signing for Aberdeen scoring a number of priceless late, late goals including 2 in separate matches against Inverness Caledonian Thistle in injury time maintaining Aberdeen's record of being one of only 3 Scottish teams their 'local' rivals have never beaten. Lovell also scored a consolation goal in the second leg of Aberdeen's UEFA Cup 2007-08 Round of 32 match against FC Bayern Munich in the Allianz Arena.

On April 15, 2008, he was told he would not be offered a new contract by Aberdeen and would be free to leave in the summer along with six other players, and has since attracted interest from Scottish First Division clubs, with Dundee, St. Johnstone and his old club Bournemouth rumoured to be in the running for his signature.

He is currently dating singer/songwriter Amy Macdonald.

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