| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen Robert Jordan | ||
| Date of birth | 6 March 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Warrington, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Rochdale | ||
| Number | 22 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2000–2007 | Manchester City | 51 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | → Cambridge United (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2007–2010 | Burnley | 73 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Sheffield United | 15 | (0) |
| 2011 | → Huddersfield Town (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2011– | Rochdale | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of March 15, 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Stephen Robert Jordan (born 6 March 1982 in Warrington, England) is an English footballer who plays as a defender currently at Rochdale A.F.C.. He numbers Manchester City, Burnley and Sheffield United amongst his former clubs.
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Jordan grew up as a Manchester City fan[1] and joined their youth development system as an eight year old.[2] In 2000 he became part of the youth academy[1] going on to sign for the first team 2 years later.[3]
During his first two seasons at Manchester City, Jordan failed to make any first team starts and as a result was loaned out to then Football League Two side Cambridge United in October 2002 for 3 months.[3] He made his debut for the club on the same day, playing the full ninety minutes of a 2–2 draw with Wrexham at the Abbey Stadium.[3] He want on to make a total of 11 appearances with the side and returned to Manchester in January 2003. He made his first team debut for Manchester City in the same year coming on as a late substitute against Bolton Wanderers at the start of April.[3]
In the summer of 2004 Peterborough United made an offer for Jordan who was out of contract at Manchester City, as he was under 24 at the time Peterborough would have been required to pay compensation to Man City under the Bosman ruling.[4] Kevin Keegan, the then City boss, said that he hoped Jordan would sign a new contract and remain with the club.[4] A fortnight later City revealed that Jordan had signed a 12 month extension to his contract and would remain at the club until 2005.[5] Peterborough then contacted Man City with the hope of loaning the player as cover for their injured defender Sagi Burton, Keegan agreed to the loan but Jordan did not want to go as he felt he was close to breaking into the first team at City.[6]
The following season Jordan did break into the first team, making 19 Premier League starts in the later stages of the season[2] and as the player was only on a 12 month contract his new manager, Stuart Pearce urged the player to "commit his future" to the club.[7] Jordan finally committed his future to the club at the end of May 2005 when he signed a two year long contract with City.[2] However, over the next two seasons at City Jordan made fewer and fewer appearances, starting just 30 league games,[1] and was released when his contract expired in 2007.[8]
In July 2007 it was announced that Burnley of the Football Championship had signed Jordan on a 3 year deal.[9] In May 2010, Jordan was released by Burnley after three injury filled seasons with the club.[10]
Following his release Jordan had a trial with Portsmouth even joining them on their US pre-season tour, but he decided against a move to Fratton Park in favour of joining Sheffield United on a one year contract.[11] Jordan continued to be prone to injuries throughout the following season and failed to cement himself in a struggling Blades side.[12][13] After being told by recently appointed Blades boss Micky Adams that he was not in his long term plans Jordan joined Huddersfield Town on an emergency one-month loan in February 2011, following injuries to their regular left-backs Gary Naysmith and Liam Ridehalgh.[14] He made his début the same day in Town's 2-2 draw with Leyton Orient at the Galpharm Stadium. He would make 5 further appearances for the Terriers before returning to Sheffield in March, after Naysmith and Ridehalgh had returned to the squad. With no prospect of further first team football at Bramall Lane his contract with Sheffield United was terminated by mutual consent on at the start of April 2011 after playing only 15 times for the South Yorkshire club.[15]
On 28 October Stephen Jordan joined Rochdale on non-contract terms. He played in every game and was rewarded with a permanent 18-month deal at the club on 22 December 2011.[16]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Manchester City | 2000–01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001–02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2002–03 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Cambridge United (loan) | 2002–03 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| Manchester City | 2003–04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004–05 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| 2005–06 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | |
| 2006–07 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Burnley | 2007–08 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
| 2008–09 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | |
| 2009–10 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Sheffield United | 2010–11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| Huddersfield Town (loan) | 2010–11 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Total | 143 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 167 | 0 | |
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