Shane Hill (footballer)

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Shane Hill
Personal information
Full name	Shane Hill
Date of birth	(1987-08-05) 5 August 1987
Place of birth	London, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Tampa Bay Rowdies
Number	11
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
2004–2005	Hitchin Town	13	(0)
2005–2006	Sheffield United	0	(0)
2007	Rushden & Diamonds	0	(0)
2011–	Tampa Bay Rowdies^[1]	62	(6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 January 2014. † Appearances (Goals).

Shane Hill (born August 5, 1987 in London) is an English footballer currently playing for Tampa Bay Rowdies in the North American Soccer League.

Career

England

Hill began his career as a trialist for Manchester United as a 16-year old, but was not taken on by the superclub, and eventually found his way to non-league Hitchin Town, playing for them in the Southern Football League Premier Division, the seventh level of English football, in the 2004-2005 season.^[2]^[3]

Hill joined Sheffield United as a youth player on August 25, 2005,^[4] but was released at the end of the 2005-06 having never played a first team game for the Blades. He trialed with Luton Town during the summer of 2006, but was not offered a contract, and eventually signed for Rushden & Diamonds of the Football Conference on January 4, 2007.^[5] He was released by the Diamonds at the end of the season, again without having made a first team appearance for the club.

United States

Hill moved to the United States in 2010 and was a pre-season trialist with FC Tampa Bay prior to their first competitive season in the USSF Division 2 Pro League. When his father was hired as the head coach of the club in 2011, Hill returned to the United States, trialed with the team during the 2011 pre-season, and signed a formal contract on April 6, 2011. He made his debut for Tampa on May 31, coming on as a late substitute in a game against NSC Minnesota Stars.^[6]

Tampa Bay announced on December 27, 2011 that it declined the 2012 contract option for Hill.^[7] However, one month later the club signed him to a new contract for 2012 which includes a club option for 2013.^[8]

Personal

Shane is the son of former Luton Town standout and England international Ricky Hill. Ricky Hill now coaches Shane for the Tampa Bay Rowdies in the North American Soccer League

References

External links

Tampa Bay profile

v t e Tampa Bay Rowdies – current squad

4 Clinton 5 Rodrigues 7 Sanfilippo 10 Hristov 11 S. Hill 14 Gafa 16 Walker 17 Mkosana 19 Wagner 20 Frimpong 21 Shriver 22 Savage 24 Restrepo 25 Cort 32 Yamada 33 Needham 86 Lallet 99 Thompson — Del Dó — Wallace Head Coach: R. Hill Assistant Coach: Campbell Goalkeeper Coach: Janjuš Technical Director: Van der Beck

Persondata
Name	Hill, Shane
Alternative names
Short description	English footballer
Date of birth	August 5, 1987
Place of birth	London, England
Date of death
Place of death

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