Steve Sidwell

Steve Sidwell

Steven James Sidwell (born 14 December 1982) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Sidwell was a product of the Arsenal academy, and after winning two FA Youth Cups, he had constructive loan spells at Brentford and Brighton & Hove Albion, but never broke into the Arsenal first team. He came to prominence in the Championship with Reading after a January 2003 move to the Royals and spent 4+1⁄2 years with the club, helping them to earn promotion to the Premier League for the first time ever in 2005–06. He joined Chelsea on a free transfer for the 2007–08 season, however opportunities were limited at Stamford Bridge, as he competed with players such as Frank Lampard, Michael Ballack, Claude Makélélé, and Michael Essien for playing time in central midfield. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Steve Sidwell is the 16,570th most popular soccer player (down from 14,626th in 2024), the 7,978th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 7,573rd in 2019) and the 859th most popular British Soccer Player.