Steve Francis (footballer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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professional footballer
Date of Birth: 29-May-1964
Place of Birth: Billericay, England, United Kingdom
Profession: association football player
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Steve Francis (footballer)
- Stephen Stuart Francis (born 29 May 1964) is an English former professional footballer, born in Billericay, Essex, who made nearly 500 appearances in the Football League playing as a goalkeeper for Chelsea, Reading, Huddersfield Town and Northampton Town.
- He has wife named Lucy who together have two children, Jack and Ollie.Francis signed as an apprentice for Chelsea in July 1980,and made his debut as a 17-year-old at Southampton in the League Cup in October 1981,and made his League debut in November 1981.
- Francis was initially a regular in the side, but the arrival of new goalkeeper Eddie Niedzwiecki in 1983 saw him relegated to the reserves for most of the next three seasons.
- Francis returned to the first team after an injury to Niedzwiecki, but conceded 14 goals in three games over Easter 1986 and never played for the club again.
- He made a total of 88 appearances in all competitions for Chelsea.Francis played in the Full Members Cup Final at Wembley in 1986 when Chelsea beat Manchester City 5-4, Niedzwiecki was injured for this match.He left in 1987 to join Reading for £15,000, where he played a further 250 games and won the club's Player of the Year award in the 1986–87 season, before joining Huddersfield Town in 1993.He was Huddersfield's first-choice goalkeeper for four seasons, then fell out of favour early in the 1997-98 season.
- Huddersfield loaned in goalkeepers Vince Bartram and Steve Harper before signing Nico Vaesen in the summer of 1998.
- Francis left in January 1999 to join Northampton Town, where he made just three league appearances.
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