| Steve Wood | |
| Fullname: | Stephen Alan Wood |
| Birth Date: | 2 February 1963 |
| Birth Place: | Bracknell, England |
| Height: | 6 ft 0 in[1] |
| Position: | Central defender |
| Years1: | 1981–1987 |
| Years2: | 1987–1991 |
| Years3: | 1991–1994 |
| Years4: | 1994–1996 |
| Clubs5: | Woking |
| Caps1: | 219 |
| Caps2: | 110 |
| Caps3: | 46 |
| Caps4: | 13 |
| Goals1: | 9 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
Steve Wood (born 2 February 1963) is an English former football defender.
Wood started his career as an apprentice at Arsenal but was then snapped up by Reading for whom he had eight successful years gaining promotion to the Second Division. He then moved to Millwall for £85,000,[2] and finally onto Southampton for £400,000.[3] He had a brief spells at Oxford United and Woking in the latter part of his career then retired.
He now runs his own football representation company, Midas Sports.
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Reading | |||||||||||||
| 1979–80[4] | Third Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | |||
| 1980–81 | Third Division | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | |||
| 1981–82 | Third Division | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 0 | ||
| 1982–93 | Third Division | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 0 | ||
| 1983–84 | Fourth Division | 37 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 41 | 3 | |||
| 1984–85 | Third Division | 46 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 1 | ||
| 1985–86 | Third Division | 46 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 55 | 4 | ||
| 1986–87 | Second Division | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 1 | ||
| Total | 219 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 251 | 9 | |||
| Millwall | |||||||||||||
| 1987–88[5] | Second Division | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 0 | ||
| 1988–89 | First Division | 35 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
| 1989–90 | First Division | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 28 | 0 | |||
| 1990–91 | Second Division | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 0 | ||
| 1991–92 | Second Division | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |||
| Total | 110 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 134 | 0 | |||
| Southampton | |||||||||||||
| 1991–92 | First Division | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 20 | 1 | ||
| 1992–93 | Premier League | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| 1993–94 | Premier League | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 30 | 0 | |||
| Total | 46 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 55 | 1 | |||
| Oxford United | |||||||||||||
| 1994–95 | Second Division | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1995–96 | Second Division | 11 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 2 | ||
| Total | 13 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 388 | 9 | 30 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 459 | 12 | |||
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