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Alex Stepney
Personal information
Full name
Alexander Cyril Stepney
Date of birth
(1942-09-18) 18 September 1942 (age 81)
Place of birth
Mitcham, Surrey, England
Height
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s)
Goalkeeper
Youth career
Tooting & Mitcham United
Senior career*
Years
Team
Apps
(Gls)
1961–1963
Tooting & Mitcham United
35
(0)
1963–1966
Millwall
137
(0)
1966
Chelsea
1
(0)
1966–1978
Manchester United
433
(2)
1979–1980
Dallas Tornado
54
(0)
1979–1980
→ Altrincham (loan)
17
(0)
1981–1982
Altrincham
1
(0)
Total
678
(2)
International career
England U23
1968
England
1
(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Alexander Cyril Stepney (born 18 September 1942) is an English former footballer who was Manchester United's goalkeeper when they became the first English club to win the European Cup.
^Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Alex Stepney (Player)". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
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