Steve Jagielka

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Steve Jagielka
Personal information
Full name Stephen Jagielka[1]
Date of birth (1978-03-10)10 March 1978[1]
Place of birth Sale, England[1]
Date of death 17 March 2021(2021-03-17) (aged 43)
Place of death Rodington, Shropshire, England[2]
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder[1]
Youth career
1993–1995
Stoke City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1997 Stoke City 0 (0)
1997–2003 Shrewsbury Town 176 (18)
2003–2004 Sheffield United 0 (0)
2004–2006 Accrington Stanley 68 (9)
2006–2007 Droylsden
2007–2009 AFC Telford United
2009–2012 Hednesford Town
2012 Ellesmere Rangers
Market Drayton Town
Total 244 (27)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stephen Jagielka (10 March 1978 – 17 March 2021) was an English professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Career

Having begun his career without success at

Conference in 2003. He then moved to Sheffield United for a season, where despite the presence of his younger brother Phil and a good relationship with manager Neil Warnock, he did not play a first-team match. Jagielka then spent two seasons at Accrington Stanley, contributing to their promotion to the Football League as Conference champions in 2006.[4]

Jagielka subsequently spent a season at

Conference North after initiating a phonecall with their manager.[5] It was followed by playing for Hednesford Town and Shropshire teams Ellesmere Rangers and Market Drayton.[6]

Personal life

Of Polish and Scottish descent, he was the elder brother of Premier League footballer Phil Jagielka.[4] After retiring from football, he worked for Caterpillar Inc. and for his own plumbing business.[7] He was formerly married, to Jo Fallows, with whom he had three children.[2]

On 17 March 2021, it was announced that Jagielka, who was living in Rodington, Shropshire, had died aged 43.[6] An inquest into his death heard that Jagielka had drugs in his system, with a pathologist giving the cause of his death as aspiration pneumonia due to methadone toxicity.[2]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[8]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stoke City 1996–97 First Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Shrewsbury Town 1997–98 Third Division 16 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 18 1
1998–99 Third Division 31 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 35 1
1999–2000 Third Division 33 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 37 2
2000–01 Third Division 31 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 33 6
2001–02 Third Division 31 5 1 0 1 0 1 0 34 5
2002–03 Third Division 23 3 3 0 0 0 4 0 30 3
2003–04
Football Conference
 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 1
Total 176 18 8 1 7 0 7 1 198 20
Sheffield United 2003–04 First Division 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Accrington Stanley 2004–05 Football Conference 38 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 39 3
2005–06 Football Conference 30 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 31 6
Total 68 9 0 0 0 0 2 0 70 9
Career total 244 27 8 1 7 0 9 1 268 29

Honours

Accrington Stanley

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Steve Jagielka". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  2. ^ a b c Humphreys, Nick (14 September 2021). "Shrewsbury Town favourite Steve Jagielka died from drug toxicity, coroner rules". shropshirestar.com. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  3. ^ "Steve Jagielka". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Seasonal joy for Jagielkas". BBC Sport. 24 December 2005. Retrieved 30 June 2007.
  5. ^ "Chance call did job for Jagielka". Shropshire Star. 28 June 2007. Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  6. ^ a b "Former Shrewsbury Town and AFC Telford midfielder Steve Jagielka dies, aged 43". Shropshire Star. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Steve Jagielka: Ex-Shrewsbury Town star's death was drug related". BBC News. 14 September 2021. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  8. ^ Steve Jagielka at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  9. ISBN 978-0-7553-1526-0
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