Stephen Gough (footballer)

{{Short description|Irish footballer}}

{{BLP sources|date=February 2014}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}

{{Use Hiberno-English|date=November 2019}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Stephen Gough

| image =

| fullname = Stephen Gough

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|03|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Dublin, Ireland

| currentclub = Crumlin United F.C.

| clubnumber =

| height =

| position = Full back

| years1 = 2000–2001 | clubs1 = Bray Wanderers | caps1 = 1 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 2000–2001 | clubs2 = Drogheda United | caps2 = 2 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 2002–2003 | clubs3 = Monaghan United | caps3 = 0 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2002–2005 | clubs4 = Shamrock Rovers | caps4 = 101 | goals4 = 7

| years5 = 2005–2006 | clubs5 = Longford Town | caps5 = 37 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 2007 | clubs6 = Bray Wanderers | caps6 = 15 | goals6 = 0

| years7 = 2008–2009 | clubs7 = Longford Town | caps7 = 44 | goals7 = 1

| totalcaps = 190

| totalgoals = 8

}}

Stephen Gough (born 21 March 1981 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish footballer who plays for Crumlin United F.C. in the Leinster Senior League.

He began his career at Bray Wanderers F.C. and then signed for a short spell at Monaghan United at the start of the shortened 2002/03 season. He signed for Shamrock Rovers shortly after and made his Rovers debut on 11 October 2002.[http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/reports/vucd111002.htm] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030217113253/http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/reports/vucd111002.htm |date=17 February 2003 }}

He made four appearances in the UEFA Intertoto Cup, before transferring to Longford in July 2005.{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/2005/0801/Pg027.html#Ar02706:18F87819688519687819A88519A8781BC88510388510C89310C88511389311388511A89311B885128893|newspaper=The Irish Times|title=??|accessdate=2014-02-17}} {{subscription required}}

In December 2006, he signed back for Bray Wanderers F.C., but was released at the end of the 2007 season.{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/sports/soccer/2008/0307/1204843580247.html|newspaper=The Irish Times|title=??|accessdate=2014-02-17}} {{subscription required}}