{{short description|Scottish footballer}} {{for|the politician and settler|Levi Lathrop Smith}} {{for|the politician and minister|Levi Ward Smith}} {{Orphan|date=February 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Levi Stephen | image = | caption = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|3|19|df=y}} | birth_place = Hastings, Sussex | height = | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = 1990–1992 | youthclubs1 = Rangers | years1 = 1992–1993 | clubs1 = Clydebank | caps1 = 10 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 1993–1997 | clubs2 = Montrose | caps2 = 84 | goals2 = 4 | years3 = 1997 | clubs3 = Bon Accord | caps3 = | goals3 = | years4 = 1997–1998 | clubs4 = Deveronvale | caps4 = | goals4 = | years5 = 1998–2000 | clubs5 = Sutherland Sharks | caps5 = 32 | goals5 = 6 | years6 = 2000 | clubs6 = Stanmore Hawks | caps6 = 10 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2000–2001 | clubs7 = Huntly | caps7 = | goals7 = | totalcaps = 136 | totalgoals = 10 }} '''Levi Stephen''' (born 19 March 1974, also known as '''Levi Smith''') is a Scottish former professional and semi-professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
==Career== After signing professionally with Rangers,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rangersfchistory.co.uk/playerprofile.php?recordID=1110|title=Profile|publisher=Rangers FC History}}{{Dead link|date=February 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Stephen played in the Scottish Football League for Clydebank and semi-professionally for Montrose.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/clydebank/clydebank.html|title=CLYDEBANK : 1966/67 -2001/02|publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/montrose/montrose.html|title=MONTROSE : 1955/56 - 2009/10|publisher=Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database}}</ref> After playing junior football with Bon Accord and Highland League football with Deveronvale, Stephen played in Australia for the Sutherland Sharks and the Stanmore Hawks, before returning to Scotland in 2000 to play with Huntly.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/S/ST.html|title=Stacey-Stozanovski|publisher=Australian Players Database}}</ref>
===Sexual abuse revelations=== {{main|United Kingdom football sexual abuse scandal}} In April 2017, a BBC Scotland programme ''Football Abuse: The Ugly Side of the Beautiful Game'', featured claims from Stephen about an alleged sexual abuse perpetrator.<ref name="Daly-11Apr2017">{{cite news|last1=Daly|first1=Mark|title=New allegations in football abuse scandal|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/39553258|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170411012735/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/39553258|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 April 2017|accessdate=12 April 2017|publisher=BBC News|date=11 April 2017}}</ref> Stephen claimed former scout Harry Dunn, who had worked for Liverpool, Chelsea, and Rangers, abused him during his time with the latter team. Harry Dunn died before the claims could be brought to trial.<ref>{{Cite web |title=‘He’s deprived me of my innocence’ |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-scotland-42114984 |access-date=2025-06-18 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
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