# Levi Stephen

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{{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](/source/Midfielder)
| youthyears1    = 1990–1992
| youthclubs1    = [Rangers](/source/Rangers_F.C.)
| years1         = 1992–1993
| clubs1         = [Clydebank](/source/Clydebank_F.C._(1965))
| caps1          = 10
| goals1         = 0
| years2         = 1993–1997
| clubs2         = [Montrose](/source/Montrose_F.C.)
| caps2          = 84
| goals2         = 4
| years3         = 1997
| clubs3         = [Bon Accord](/source/Bon_Accord_F.C.)
| caps3          = 
| goals3         =
| years4         = 1997–1998
| clubs4         = [Deveronvale](/source/Deveronvale_F.C.)
| caps4          = 
| goals4         =
| years5         = 1998–2000
| clubs5         = [Sutherland Sharks](/source/Sutherland_Sharks_FC)
| caps5          = 32
| goals5         = 6
| years6         = 2000
| clubs6         = [Stanmore Hawks](/source/Stanmore_Hawks)
| caps6          = 10
| goals6         = 0
| years7         = 2000–2001
| clubs7         = [Huntly](/source/Huntly_F.C.)
| 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](/source/association_football) who played as a [midfielder](/source/midfielder).

==Career==
After signing professionally with [Rangers](/source/Glasgow_Rangers_F.C.),<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](/source/Scottish_Football_League) for [Clydebank](/source/Clydebank_F.C._(1965)) and semi-professionally for [Montrose](/source/Montrose_F.C.).<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](/source/Bon_Accord_F.C.) and Highland League football with [Deveronvale](/source/Deveronvale_F.C.), Stephen played in Australia for the [Sutherland Sharks](/source/Sutherland_Sharks_Football_Club) and the [Stanmore Hawks](/source/Stanmore_Hawks), before returning to Scotland in 2000 to play with [Huntly](/source/Huntly_F.C.).<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](/source/Scout_(association_football)) Harry Dunn, who had worked for [Liverpool](/source/Liverpool_F.C.), [Chelsea](/source/Chelsea_F.C.), 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>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stephen, Levi}}
Category:1974 births
Category:Living people
Category:Scottish men's footballers
Category:Rangers F.C. players
Category:Clydebank F.C. (1965) players
Category:Montrose F.C. players
Category:Buckie Thistle F.C. players
Category:Deveronvale F.C. players
Category:Huntly F.C. players
Category:Scottish Football League players
Category:Sutherland Sharks FC players
Category:Scottish expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia
Category:Men's association football midfielders
Category:Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Australia
Category:20th-century Scottish sportsmen

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