Steven Caulker

In his 50th professional match, on 16 October, Caulker scored his first goal in Bristol City's 3–2 defeat against Cardiff City.

Thanks to his outstanding form helping guide Bristol City away from the relegation zone, Caulker was rewarded with Young Player of the Month for the npower Football League for November.

Steven Roy Caulker (born 29 December 1991) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back, who is currently the player-manager of Málaga City.

Born in England, he represents and captains the Sierra Leone national team.

Caulker joined the Tottenham Hotspur youth team and having broken into the Under-18s team as an Under-16 player during the 2007–08 season Caulker progressed to make 31 appearances and scored one goal in 2008–09.

He also forced his way into the reserve team that season, making five appearances, and captained the Under-18s towards the start of that season.

Caulker started his professional career with Tottenham Hotspur in 2009.

He spent three seasons on loan with Yeovil Town, Bristol City and Swansea City.

He impressed during his first season as a full-time scholar and signed his first professional contract at Tottenham in July 2009.

In July 2009, Caulker went on loan to League One club Yeovil Town along with teammate Ryan Mason.

He made his league debut at the start of the 2009–10 season against Tranmere Rovers, where Yeovil won 2–0.

After impressing in Yeovil's 0–0 draw with Oldham, Caulker made the Football League Team of the Week.

Along with fellow Tottenham loanees Ryan Mason and Jonathan Obika, on 5 November 2009, his loan was extended until the end of the 2009–10 season.

On 1 March 2010, Caulker was included in the Team of the Week for a second time following the 1–0 home win against MK Dons.

Caulker returned to Spurs one match early after starting 44 of Yeovil's 45 league matches, having missed only one match due to playing for England U19s, also taking four of Yeovil's five end of season awards.

He made his Tottenham debut in a 4–1 home defeat, after extra time, against Arsenal in the League Cup on 21 September 2010.

Just five days after his Tottenham debut, Caulker was loaned out to Championship club Bristol City until the end of the season where he joined Spurs teammate Danny Rose.

He made his Bristol City debut in the 3–1 away defeat to Portsmouth.

Caulker scored his second goal of the season with an injury time equaliser in the 2–2 draw with Queens Park Rangers, on 3 January 2011.

On 28 March 2011 his season was cut short due to a knee cartilage injury which ruled him out for the rest of the 2010–11 season and so returned to Tottenham for treatment and surgery on his ankle.

His 30-match loan spell received praise from both manager Keith Millen and former England goalkeeper David James, described in his Observer column as 'quality' and one of Bristol City's 'best players'.

At Swansea he made his first appearances in the Premier League and at the end of the season played for Britain at the 2012 Olympics.

In November 2012 he made a scoring England debut in a friendly against Sweden.

He was sold to newly promoted Cardiff City for the 2013–14 season but was unable to prevent their relegation from the Premier League.

In November 2013, he was selected to be part of Yeovil Town's 'Team of the Decade', which was voted for by the club's fans to commemorate their tenth season as a Football League club.

Caulker was the only loan player to be chosen.

After returning from the U19 European Championships and a successful loan spell Caulker was awarded with a new contract until 2013.

In early August a Daily Mirror report suggested Caulker may again be loaned out, this time to Championship club Leeds United, in a bid to continue his development through regular competitive football, but this deal fell through when Caulker sustained a groin injury.

He was subsequently sold to Queens Park Rangers for the following 2014–15 season; who themselves were relegated.

He spent the next few seasons largely on loan to Southampton and Liverpool before playing half a season for Dundee in the Scottish Premiership.

He then joined Turkish Süper Lig team Alanyaspor in January 2019.

After a successful spell there, Caulker signed with top Turkish club Fenerbahçe, but would spend his lone season there on loan with Gaziantep and never play for Fener.

Caulker returned to England with Wigan Athletic, but left amid issues with the club failing to pay players.

Caulker was born in Feltham in the London Borough of Hounslow.

He is a member of the Caulker family of Sierra Leone.

Caulker attended Staines Preparatory School and was borough champion at 400m for four years in a row.

As a boy he supported his hometown club Brentford.

A talented athlete as a teenager, Caulker chose to pursue a career in football, playing his early football with Hounslow Borough, his local club.

After initially playing as a central midfielder, he acted on advice from a coach and made the switch to central defence.

After a single match at centre back for Hounslow at the age of 15, he was offered trials with seven clubs including Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea, Reading and Queens Park Rangers.