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Stephen Payne
Personal information
Full name Stephen Oyebolaji Payne
Date of birth (1997-06-16) June 16, 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Birmingham, Alabama, United States[1]
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Portimonense U23
Number 53
Youth career
2012–2015 Chicago Magic
2016–2017 Estoril
2017–2018 Varzim
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015 UCLA Bruins 13 (1)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017–2018 Varzim B 27 (7)
2018–2019 Varzim 14 (1)
2019– Portimonense 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:44, 9 January 2019 (UTC)

Stephen Oyebolaji Payne (born June 16, 1997) is an American soccer player who currently plays as a midfielder for Portuguese side Portimonense.

Career

Born in the Birmingham, Alabama, United States, Payne is of Nigerian descent.[2] His father had a scholarship for college soccer at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, while his mother ran track at Alabama A&M University; he is the middle of three children with two sisters also playing soccer.[3]

Payne played for four years at Lake Forest Academy and one year at UCLA Bruins in 2015 before traveling to Europe for trials. Passed over by several professional clubs in France and Italy, he was taken on by a fourth-division Portuguese club and eventually earned his way into the under-23 team of G.D. Estoril Praia.[3]

After a season with their reserve team, Payne made his first team debut for Varzim S.C. during the 2018–19 LigaPro season. He played 19 total games, and scored the only goal of the match in the 88th minute at FC Porto B on 23 April 2019.[4]

Payne signed for Portimonense S.C. prior to the 2019–20 Primeira Liga season, alongside teammate Jeferson.[5]

Career statistics

As of 9 January 2019.[6][7]
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Varzim B 2017–18 Elite Série 1 AF Porto 27 7 0 0 0 0 27 7
Varzim 2018–19 LigaPro 14 1 5[a] 0 0 0 7 0
Portimonense 2019–20 Primeira Liga 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Career total 41 8 5 0 0 0 34 7
Notes
  1. ^ Appearances in the Taça da Liga

References

  1. ^ "Profile". UCLA. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  2. ^ admin. "Stephen Payne continues to impress at Portuguese club Estoril - SCORE NIGERIA".
  3. ^ a b McIntosh, Loyd (10 January 2017). "Stephen Payne ready to kick off career in Portugal". Upper 90. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Varzim vence FC Porto B, apesar da inferioridade numérica" [Varzim beat Porto B, despite numerical disadvantage]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 23 April 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Varzim vende Payne e Jeferson ao Portimonense" [Varzim sell Payne and Jeferson to Portimonense]. Mais Seminário (in Portuguese). 26 June 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  6. ^ Stephen Payne at Soccerway. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
  7. ^ Stephen Payne at ForaDeJogo (archived)


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