Stephen Joseph McMahon (born 31 July 1984) is an English former

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a defender.

Career

McMahon started his career at

Blackpool Blackpool is a seaside town in Lancashire, England. It is located on the Irish Sea coast of the Fylde peninsula, approximately north of Liverpool and west of Preston, Lancashire, Preston. It is the main settlement in the Borough of Blackpool ...

making his debut in 2002 whilst his father

Steve McMahon Stephen Joseph McMahon (born 20 August 1961) is an English football manager, former professional footballer and current television pundit. As a player, he was a midfielder from 1979 to 1998, most notably playing for Liverpool in the late 1980s. ...

was manager. In 2004 Blackpool won the Football League Trophy and McMahon played as a substitute in the

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. In September 2004, he joined

Kidderminster Harriers Kidderminster Harriers Football Club are a professional association football club based in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England. The team competes in the National League North, the sixth level of the English football league system. Formed in ...

on loan where he made six appearances in all competitions before returning to Blackpool. In February 2005, McMahon joined

Perth Glory Perth Glory Football Club is an Australian professional Association football, soccer club based in Perth, Perth, Western Australia. It competes in the country's premier men's competition, A-League Men, under Professional sports league organi ...

where his father had recently been appointed as manager. His father had to defend the signing after claims of

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in the media. He made 12 appearances for the club.

Personal life

McMahon is the son of former England international footballer

who he played under at

and

Honours

Blackpool *

Football League Trophy The English Football League Trophy, officially known as the Vertu Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is an annual English football knockout competition open to all clubs in EFL League One and EFL League Two and U-21 teams from the Premier Le ...

: 2003–04

References

1984 births Living people A-League Men players Men's association football defenders Blackpool F.C. players English men's footballers Kidderminster Harriers F.C. players Footballers from Southport Perth Glory FC players English Football League players Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia Men's association football midfielders English expatriate men's footballers English expatriate sportspeople in Australia 21st-century English sportsmen {{England-footy-midfielder-1980s-stub