Stefan Moore

He made his professional debut on 27 October, as Chesterfield were defeated 1–0 by Blackpool; Moore was substituted in the 72nd-minute for Sean Parrish.

He went on to play two more matches for Chesterfield in the Football League Trophy and Second Division, before being recalled by Villa at the end of the one-month spell.

He scored on the Premier League debut, a 75th minute substitute for Marcus Allbäck, he put an "18 yd screamer" past Charlton Athletic's Dean Kiely on 11 September at Villa Park.

He made a further fourteen appearances that season, playing at grounds such as Old Trafford and Anfield.

A knee injury midway through the season caused manager Graham Taylor to insist on an extended rest period for the young midfielder.

During this down-time he signed a three-and-a-half-year contract with the club.

Stefan Leroy Moore (born 28 September 1983) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker.

He is a product of the Aston Villa Academy where he came through the ranks with his younger brother, Luke Moore, who went on to play for Aston Villa and other teams in the Premier League.

Dropping into non-League football in his mid-twenties Moore became a prolific goalscorer at that level.

Moore played for Romulus as a youth player, before joining Aston Villa as an associated schoolboy, moving onto Youth Training Scheme status in April 2000 and turning professional in October 2001.

During the 2001–02 season, Villa loaned Moore out to Second Division side Chesterfield.

He started his career as a youth playing for Romulus before joining Aston Villa's academy, captaining them to win the FA Youth Cup in 2002.

Moore played for Aston Villa in the Premier League, before going on loan spells to Football League clubs Chesterfield, Millwall and Leicester City.

He then joined Queens Park Rangers where he played for three years, making 39 appearances in the League.

Whilst at Aston Villa, Moore captained Villa's youth in the FA Youth Cup final in 2002, and was named as man of the match as Villa beat Everton 4–1.

Moore also picked up numerous caps for England youth sides at this time up to under-19 level.

"Tall, quick and good on the ball, Moore has all the attributes necessary to succeed in the Premiership but is being treated with kid gloves by his manager."

He broke into the Villa first team in 2002–03.

Firstly in the summer of 2002 he played twice in the UEFA Intertoto Cup, against Swiss side FC Zürich and French club Lille OSC.

Villa had a much improved season in 2003–04 and Moore found a first team place more difficult to achieve.

He made twelve appearances, eight of which were in the Premiership.

On 20 December, he got onto the scoresheet at Blackburn Rovers' Ewood Park on the 62nd minute, five minutes later he was replaced by Darius Vassell as Villa held out for a 2–0 win.

In January his career was on the rocks following a damaging ankle injury.

At the start of the 2004–05 season he joined Championship club Millwall on loan.

He played seven games for the "Lions", including a 1–1 draw with Ferencvárosi TC in the UEFA Cup First round.

His spell at The Den ended in early October, though David O'Leary only used him once – replacing Carlton Cole 54 minutes into a 1–0 home defeat by Manchester United on 28 December.

In March, Moore returned to the Championship with Leicester City.

He played seven games, but only got two starts for the "Foxes".

At the end of the season he joined Ian Holloway's Queens Park Rangers on a free transfer, putting pen to paper on a three-year deal.

He played 27 games in 2005–06, scoring goals against Sheffield United and Ipswich Town.

He was loaned out to Port Vale in 2006, before joining Walsall, Kidderminster Harriers, and Halesowen Town.

At the start of the 2006–07 season he joined Martin Foyle's Port Vale on a one-month loan, down in League One.

He made fifteen appearances, scoring once against Northampton Town, his spell being extended numerous times, before returning to Loftus Road at the end of 2006.

He played just three games for a struggling QPR side in April.

He joined St Neots Town in 2010, and helped the club to the United Counties League Premier Division title and Huntingdonshire Senior Cup in 2010–11 and Southern League Central Division title in 2011–12.

He joined Leamington in December 2012, and was dual-registered with Brackley Town four months later.

Leamington won the Southern League title in 2012–13.

He joined Solihull Moors in December 2014, and helped to club to win promotion as champions of the National League North in 2015–16.

He spent parts of the 2016–17 season with Brackley Town and Corby Town, and Leamington, helping Leamington to win promotion out of the Southern League Premier Division.

He joined Tamworth via Redditch United in September 2018, before ending the year at Highgate United where he later retired from semi-professional football.