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Steven John Reid (born 10 March 1981) is a former professional footballer who played as a right back, having previously played most of his career in midfielder.
Reid began his career with Millwall in 1998, moving to Blackburn Rovers five years later. After an initial loan spell, he joined West Bromwich Albion in 2010. His career was troubled by injury; he once notably played for 45 minutes against Arsenal at the Emirates Stadium with a broken leg. Reid retired in 2015 after a season with Burnley.
Born in England, he was capped 23 times at international level for the Republic of Ireland and scored two goals for them from 2001 to 2008. He was part of their squad at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.
Reid scored one of the goals of the seasons in the 2005–06 Premier League campaign against Wigan at the JJB Stadium. The ball fell to Reid from 30 yards and he scored a volley into the top corner of the net. The goal won BBC Match of the Day's Goal of the Month for December. On 2 May 2006, Reid scored the goal that secured Blackburn's place in the 2006–07 UEFA Cup, a header that gave them a 1–0 win over Chelsea.
Reid missed the majority of the 2006–07 season through injury. A back injury limited him to three appearances before he sustained cruciate ligament injury in January, which kept him out for the rest of the season.
It appeared that Reid's injury problems were behind him after a full pre-season and solid start to Blackburn's 2008–09 season, however his injury woes would return, with another knee injury ruling him out of the entire 2008–09 season.
On 19 November 2009, Reid signed on loan for Queens Park Rangers (QPR) in an attempt to recapture his career from injury. The loan lasted until midway through December 2009. During which time Reid wore the number 36 shirt. He, along with other players, appeared in a The Libertines video (fronted by QPR fan Pete Doherty) celebrating the bands re-union.
At the opening season of 2011/12, Reid scored an own goal in a 2–1 loss against Manchester United after Ashley Young cross from the left took a deflection off Reid and beat goalkeeper Ben Foster. As the season progressed, Reid asserted himself as the number one right back and continued into the 2011–12 season, scoring his first goal of the season from a free-kick against Wigan in December 2011. After a match against Chelsea which West Brom won 1–0 on 3 March 2012, Reid missed the rest of the season after injuring ankle ligaments in a match. While recovering ankle ligaments from his injury, Reid signed a new two-year deal that would keep him at West Brom until 2014.
On 18 May 2015, with Burnley relegated, Reid announced that he would retire at the end of the season, and enter coaching.
Reid was made the captain of the Republic of Ireland football team for their 16 August 2006 friendly match against the Netherlands.
Reid retired from international football on 13 July 2010 in order to concentrate on his club career. He later raised the possibility of a comeback if Ireland were stuck in the midfield department.
That September, he joined Crystal Palace, in the same position that he held at Reading. Reid left the club the following August, with manager Roy Hodgson indicating that Reid had cited personal issues and wished to take time away from football. He then briefly coached at AFC Wimbledon, leaving in December 2018.
On 18 April 2019, he was appointed to assist caretaker manager Jimmy Shan at West Bromwich Albion. Steven Reid: West Brom appoint former player to assist coach Jimmy Shan, bbc.com, 18 April 2019 He worked for West Brom until the end of the 2018–19 season, before joining Steve Clarke's backroom staff at the Scotland national team in May 2019. Steven Reid joins Steve Clarke's Scotland coaching staff, expressandstar.com, 29 May 2019 Reid left the position with Scotland in August 2021, after becoming a first team coach with Nottingham Forest. On 16 September 2021, Reid was appointed Interim Manager of Nottingham Forest, following the dismissal of Chris Hughton.
In October 2022, Reid revealed that he had left his job as Nottingham Forest assistant manager in order to begin studying to qualify as a counsellor.
In July 2023, Nottingham Forest announced that Reid had returned to the club, returning to his role as a first team coach.
In September 2024, Reid departed Nottingham Forest for a second time.
| + Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | |||
| Millwall | 1997–98 | Second Division | 0 |
| 1998–99 | Second Division | 0 | |
| 1999–2000 | Second Division | 0 | |
| 2000–01 | Second Division | 7 | |
| 2001–02 | First Division | 5 | |
| 2002–03 | First Division | 7 | |
| Blackburn Rovers | 2003–04 | Premier League | 0 |
| 2004–05 | Premier League | 2 | |
| 2005–06 | Premier League | 5 | |
| 2006–07 | Premier League | 0 | |
| 2007–08 | Premier League | 0 | |
| 2008–09 | Premier League | 0 | |
| 2009–10 | Premier League | 1 | |
| Queens Park Rangers (loan) | 2009–10 | Championship | 0 |
| West Bromwich Albion (loan) | 2009–10 | Championship | 1 |
| West Bromwich Albion | 2010–11 | Premier League | 2 |
| 2011–12 | Premier League | 1 | |
| 2012–13 | Premier League | 0 | |
| 2013–14 | Premier League | 0 | |
| Burnley | 2014–15 | Premier League | 0 |
| + Appearances and goals by national team and year | |
| Republic of Ireland | 0 |
| 2 | |
| 0 | |
| 0 | |
| 0 | |
| 0 | |
| 0 | |
| + Managerial record by team and tenure | ||
| Nottingham Forest (caretaker) | 16 September 2021 | 21 September 2021 |
West Bromwich Albion
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