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Birthdate: 25.11.1947
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
Other clubs: Skelmersdale, Minnesota Kicks
Bought from: Skelmersdale
Signed for LFC: £0 1970
International debut: 23.09.1970 vs. Poland
International caps: Ireland 34/0
Liverpool debut: 22.09.1970
Debut goal: 17.10.1970
Contract expiry: 1981
LFC league games/goals: 331 / 50
Total LFC games/goals: 475 / 76
Player notes :Steve Heighway was once charged with the responsibility of providing the crosses for Liverpool's strikers to score the goals during one of the most successful periods in the club's history.
Now the seventies star has an equally important role to play as he helps to develop as many of the club's youngsters as possible with a view to as many of them as possible one day playing first team football.
Steve is Liverpool's Academy Director and, with his dedicated team at the fantastic Academy complex in Kirkby, he oversees an operation which caters for one hundred and fifty youngsters of all ages as they all pursue their dream of becoming a professional footballer.
'I love the job and I feel a great sense of responsibility towards the club,' says Steve. 'The board have shown considerable foresight by investing so heavily in the Academy and we each have a role to play now to repay that faith.
'Our record over the years of bringing our own players through is magnificent and we hope there are many more to come in the next few years.'
Heighway was signed as a player initially as an amateur, by Bill Shankly in 1970. It was actually Shankly's right hand man Bob Paisley who can claim a lot of the credit for bringing the 22-yar-old Heighway to Liverpool, as Paisley's sons spotted him playing against South Liverpool and recommended him to their father.
The endearing memory of Steve Heighway that most Liverpool fans will have, however, is his pace and ability down the wing, where he created hatfuls of goals for Kevin Keegan and John Toshack, as well as surpassing the 50 League goal mark for the club himself.
Upon retiring, he eventually returned to Anfield as the youth development officer in the 1980s, working alongside his old team mate Roy Evans, and leading Liverpool's Youth team to their first ever success in the FA Youth Cup in 1996.
Having brought through such immense talents as Robbie Fowler, Steve McManaman, Michael Owen, Jamie Carragher and Steven Gerrard, Dominic Matteo and David Thompson, Steve was instrumental in setting up the world-leading Anfield Academy which opened on January 20th 1999, and as Director of the Academy he continues to ensure a steady flow of the very finest young talent into the Liverpool first team.
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