Full name Stefan Steve Payne Name Stefan Payne Position Forward 0000–2009 Croydon Weight 74 kg | Number 23 Height 1.88 m Playing position Role Footballer Current team Dover Athletic F.C. | |
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Date of birth (1991-08-10) 10 August 1991 (age 24) Place of birth Lambeth, London, England | ||
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Stefan Steve Payne (born 10 August 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays for Shrewsbury Town as a striker.
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Career
Payne played for the Croydon youth team during the 2008–09 season and broke into the first team towards the tail end of the campaign and impressed Sutton United officials during a Southern Youth League cup final against them. In the summer of 2009, Payne signed a contract with Sutton for the 2009–10 season. He made an immediate impact, scoring a hat-trick in the club's first league game of the season, a 4–0 win over Margate.
He quickly attracted attention from Football League scouts. In September 2009, Fulham offered Payne and Sutton a contract. It was thought to be worth a six-figure-sum for Sutton. Although Fulham could not officially sign a player outside the transfer window, Payne joined the reserve squad in October. He played many games for the reserve team but did not break into the first team.
During the 2010 close-season, Gillingham manager Andy Hessenthaler revealed his eagerness to sign Payne, eventually joining Gillingham on a free transfer in June 2010, signing a two-year contract. Payne played several pre-season friendlies and made his first professional football appearance in the first league game of the season, against Cheltenham Town. In February 2011, Payne went to Braintree Town on a one-month loan, and scored a hat-trick in his second appearance to help beat Basingstoke Town 5–2.
Payne scored his first goal for Gillingham in the 6–1 away win over Hereford United on 17 September 2011.
On 27 January 2012, he signed for Aldershot Town, and in February the club's official website announced that he had been sent out on loan to Sutton United until the end of the season. Aldershot manager Dean Holdsworth said that Payne needed to play regular football, but on 22 February, the Sutton Guardian announced that Payne's contract at Aldershot had been cancelled and that Sutton had got the player for nothing.
Payne signed in August 2013 for AFC Hornchurch in the Isthmian League, scoring twice on his debut away at Dulwich Hamlet.
On 3 June 2014, Payne signed for Dover Athletic. He was the club's top scorer in both of his seasons with the Kent club, and was named Players' Player of the Year for the 2015–16 season.
On 18 May 2016, Payne signed for Barnsley on a two-year contract with the option to extend for another year. He signed on loan for Shrewsbury Town for the remainder of the season in January 2017, with the move later being made permanent, signing a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee in August 2017.