Remie Streete (born 2 November 1994) is an English former professional
footballer
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who played as a
defender. He is the son of
Floyd Streete.
He turned professional at
Newcastle United
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in June 2011, and had brief
loan
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spells at
Port Vale
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and
Rangers before he joined Port Vale on a
free transfer in June 2015. He left Vale following the club's
relegation
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out of
EFL League One
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in May 2017.
Career
Newcastle United
Born in
Aylesbury
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, England, Streete grew up in
South Shields
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and played for Boldon Colts from the age of five to 13, before rejecting interest from
Sunderland
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to join the
Newcastle United
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academy
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in 2008.
[ He made his debut for the under-18s against ]Crewe Alexandra
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on 20 March 2010. He was given the inaugural Jack Hixon
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A familiar face at football games across the North East for decades, Hixon played a major part in furthering the careers of many footballers from the region.
...
Award in 2010.[ He signed professional terms with the club in June 2011, with the three-and-a-half-year ]contract
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starting on his 17th birthday.
In 2012, Streete won the Wor Jackie Award honouring the club's young Player of the Year. He ruptured his ankle ligaments in a reserve
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derby in March 2012 and was ruled out for ten months following surgery. In February 2014, reserve team coach
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Willie Donachie
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was forced to resign from the club after striking Streete after the teenager gave away a penalty
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in a defeat to Sunderland reserves.
Loan to Port Vale
He joined League One
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side Port Vale
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on loan
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on 9 October 2014, with Rob Page
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's "Valiants" yet to keep a clean sheet
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in the 2014–15 season. He had been linked with a move to Vale Park
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The ground has seen its capacity go up and down, its peak being 42,000 in 1954 against Blackpool, although a club record 49, ...
for a number of weeks, but the loan deal was delayed after Alan Pardew
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named him in Newcastle's travelling party to Crystal Palace
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and Stoke City
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. He made his professional debut in the Football League
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at Vale Park on 25 October, coming on for Carl Dickinson
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at half-time
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, and he helped the club to record their first clean sheet of the season with a 3–0 victory over Leyton Orient
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. His loan deal was then extended by a further two months. On 12 November, Streete was recalled by Newcastle United following injuries to three of their regular centre-backs.
Loan to Rangers
On 2 February 2015, Streete joined Scottish Championship
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Scotland (, ...
club Rangers on loan until the end of the 2014–15 season, along with Newcastle teammates Gaël Bigirimana
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He began his professional career at Coventry City in 2011 ...
, Shane Ferguson
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, Kevin Mbabu
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and Haris Vučkić
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. The move reportedly guaranteed him first team football, as Rangers caretaker manager
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Kenny McDowall claimed the club's management instructed him to play all five Newcastle players in the first XI
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. Yet only Streete and Vučkić started the next game, a Scottish Cup
The Scottish Football Association Challenge Cup,[Raith Rovers
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at Ibrox Stadium
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, which saw Streete leave the pitch with an injury before half-time.
He was released by Newcastle at the end of the 2014–15 season, having requested a free transfer away from St James' Park
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in order to find first team football elsewhere.
Port Vale
Streete signed a two-year contract with Port Vale in June 2015, stating that he decided to commit himself to the "Valiants" due to the appreciation shown to him by the club's supporters following his previous loan spell. He started the 2015–16 season competing with Richard Duffy
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and Ryan Inniss
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for one of two available centre-back places. However, he then also fell behind Ryan McGivern
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He began his ...
in the pecking order, and failed to make an appearance for four months after playing in the 2–0 FA Cup
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defeat to Exeter City
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on 6 December.
He started the 2016–17 season in a centre-back partnership with Nathan Smith, and scored his first goal in professional football on 13 August to secure a 2–0 home win over Southend United
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. His goal and performance saw him named in the ''Football League Paper's'' League One Team of the Day. Manager
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Bruno Ribeiro
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A midfielder with a powerful left-foot strike, he began his playing ca ...
stated that: "for me he is a top player and can play in the Premier League. He has the quality for that". He started every league game before picking up "a rare injury to the back of his knee" in a 2–0 defeat to Millwall
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at The Den
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on 14 February. The club were relegated
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into EFL League Two
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at the end of the campaign, and Streete was released in May 2017 after manager Michael Brown was unable to match his current wages in the club's reduced budget. Streete issued a statement to give thanks to "Rob Page
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, Bruno Ribeiro and Michael Brown for believing in me... and, most importantly, I would like to thank the fans who gave their support, week in, week out, to myself and my team mates".
Streete had a trial at AFC Wimbledon
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in July 2018 and impressed "Dons" manager Neal Ardley
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Ardley was capped at Under-21 level by England. Ar ...
, though was not offered a contract at Kingsmeadow
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. He returned to train with former club Port Vale in January 2019, though defence was not a priority area for manager Neil Aspin
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A solid defender who could play at centre-back and right-back, he was a good marker and an adept tackler. He made his debut in the English Football League for L ...
. He went on to trial at Notts County
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in July 2019.
Personal life
He is the son of former Cambridge United
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and Wolverhampton Wanderers
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defender Floyd Streete.
Career statistics
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Streete, Remie
1994 births
Living people
Footballers from Aylesbury
English people of Jamaican descent
Black British sportsmen
English men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Newcastle United F.C. players
Port Vale F.C. players
Rangers F.C. players
English Football League players