Stefan Trevor Oakes (born 6 September 1978) is an English former professional footballer, who notably represented
Leicester City in the
Premier League during a career which began in 1998 and ended in 2013.
Career
Leicester City
Oakes was born in
Leicester
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,
Leicestershire
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.
A left-footed midfielder, he began his career at
Leicester City. Given his debut as a substitute in a 2–4 defeat to
Chelsea at
Filbert Street at the age of 19, he represented Leicester in the
2000 League Cup final at
Wembley Stadium.
Oakes was released by manager
Micky Adams on 4 March 2003.
Walsall
Following his release by Leicester, Oakes opted to join
Colin Lee's
Walsall.
Notts County
He then moved to
Notts County but, despite being a regular starter and fans' favourite at the club, he rejected the offer of a new contract in the summer of 2005 and moved to their League Two rivals,
Wycombe Wanderers.
Wycombe Wanderers
Oakes spent three seasons with Wycombe, making a total of 96 appearances in
League Two and scoring five goals, before moving to
Lincoln City.
Lincoln City
On 9 June 2008, Oakes agreed to join
Lincoln City on a two-year contract, after declining a new contract offer at Wycombe Wanderers.
On 29 May 2009, following the signing of
Richard Butcher, Oakes was told that he was free to leave Lincoln City by Imps' boss
Peter Jackson
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. He departed
Sincil Bank on 30 March 2010 after agreeing to cancel his contract with the club.
Tamworth
Following his release from Lincoln City, Oakes undertook pre-season trials with both
Mansfield Town and
Halesowen Town before signing for
Conference National
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side
Tamworth on 11 August 2010.
Move to F.C. New York
On 20 December 2010, it was announced that Oakes was leaving Tamworth to pursue a playing and coaching career in the United States at New York based club,
F.C. New York
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.
Return to England
On 5 January 2013 it was announced that Oakes had signed for
United Counties League side
Oadby Town
.
He left Oadby in April 2013, to resume his coaching career in the United States.
Personal life
Oakes' brother
Scott
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was also a professional footballer. Their father
Trevor Oakes was a guitarist in the band
Showaddywaddy.
Honours
;Leicester City
*
League Cup: 1999-00
Career statistics
References
External links
*
Official Wycombe Profile
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1978 births
Living people
Footballers from Leicester
English footballers
Association football midfielders
Leicester City F.C. players
Crewe Alexandra F.C. players
Walsall F.C. players
Notts County F.C. players
Wycombe Wanderers F.C. players
Lincoln City F.C. players
Tamworth F.C. players
Premier League players
English Football League players
National League (English football) players
United Counties League players