Steven James Hitchen (born 28 November 1976) is an English retired professional
footballer who played as a
defender for
Blackburn Rovers and
Macclesfield Town in
the Football League. He is the former Director of Technical Performance for Tottenham Hotspur.
Career
Hitchen was born in
Salford, England. A
defender, he played for
Blackburn Rovers and
Macclesfield Town in
the Football League and
Bangor City
Bangor City Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Bangor) are an inactive Welsh football club from the City of Bangor, Gwynedd. They started the 2021–22 season in the Cymru North the second level of the Welsh football league system, but ...
.
After his playing career ended, he worked as a football
talent scout . He started at
Tottenham Hotspur in the mid-2000s as a part-time European scout, and played a part in the signings of
Luka Modrić and
Benoît Assou-Ekotto
Benoît Pierre David Assou-Ekotto (born 24 March 1984) is a former professional footballer who played as a left back. Born in France, he represented the Cameroon national team.
Assou-Ekotto began his career at Lens and in 2006 was signed by T ...
. He moved to
Liverpool in 2010 to join
Damien Comolli
Damien Jacques Comolli (born 24 November 1971) is a French former association football, football coach and scout and the current director of football of Toulouse FC. He has previously worked with the clubs AS Monaco FC, Monaco, AS Saint-Étienne, ...
who was once his superior as the director of football at Tottenham. He helped signed
Luis Suárez to Liverpool in 2011.
He then became head of European scouting for
Queens Park Rangers, and in 2016 joint director of recruitment at
Derby County. He was appointed the chief scout for Tottenham Hotspur in February 2017 as a replacement for
Paul Mitchell and left the club in February 2022.
References
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1976 births
Living people
Footballers from Salford
English men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Blackburn Rovers F.C. players
Macclesfield Town F.C. players
Bangor City F.C. players
English Football League players
Queens Park Rangers F.C. non-playing staff
Tottenham Hotspur F.C. non-playing staff