Steve Ball
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Steven John Ball | ||
| Date of birth | 2 September 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Colchester, England | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Arsenal | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1989 | Arsenal | 0 | (0) |
| 1989–1990 | Colchester United | 4 | (0) |
| 1990–1992 | Norwich City | 2 | (0) |
| 1992 | Cambridge United | 0 | (0) |
| 1992–1996 | Colchester United | 64 | (7) |
| 1996–1998 | Sudbury Town | 77 | (14) |
| 1998 | Heybridge Swifts | ||
| 2003 | Long Melford | ||
| Total | 147 | (21) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1998–2003 | Stanway Rovers | ||
| 2006 | Clacton Town | ||
| 2013–2014 | Leiston | ||
| 2015–2016 | Maldon & Tiptree | ||
| 2016 | Colchester United (caretaker) | ||
| 2020–2021 | Colchester United | ||
| 2022 | Colchester United (interim) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Steven John Ball (born 2 September 1969) is an English football manager and former professional footballer. Ball is the Head of Academy Coaching at League Two club Colchester United.
Ball began his career with Arsenal, with whom he won the FA Youth Cup in 1988, but failed to make a first-team appearance for the club. He made his Football League debut with Colchester United, where he had two stints separated by spells with Norwich City and Cambridge United. In a career blighted by injury, Ball made 70 Football League appearances between 1987 and 1996. He also spent time in non-League football with Sudbury Town, Heybridge Swifts, and briefly Long Melford.
Ball was manager at Stanway Rovers, Clacton Town, Leiston and Maldon & Tiptree, and was part of the coaching team at Colchester United before being named assistant manager to David Wright and John McGreal, and becoming head coach in July 2020. He parted company with Colchester in February 2021.