Steve Chettle
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Stephen John Chettle | ||
| Date of birth | 27 September 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Nottingham, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Basford United (director of football) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1983–1986 | Nottingham Forest | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1999 | Nottingham Forest | 415 | (11) |
| 1999 | → Barnsley (loan) | 2 | (1) |
| 1999–2002 | Barnsley | 90 | (2) |
| 2001 | → Walsall (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Grimsby Town | 20 | (1) |
| 2003–2004 | Burton Albion | 24 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | Ilkeston Town | 26 | (1) |
| Total | 557 | (16) | |
| International career | |||
| 1988–1989 | England U21 | 12 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2017–2018 | Ilkeston Town | ||
| 2018 | Notts County (joint caretaker) | ||
| 2018 | Notts County (caretaker) | ||
| 2019–2022 | Basford United | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Stephen John Chettle (born 27 September 1968) is an English football manager and former professional footballer.
As a player, he was a defender from 1986 to 2005 and was best known for his time as a player at Nottingham Forest where he made 415 league appearances and played numerous seasons in the Premier League, won the League Cup and was a runner-up in the FA Cup. Despite playing most of his career in the top level of English football, Chettle never made the England squad, but came close in 1992, despite this Chettle played 12 games for the England Under-21s, captaining them in his final appearance. He went on to play for Barnsley, Walsall and Grimsby Town before ending his career in Non-League football with stints at Burton Albion and Ilkeston Town.
Since his retirement, Chettle had coached at former club Forest at academy level, before joining Ilkeston in 2014. He went on to join Notts County as a first team coach and twice served as caretaker manager during the 2018–19 season.