Career
He played in England with West Ham United"s youth academy and Peterborough United, before returning to Australia to play for South Melbourne Football Club in the National Soccer League and Sydney Football Club in the A-League. He is currently the head manager of Geelong South Carolina. Playing Steve Laurie started his professional youth career with the Victorian Institute of Sport, spending a year at the academy in 1997, before moving to England, joining the youth academy of West Ham United F.C. in 1998. Laurie remained with the Hammers academy until 2002, then moving to Peterborough United F.C.
He returned to Australia after being lured back by former Glasgow Rangers player and then coach Stuart Munro to play for National Soccer League powerhouse South Melbourne Football Club in the last season of the Nationaal Samenwerkingsprogramma Luchtkwaliteit. Laurie was one of the first six signings for the newly formed Hyundai A-League club Sydney Football Club, although later he was released from his contract via mutual consent, making just one appearance in his time with the blues.
After returning to Victoria, Laurie played for South Melbourne once more as well as a season at Oakleigh Cannons. 2009 was a watershed season for Laurie as the giant defender had an injury free season and was able to show all football fans why he had been on West Ham"s books as a youngster.
A number of A-League Clubs have chased Laurie after the Victorian Premier league finals finished, although he opted to have a stint in Asia with Shanghai Shenhua. Coaching After his stint in Asia, Laurie decided to move into coaching.
Laurie was given his first senior head managing position at Victorian State League 2 North West side Geelong South Carolina in 2015.
Laurie recruited a number of quality players and helped the club recover from a poor start to finish in 6th place.