Steiner started out playing football in his homeland with
IFK Norrköping. He moved to England in 1996, originally on loan to
Bradford City when manager
Chris Kamara signed Steiner, fellow Swede
Magnus Pehrsson and Norwegian striker
Ole Bjørn Sundgot. Steiner was the most successful of the three after scoring three league goals during his loan spell, and more famously one of the three goals in the 3–2
FA Cup triumph over
Everton. Steiner's form earned him a call-up to the national side. He won three caps and scored one goal. Kamara bought the Swede for
£500,000 the following summer. In his first and only full season at
Valley Parade he forged a deadly partnership with Brazilian
Edinho. The pair each scored ten goals and were the club's leading goalscorers during
1997–98. The following summer new manager
Paul Jewell was given cash to spend by chairman
Geoffrey Richmond and Steiner fell out of favour. He played just one
League Cup game in
1998–99 in a 1–1 draw with
Lincoln City. Steiner was loaned out twice to
Queens Park Rangers and once to
Walsall before he was signed permanently by QPR for £215,000. However, after just 24 games and six goals Steiner was forced to retire due to a serious knee injury at just 27 years of age in November 2000. == Career statistics ==