Jason Sean Steele (born 18 August 1990) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion.

[21] Due to a side muscle injury he picked up against Reading in March 2011, Nottingham Forest goalkeeper Paul Smith was brought in to cover for Steele.

[citation needed] Despite impressive performances from Smith, Steele regained his first-team spot for the last two matches of the 2010–11 season, in which he kept clean sheets in both games against Cardiff City and Doncaster Rovers.

[citation needed] Despite Wolverhampton Wanderers goalkeeper Carl Ikeme being brought in on loan at the start of the season, due to a broken wrist for Steele, he quickly regained his first-team place.

[citation needed] He started the 2012–13 season well, putting in man-of-the-match performances against Ipswich Town (in which he got an assist), Watford and Brighton & Hove Albion.

[25] Steele quickly made an impact, which included him establishing himself as first-choice goalkeeper and making 15 league appearances during his initial loan spell.

[27] That season saw Blackburn finish fifteenth, 15 points adrift from the relegation zone,[28] as well as a managerial change occurring which saw heavily-experienced Premier League coach Paul Lambert replace Gary Bowyer.

[32] Steele signed for newly relegated Championship club Sunderland on 26 July 2017 on a four-year contract for an undisclosed fee, reported to be in the region of £500,000.

[38] His next appearance for Brighton came 20 months after his debut, playing and keeping a clean sheet in a 4–0 home victory over Portsmouth in the EFL Cup on 17 September 2020.

[39] Six days later he made another appearance again keeping a clean sheet in another EFL Cup tie, this time a 2–0 away win over Preston North End.

[40] However, his run in the league cup was ended on 30 September after a 3–0 home loss against Manchester United falling short of a quarter final place.

Near the end of normal play, Steele mistimed a cross which landed onto teammate Adam Webster conceding an own goal in the 96th minute taking it to extra time.

[44] Steele made his Premier League debut at the age of 31, after three years at the Albion, replacing the suspended Robert Sánchez in the away fixture at Aston Villa on 20 November, where Brighton lost 2–0.

[45] Steele made two crucial saves in a superb display away against Arsenal in the EFL Cup third round on 9 November 2022, where Brighton stunned the Gunners to a 3–1 victory.

[49] On 29 January, Steele was chosen to play over Sánchez where Brighton went on to beat defending champions Liverpool 2–1 at home in the fourth round of the FA Cup.

"[52] After a 2–2 away draw against Leeds United on 11 March, he earned his second clean sheet four days later, in his second Premier League game at Falmer Stadium in the 1–0 home win over bitter rivals Crystal Palace.

[53][54] On 1 April, Steele assisted Kaoru Mitoma's equaliser – Brighton's first of three – with the Japanese international racing onto his long ball and calmly lifting it into the back of the net in the eventual 3–3 home draw against Brentford.

[6] He was the only member of the squad to not play during the tournament, with Jack Butland keeping him out of the team, and was an unused substitute in all four matches as Great Britain reached the quarter-final.

[70] Steele is related to fellow footballer Lewis Wing who plays for Reading, he too is a former Middlesbrough player, but their spells at the club did not overlap.