Nigel Worthington Sports manager

Nigel Worthington (born 4 November 1961) is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who was most recently the manager of York City.He played a defender and a midfielder, playing his club football for Ballymena United, Notts County, Sheffield Wednesday, Leeds United, Stoke City and Blackpool. With Sheffield Wednesday he won the League Cup in 1991. As an international player, he was capped 66 times for Northern Ireland, and appeared for them at the 1986 FIFA World Cup.Worthington began his managerial career as player-manager of Blackpool in 1997 before he took over as manager of Norwich City in 2000. He guided Norwich to the FA Premier League in the 2003–04 season as First Division title winners. He left just over two years afterwards, having failed to keep them in the top-flight in 2005. He was briefly caretaker manager of Leicester City in 2007 prior to starting as manager of Northern Ireland, from which he stepped down in 2011.

Personal facts

Nigel Worthington
Birth dateNovember 04, 1961
Birth place
Northern Ireland national football team , Ballymena
Height (meters)1.8034

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Football manager

club
Leicester City F.C.
Northern Ireland national football team
York City F.C.
Blackpool F.C.
Norwich City F.C.
position
Midfielder
Defender (association football)
teams
Northern Ireland national football team
Notts County F.C.
York City F.C.
Sheffield Wednesday F.C.
Blackpool F.C.
Stoke City F.C.
Ballymena United F.C.
Leeds United A.F.C.
Northern Ireland national under-19 football team

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