Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ian Alexander [1] | ||
Date of birth | 26 January 1963 | ||
Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1981–1983 | Rotherham United | 11 | (0) |
1983–1985 | Motherwell | 24 | (2) |
1984 | → Morton (loan) | 7 | (1) |
1985–1986 | Pezoporikos Larnaca | (?) | |
1986–1994 | Bristol Rovers | 299 | (10) |
1995–1998 | Yate Town | ||
Managerial career | |||
Yate Town | |||
Wotton Rovers | |||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ian Alexander (born 26 January 1963) is a Scottish former professional footballer, who played the majority of his career at Bristol Rovers.
Alexander played for Rotherham United, Motherwell and Morton, and spent a year playing in Cyprus with Pezoporikos Larnaca, before joining Rovers in 1986. He was appointed manager of Yate Town in 1997. He then managed Wotton Rovers in 2000. [2]
In October 2024, Alexander revealed his CTE diagnosis, revealing that he only had a few years to live. [3] CTE is believed to result from repeated head trauma and has left him with severe brain damage sustained during his 13-year playing career. He is among a group of former players pursuing legal action against the Football Association (FA) over the long-term effects of head injuries in football. [4]
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