Nick Cusack

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Nick Cusack
Personal information
Full name Nicholas John Cusack [1]
Date of birth (1965-12-24) 24 December 1965 (age 57)
Place of birth Maltby, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1986–1987 Alvechurch
1987–1988 Leicester City 16 (1)
1988–1989 Peterborough United 44 (10)
1989–1992 Motherwell 77 (17)
1992 Darlington 21 (6)
1992–1994 Oxford United 61 (10)
1994 → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) 4 (0)
1994–1997 Fulham 112 (14)
1997–2002 Swansea City 200 (13)
Total535(71)
Managerial career
2002 Swansea City (player-manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nicholas John Cusack (born 24 December 1965 in Maltby, West Riding of Yorkshire) is an English former footballer and, briefly, player-manager. He was for a time chairman of the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA), and is now an Assistant Chief Executive.

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Football career

In October 1997 Cusack joined Swansea City from Fulham for a fee of £50,000.[ citation needed ]

After a period as caretaker manager, he was appointed player-coach in April 2002, [2] but after just 17 games in charge he was replaced by Brian Flynn; he turned down an offer to remain on the coaching staff, and left in September 2002 with the club at the bottom of the Football League. [3]

Cusack was Swansea's PFA representative, and was elected chairman of the Association, succeeding Barry Horne, in November 2001. [4] He was active in the PFA's opposition to a reduction of professional clubs in the league pyramid. [5]

In 2016, Cusack was elected to the General Council of the Trades Union Congress. [6]

Managerial stats

TeamFromToRecord
GWLDWin %
Swansea City 12 April 200220 September 200217210511.8

Honours

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ "Nick Cusack". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
  2. ↑ "Swansea turn to Cusack". BBC Sport. 12 April 2002. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
  3. ↑ "Cusack leaves Swansea". BBC Sport. 20 September 2002. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
  4. ↑ "Cusack in the PFA chair". BBC Sport. 27 November 2001. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
  5. ↑ "PFA 'will fight' club reduction". BBC Sport. 5 December 2002. Retrieved 5 August 2008.
  6. ↑ Trades Union Congress, "TUC General Council members Archived 19 June 2017 at the Wayback Machine "
  7. ↑ "Keane claims award double". BBC Sport. 30 April 2000. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
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