Scott Green (footballer)

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Scott Green
Personal information
Full name Scott Paul Green [1]
Date of birth (1970-01-15) 15 January 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth Walsall, England
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 Pallo-Iirot (manager)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1986–1990 Derby County 0 (0)
1989 → Euran Pallo (loan) 17 (23)
1990–1997 Bolton Wanderers 257 (25)
1997–2003 Wigan Athletic 213 (10)
2003 Wrexham 15 (3)
2003–2004 Telford United 20 (3)
2004–2005 Wrexham 12 (0)
2005–2006 Ashton United
Total534(64)
Managerial career
2006–2008 Ashton United
2018– Pallo-Iirot
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Scott Paul Green (born 15 January 1970) is an English football manager and former professional footballer who is the manager of Finnish club Pallo-Iirot.

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As a player, he was a defender who notably played in the Premier League for Bolton Wanderers. He also played in the Football League with Wigan Athletic and Wrexham as well as non-league sides Telford United and Ashton United.

Following retirement, Green managed Ashton United before having spells as a youth coach at both Yeovil Town and Portsmouth.

Playing career

As a schoolboy, Green spent time at Walsall, West Brom and Wolverhampton Wanderers before Derby County took him on trial as a centre-forward where he would do two year apprenticeship and two-year professional. He ultimately failed to play a single game for Derby but would have a successful loan spell in 1989 with Finnish side Euran Pallo, [2] scoring 23 goals in 17 matches. [3] In 1990, Green signed for Bolton Wanderers for £50,000, making his début against Shrewsbury Town. scoring his first goal against Bristol City at Burnden Park. He would help Wanderers reach the play-offs that season, and made an appearance in the 1991 play-off final at Wembley against Tranmere. In 1993 Green would help Bolton Secure Promotion to the First Division by beating Preston North End on the final day of the season 1–0 at Burnden Park to secure automatic promotion. In 1994, Green switched to full-back helping Bolton achieve promotion to the Premier League and also played in the 1995 Football League Cup Final against Liverpool.

Green joined Wigan Athletic for £300,000 in June 1997, scoring on his début in a 5–2 win over Wycombe Wanderers on the opening day of the 1997/98 season. Now a regular fixture at right-back, he was part of the side that would win the Football League Trophy at Wembley in 1999 as an unused substitute. [4] A virtual ever present in the first half of Wigan's First Division Championship winning season, he would be allowed to leave the club for Wrexham in 2003 where Green would also play a big part in gaining promotion with Wrexham to Division one. Green's second spell at Wrexham in 2005 would see him gain another medal in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy at the Millennium Stadium.

Coaching career

Green's first managerial job came in charge of Ashton United where he spent 18 months in charge from 2006 to 2007. [5] On 15 October 2018, Green was appointed as manager of Finnish club Pallo-Iirot after spells at Preston North End Yeovil Town and Portsmouth. [6]

Honours

Bolton Wanderers

Wigan Athletic

Wrexham

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References

  1. ↑ "Scott Green". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
  2. ↑ Setänen, Eetu (27 June 2013). "Euran Wembleyltä Valioliigaan" (in Finnish). Länsi-Suomi . Retrieved 20 March 2016.
  3. ↑ Lahtinen, Esko S.; Malmberg, Kirsti; Sainio, Iris (1990). Jalkapallokirja 1990 (in Finnish). Football Association of Finland. p. 228. ISBN   951-9392-37-8.
  4. ↑ "Auto Windscreens Shield Final - Sunday 18th April 1999". cockneylatic.co.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  5. ↑ "Review of the Decade: 2000 - 2009". Ashton United . Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  6. ↑ "Scott Green Pallo-Iirojen miesten edustusjoukkueen ja A-juniorien päävalmentajaksi!" (in Finnish). Pallo-Iirot. 15 October 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  7. ↑ Moore, Glenn (2 April 1995). "Liverpool prevail in cup final to savour". The Independent. Retrieved 3 April 2024.


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