Terry Phelan

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Terry Phelan
Personal information
Full name Terrence Phelan
Date of birth (1967-03-16) 16 March 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth Manchester, England
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
 South United (technical director)
Youth career
1984–1985 Leeds United
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1985–1986 Leeds United 14 (0)
1986–1987 Swansea City 45 (0)
1987–1992 Wimbledon 159 (1)
1992–1995 Manchester City 104 (2)
1995–1997 Chelsea 15 (0)
1997–2000 Everton 25 (0)
1999 → Crystal Palace (loan) 14 (0)
2000–2001 Fulham 18 (2)
2001 Sheffield United 8 (0)
2001–2005 Charleston Battery 39 (0)
2005–2009 Otago United 6 (0)
Total447(5)
International career
1987 Republic of Ireland U21 1 (0)
1990 Republic of Ireland U23 1 (0)
1990 Republic of Ireland B 1 (0)
1991–2000 Republic of Ireland 42 (1)
Managerial career
2015–2016 Kerala Blasters Youth (Technical director)
2015 Kerala Blasters (Interim)
2019– South United (Technical director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Terrence Phelan (born 16 March 1967) is a football coach and former professional footballer. He is the technical director of Indian I-League 2nd Division side South United FC. He also works as a pundit for Sony Sports Network and Sports18. [1]

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Nicknamed "The Scuttler", [2] he played as a left-back from 1984 to 2009. He played in the Premier League for Manchester City, Chelsea and Everton, as well as in the Football League for Leeds United, Swansea City, Wimbledon, Crystal Palace, Fulham, Sheffield United. He finished his career abroad for Charleston Battery and Otago United. He also made 42 appearances for the Irish national team, whom he represented at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

During 2015, he was the head coach of Kerala Blasters of the Indian Super League, [3] and has remained in Indian football ever since. [4]

Club career

Phelan started his career as part of the Leeds United youth system, and made 19 appearances for Leeds in the 1985–86 season, but was released on a free transfer by Leeds manager Billy Bremner. [5] Phelan then spent a year at Swansea City, earning a move to top division Wimbledon a year later.

In his first season at Wimbledon, Phelan was a member of the team which won the FA Cup with a shock win over Liverpool in the final. He also helped Wimbledon finish seventh in the league on two occasions during his time there.

After five years at Wimbledon in which he made 198 appearances, Phelan was transferred to Manchester City for £2.5 million at the start of the 1992–93 season, equalling the British record transfer fee for a defender as well as equalling the club's record fee. At City, Phelan made 122 appearances over three and a half seasons. Arguably the best goal of Phelan's career came at Maine Road for City in an FA Cup tie against Tottenham Hotspur when the full-back ran the length of the pitch skipping several challenges and keeping his cool to slot home.

Phelan moved to Chelsea in November 1995, where he spent two years on the fringes of the first team (playing just 15 times in the league) before moving to Everton, where he played regularly under Joe Royle, until he suffered an injury from which he took nearly 18 months to recover. [6]

During Phelan's injury, Walter Smith took over as Everton manager (after Howard Kendall's third spell as manager lasted just one season), and Phelan only played twice under Smith at the start of the 1999–2000 season. [7] He was subsequently loaned to Crystal Palace. Phelan moved to Fulham in February 2000, and was part of the Fulham team which won promotion to the Premier League in 2001. However, Phelan was released by Fulham following promotion, having just made two league appearances that campaign. [8] Phelan then had a short spell with Sheffield United before moving to the United States, where he played for Charleston Battery and also coached young players. In October 2005, Phelan was named as player-coach of Otago United in the New Zealand Football Championship. [9] He remained as coach for four seasons up until the end of the 2008–09 season when, owing to poor results, he was replaced by his assistant Malcolm Fleming for the 2009–10 season.

International career

He made 42 appearances for the Irish national team, whom he represented at the 1994 FIFA World Cup.

Coaching career

Phelan is one of the coaches at the new Templegate Training Academy in Ardwick, Manchester. [10]

On 6 April 2015, Phelan was appointed as a Technical Director of Kerala Blasters' grassroots programme. On 1 November 2015, he was made the head coach of the Blasters after Peter Taylor was sacked. He returned to his previous role when Steve Coppell was appointed as head coach. He then went on to become technical director of Bangalore Super Division club South United in August 2019. [11]

Honours

Wimbledon

Fulham

Charleston Battery

Awards

See also

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References

  1. ↑ https://icdb.tv/stats/8787/Terry-Phelan
  2. ↑ Auclair, Phillipe (21 August 2009). Cantona: The Rebel Who Would Be King. p. 326. ISBN   9780230747012. Archived from the original on 11 October 2021. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  3. ↑ "ISL 2015: Irishman Terry Phelan appointed new head coach of Kerala Blasters". First Post. 1 November 2015. Archived from the original on 4 November 2015. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Bengaluru's South United FC gets Manchester City player Terry Phelan as Director". International Business Times . 23 August 2019. Archived from the original on 14 September 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  5. ↑ "Leeds United player profile – Terry Phelan". leeds-fans.org.uk. Archived from the original on 26 June 2011. Retrieved 30 May 2006.
  6. ↑ "Everton Past Player Fact File – Terry Phelan". Toffeeweb. Archived from the original on 25 May 2006. Retrieved 30 May 2006.
  7. ↑ "Games played by Terry Phelan in 1999/2000". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
  8. ↑ "Games played by Terry Phelan in 2000/2001". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  9. ↑ "Terry Phelan arrives in Otago". NZCity News. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2006.
  10. ↑ Manchester Evening News, 25 June 2013
  11. ↑ "Bengaluru's South United FC gets Manchester City player Terry Phelan as Director". ibtimes.co.in. 23 August 2019. Archived from the original on 14 September 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
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