Paul Bodin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Paul Bodin

Welsh footballer

Date of Birth: 13-Sep-1964

Place of Birth: Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

Profession: engineer, association football manager, association football player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Paul Bodin

  • Paul John Bodin (born 13 September 1964) is a Welsh former professional footballer and coach who is now the coach of the Wales under-21 team.
  • His son, Billy Bodin, is also a professional footballer. A former Chelsea youth team graduate, he moved to Cardiff City via Newport County in 1982.
  • He helped Cardiff to win promotion out of the Third Division in 1982–83.
  • He returned to non-League football with Merthyr Tydfil and Bath City in 1985, before rejoining Newport for a £15,000 fee in January 1988.
  • Two months later he was sold on to Swindon Town for twice this sum, and became the club's first choice left-back, helping them to win the 1990 Second Division play-off final and winning himself a place on the PFA Team of the Year in 1990–91.
  • He was sold to Crystal Palace for £550,000 in March 1991, but was loaned out to Newcastle United before being sold back to Swindon for £225,000 in January 1992.
  • Named as Swindon's Player of the Season in 1992–93, he scored the winning goal in the 1991 First Division play-off final.
  • He featured in the Premier League, though after two successive relegations he again earned a place on the Second Division's PFA Team of the Year in 1995–96.
  • He then spent two seasons with Reading, as well as a loan spell at Wycombe Wanderers, before entering management with Bath City in 1998.
  • He also won 23 caps for Wales between 1990 and 1994. He spent three seasons as Bath City's manager, before spending 12 years as a youth team coach at Swindon, also spending two games in caretaker charge of the first team in 2011.
  • He then coached at Southampton's Academy, before becoming assistant manager at Port Vale in May 2015.
  • In August 2019, he was promoted from Wales under-19 coach to Wales under-21 team coach.

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