Nigel Worthington, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Nigel Worthington

Northern Irish association football player and manager

Date of Birth: 04-Nov-1961

Place of Birth: Ballymena, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Nigel Worthington

  • Nigel Worthington (born 4 November 1961) is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who was most recently the manager of York City. He played a defender and a midfielder, playing his club football for Ballymena United, Notts County, Sheffield Wednesday, Leeds United, Stoke City and Blackpool.
  • With Sheffield Wednesday he won the League Cup in 1991.
  • As an international player, he was capped 66 times for Northern Ireland, and appeared for them at the 1986 FIFA World Cup. Worthington began his managerial career as player-manager of Blackpool in 1997 before he took over as manager of Norwich City in 2000.
  • He guided Norwich into the Premier League in the 2003–04 season as First Division title winners.
  • He left just over two years afterwards, having failed to keep them in the top-flight in 2005.
  • He was briefly caretaker manager of Leicester City in 2007 prior to starting as manager of Northern Ireland, from which he stepped down in 2011.

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