Steve Bruce

English professional football manager and former player (born 1960)

Key facts

1987: England B
2001: Wigan Athletic
2019: Sheffield Wednesday
2022: West Bromwich Albion
Full name: Stephen Roger Bruce
Date of birth: ( 1960-12-31 ) 31 December 1960 (age 65)
Place of birth: Corbridge , England
Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position: Centre-back
1977 1979: Gillingham
Years: Team
1979 1984: Gillingham
1984 1987: Norwich City
1987 1996: Manchester United
1996 1998: Birmingham City
1998 1999: Sheffield United
1979 1980: England Youth
1999 2000: Huddersfield Town

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Sports profile

Sport: Soccer
Position: Manager
Nationality: England

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Given name: Steve
Family name: Bruce
Gender: male
Citizenship: United Kingdom
Place of birth: Corbridge
Child: Alex Bruce
Occupation: association football coach
Languages spoken: English language
Sport: association football
Member of team: England national association football B team
Position played: centre-back
League: Premier League
Country for sport: England
Image: Steve Bruce.jpg
Height: 183

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Commons category: Steve Bruce
date of birth: 1960-12-31
birth name: Stephen Roger Bruce
coach of sports team: Blackpool F.C.
name in native language: Steve Bruce
number of matches played/races/starts: 1
total goals in career: 0

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Encyclopedic overview

Stephen Roger Bruce (born 31 December 1960) is an English professional football manager and former player who was a centre-back in a twenty-year playing career. He was most recently the head coach of EFL League One club Blackpool.

Born in Corbridge, Northumberland, Bruce was a promising schoolboy footballer but was rejected by several professional clubs. He was on the verge of quitting the game altogether when he was offered a trial with Gillingham. He was offered an apprenticeship and went on to play more than 200 games for the club before joining Norwich City in 1984, winning the League Cup in 1985. In 1987, he moved to Manchester United, with whom he achieved great success, winning twelve trophies including three Premier League titles, three FA Cups, one League Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup. He also became the first English player of the 20th century to captain a team to the Double. Despite his success on the field, he was never selected to play for the England national team. Commentators and contemporaries have described him as one of the best English players of the 1980s and 1990s never to play for his country at full international level.

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