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Viv Anderson
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English footballer (born 1956)
OverviewAI-generated
Viv Anderson is a male English association football player and coach born in Clifton, Nottinghamshire, in 1956. He holds United Kingdom citizenship and speaks English. His professional career began in 1974, during which he played as a defender, specifically a right-back, for clubs including Middlesbrough F.C., Arsenal F.C., Sheffield Wednesday F.C., and Barnsley F.C. He competed in the Premier League and recorded zero total goals in his career.
Anderson represented England in international competitions, participating in the 1982 and 1986 FIFA World Cups, as well as UEFA Euro 1980 and UEFA Euro 1988. He played four matches for his national team. After his playing days, he served as a coach for Stockport County F.C. In recognition of his contributions, he was awarded the title of Member of the Order of the British Empire.
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Film & TV
Clifton, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
Known for
- Local Heroes — Self2023
- Icons of Football — Self - Interviewed Guest2023
- John Barnes: Poetry in Motion — Self2018
- I Believe in Miracles — Himself2015
- First Among Equals: The Laurie Cunningham Story — Self2013
- Match of the Day 2 — Pundit2004
- Manchester United: The Official History 1878-2002 — Self (Full-back 1987-91)2002
- Black Flash: A Century of Black Footballers in Britain — Self
via TMDB
Key facts
- 1978
- England U21
- Full name
- Vivian Alexander Anderson
- Date of birth
- ( 1956-07-29 ) 29 July 1956 (age 69)
- Place of birth
- Clifton, Nottingham , England
- Height
- 6 ft 0 in (1.82 m)
- Position
- Right-back
- Years
- Team
- 1974 1984
- Nottingham Forest
- 1984 1987
- Arsenal
- 1987 1991
- Manchester United
- 1991 1993
- Sheffield Wednesday
- 1993 1994
- Barnsley
- 1994 1995
- Middlesbrough
- 1978 1980
- England B
- 1978 1988
- England
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Right-Back
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Anderson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Clifton
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- UEFA Euro 1988
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- England men's national association football team
- Position played
- defender
- League
- Premier League
- Country for sport
- England
- Official website
- www.vivanderson.co.uk
- Image
- Europa Cup I wedstrijd Ajax tegen Nottingham Forest 0-1 Viv Anderson, Bestanddeelnr 930-7890 (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 184
Show 7 more facts
- date of birth
- 1956-08-29
- coach of sports team
- Stockport County F.C.
- start of work period
- 1974-00-00
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 1
- total goals in career
- 0
- Commons category
- Viv Anderson
- name in native language
- Viv Anderson
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
Vivian Alexander Anderson MBE (born 29 July 1956) is an English former professional footballer who played as a right-back. He is best known for his ten-year stint with Nottingham Forest, with whom he won the First Division title in 1978, as well as the European Cup in 1979 and 1980.
In 1978, he became the first black footballer to play for England's senior men's national team, and from 1980 to 1988, was selected in the England squad for four major tournaments. He also had a short-lived managerial career with Barnsley, before joining Middlesbrough as assistant manager to Bryan Robson, where he remained until 2001.
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