Chris Hughton
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| Chris Hughton | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Christopher William Gerard Hughton | |
| Date of birth | 11 December 1958 | |
| Place of birth | Stratford, London, England | |
| Playing position | Full back | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Newcastle United (First-Team Coach) | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1977–1990 1990–1992 1992–1993 |
Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Brentford Total |
297 (12) 33 (0) 32 (0) 362 (12) |
| National team | ||
| 1979-1991 | Republic of Ireland | 53 (0) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1998 2008 2009 |
Tottenham Hotspur (caretaker) Newcastle United (caretaker) Newcastle United (Acting with Colin Calderwood) |
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Christopher William Gerard "Chris" Hughton (born 11 December 1958 in Stratford) is an English-born Irish former footballer. He was a Republic of Ireland international.
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[edit] Club career
A product of Tottenham Hotspur F.C.'s youth system, the right back debuted for the first team aged 18, and would amass (all competitions included) more than 300 appearances. He would play three more injury-ravaged seasons, two at West Ham United and 1992-1993 with Brentford F.C., retiring at 34.
[edit] International career
Hughton won 53 caps for the Republic of Ireland from 1979 to 1991. He was part of the nation's final squads for Euro 1988 (playing all three matches) and 1990 World Cup (where he did not play, Chris Morris playing instead) .
Hughton was awarded a testimonial which was played on May 29, 1995 at Lansdowne Road. He would also serve as the national team's assistant manager under Brian Kerr, from February 2003 to October 2005.
Hughton was the first black footballer to represent the Republic of Ireland at international level.[citation needed]
[edit] Coaching career
From June 1993 to October 2007, Hughton was a coach at Tottenham Hotspur F.C., initially in charge of the under-21 team, then the reserve side in 1999, being promoted to the first team two years later. In his time at Spurs, he served under ten different managers, who include; Ray Clemence, Doug Livermore, Osvaldo Ardiles, Gerry Francis, Christian Gross, George Graham, Glenn Hoddle, David Pleat, Jacques Santini and Martin Jol. He also served as caretaker manager on two separate occasions.
With Hughton on board (under Dutchman Jol), Tottenham finished in fifth place for two consecutive seasons (2005-06 and 2006-07), while also reaching the semifinals of the 2007 Carling Cup. In the same season, Spurs narrowly lost in the FA Cup quarterfinals against Chelsea FC. Internationally, the side bowed out to eventual UEFA Cup winners Sevilla FC, also in the last-eight round.
On 25 October 2007, Hughton was sacked as assistant manager along with Jol, following a UEFA Cup home defeat (in the group stages) to Getafe CF.[1]
On 22 February 2008, he was appointed first team coach at Newcastle United, joining Kevin Keegan's coaching staff, working primarily on defense with Steve Round.[2] In his first game, Newcastle beat former club Tottenham Hotspur 4-1, at White Hart Lane.
On 8 September 2008 Hughton was named caretaker manager of Newcastle following the departures of Keegan, Terry McDermott and Adam Sadler.[3] After a defeat to newly promoted, but in-form Hull City and a League Cup exit to Tottenham Hotspur though, Hughton stood down as caretaker and was replaced on a temporary basis by Joe Kinnear. Hughton was promoted to Assistant Manager after the Magpies appointed Colin Calderwood as First-Team Coach on January 26, 2009. In February, Kinnear took ill before a game with West Bromich Albion, Hughton took charge of that game which Newcastle won 3-2. In the subsequent week following the win it was revealed that Kinnear needed a heart bypass operation and that Hughton along with Colin Calderwood and Paul Barron would have take charge of the team for the next few weeks and possibly months. However following defeats to Bolton Wanderers, Manchester United, Arsenal and a draws against Everton and Hull City resulted in Newcastle appointig Alan Shearer as interim manager until the end of the season, Hughton remains at the club however and could even be set for another spell as manager if the club is not sold by the start of the 2009-10 season.
[edit] Personal life
Hughton's brother Henry played for Crystal Palace and for Ireland once at U21 level in 1981, while son Cian represented one former club, Tottenham.
[edit] Managerial statistics
- As of 13 September 2008.[4]
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
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| G | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Tottenham Hotspur (caretaker) |  |
7 September 1998 | 1 October 1998 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 50.00 |
| Newcastle United (caretaker) | |
8 September 2008 | 29 September 2008 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 14.29 |
[edit] Honours
[edit] As a player
[edit] References
- ^ "Spurs confirm Jol sacking". Sky Sports. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_2825048,00.html. Retrieved on 2007-10-26.
- ^ "Hughton poised for Newcastle role". BBC. 2008-02-22. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/n/newcastle_united/7259282.stm. Retrieved on 2008-02-22.
- ^ "Hughton handed Magpies reins". Sky Sports. 2008-09-08. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11678_4117052,00.html. Retrieved on 2008-09-08.
- ^ "Chris Hughton's managerial career". Soccerbase. http://www.soccerbase.com/managers2.sd?managerid=1317. Retrieved on 2007-08-02.
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