Nigel Pearson

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Nigel Pearson
Personal information
Full name	Nigel Pearson
Date of birth	August 21, 1962 (age 44)
Place of birth	Nottingham, England
Height	6'1"
Position	Assistant Manager (former Defender)
Club information
Current club	Newcastle United
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1980-1981 1981-1987 1987-1994 1994-1998	Heanor Town Shrewsbury Town Sheffield Wednesday Middlesbrough	? (?) 153 (5) 180 (14) 115 (5)
Teams managed
1998-1999 2006	Carlisle United West Bromwich Albion (caretaker)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Nigel Pearson (born August 21, 1963) is a football manager, recently being the caretaker of West Bromwich Albion, following the departure of Bryan Robson. Some people think that Pearson saved Carlisle United from a certain death, when he brought in goalkeeper Jimmy Glass on-loan as he scored a last minute goal against Plymouth Argyle which saved the club from relegation to the Football Conference, and instead Scarborough were relegated. The Plymouth game was his last in charge of the Brunton Park outfit.On the 19th of october 2006 he was linked with the Sheffield Wednesday job,alongside Gary Megson, however Nigel has now taken over as Newcastle United Assistant Manager, taking over from Kevin Bond who was sacked after the bungs scandal.