Paul Lambert

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Personal information
Paul Lambert
Image:PLambert.jpg
Full name	Paul Lambert
Date of birth	August 7, 1969 (age 37)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Playing position	Manager (former midfielder)
Club information
Current club	Wycombe Wanderers
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1986-1993 1993-1996 1996-1997 1997-2005 2005-2006	St. Mirren Motherwell Borussia Dortmund Celtic Livingston	227 (14) 103 (6) 044 (1) 193 (14) 007 (0)
National team
1995-2004	Scotland	40 (1)
Teams managed
2005-2006 2006-present	Livingston Wycombe Wanderers
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Paul Lambert (born 7 August 1969) is a former Scottish footballer and is currently manager of Wycombe Wanderers.

Lambert started his playing career with Crawfords F.C - scoring over 10 sausage rolls a season, an amazing return for a wee stoat the baw of many bairns in the notoriously fruitful region of the junior area known as Embra. Linwood Rangers in 1984, before entering the professional game with St Mirren in 1985. He played there for eight years before transferring to Motherwell in 1993.

In 1996 Lambert transferred to the German Bundesliga side Borussia Dortmund. He was well liked by the fans in Germany, and he contributed to the team's success in winning the 1997 UEFA Champions League: in the final against Juventus in Munich on May 28, 1997, he played superbly in midfield to help quell the influence of Juve's French playmaker Zinedine Zidane as Dortmund won 3-1. This made him the first British player to get a Champions League winners' medal.

In November 1997, after just over a year playing in the Bundesliga, he was signed by Celtic for a fee in the region of £2,000,000. During his time with Celtic, he won four SPL titles, two Scottish Cups, two CIS Insurance Cups and was Captain of the side that reached the 2003 UEFA Cup Final in Seville.

He was also a Scotland international, winning 40 caps and scoring one goal, and played in the 1998 World Cup, turning in an especially impressive performance as the Scots lost 2-1 to Brazil at the Stade de France in the tournament's opening match.

After studying for football coaching qualifications in 2005, Lambert landed his first managerial job with Livingston on 1 June 2005. Lambert studied for his UEFA coaching credentials in Germany, one of very few non-Germans to have been given dispensation to do so. Although he had not intended to play for his new club Lambert registered as a player in late August 2005 to cover for any injury shortages.

On 11 February 2006, Lambert resigned from Livingston FC after overseeing a bad run of results that had brought only two league wins since the start of the season and just 12 points from 26 games. He was replaced by former Heart of Midlothian boss, John Robertson.

Lambert was appointed manager of Wycombe Wanderers on 30 June 2006. He led Wycombe to the League Cup semi-finals with a 1-0 away win over Premiership side Charlton Athletic in December 2006, the first time a club from the fourth tier of English football had reached that stage for over 30 years. They Held champions Chelsea FC to a 1-1 draw at Adams Park.

[edit] Managerial stats

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
Team	Nat	From	To	G	W	L	D	Win %
Livingston		June 1, 2005	February 12, 2006	32	5	20	7	15.62
Wycombe Wanderers		June 30, 2006	Present	43	20	12	11	46.51

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Preceded by Henrik Larsson	Scottish Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year 2002	Succeeded by Barry Ferguson
Preceded by John Gorman	Wycombe Wanderers F.C. manager 2006	Succeeded by Incumbent

	Scotland squad - 1998 FIFA World Cup
1 Leighton \| 2 McNamara \| 3 Boyd \| 4 Calderwood \| 5 Hendry \| 6 T. McKinlay \| 7 Gallacher \| 8 Burley \| 9 Durie \| 10 Jackson \| 11 Collins \| 12 Sullivan \| 13 Donnelly \| 14 Lambert \| 15 Gemmill \| 16 Weir \| 17 B. McKinlay \| 18 Elliott \| 19 Whyte \| 20 Booth \| 21 Gould \| 22 Dailly \| Coach: Brown

Wycombe Wanderers F.C. - Current Squad
1 Talia \| 2 Christon \| 3 Palmer \| 4 Martin \| 5 Antwi \| 6 Williamson \| 7 Ainsworth \| 8 Oakes \| 9 Easter \| 10 Bloomfield \| 12 Onibuje \| 15 Doherty \| 16 Mooney \| 17 McGleish \| 18 Golbourne \| 19 McParland \| 20 Gregory \| 21 Barnes-Holmer \| 22 Torres \| 23 Faulkner \| 24 Cadmore \| 25 Stockley \| 26 Crooks \| 27 Pettigrew \| 28 Anya \| 30 Grant \| 31 Batista \| 32 Young \| 33 Thornton \| Manager: Lambert