Adrian Heath

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Adrian Heath
Personal information
Date of birth January 11, 1961 (1961-01-11) (age 47)
Place of birth    Newcastle-under-Lyme, England
Height 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Playing position Midfielder (retired)
Club information
Current club Austin Aztex (manager)
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1979–1982
1982–1988
1988–1989
1989–1990
1990–1992
1992
1992–1995
1995–1996
1996–1997		 Stoke City
Everton
RCD Espanyol
Aston Villa
Manchester City
Stoke City
Burnley
Sheffield United
Burnley		 095 (16)
226 (17)
024 0(1)
009 0(0)
075 0(4)
006 0(0)
115 (29)
004 0(0)
005 0(0)   
National team
1981–1983 England U21 008 0(3)
Teams managed
1996–1997
1999
2005
2007
2008–		 Burnley
Sheffield United
Coventry City (caretaker)
Coventry City (caretaker)
Austin Aztex

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)

Adrian Heath (born January 11, 1961 in Newcastle-under-Lyme) is an English football manager and former player. He is currently manager of American team Austin Aztex. As a player he is best remembered as part of the successful Everton side of the 1980s.

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[edit] Playing career

Heath grew up supporting Stoke City and started his playing career at the club. He became a regular in the first team, making 95 appearances. Heath joined Everton in January 1982 for a then club record fee of £700,000. He become the club's top scorer in his first full season, scoring 18 in all competitions in the 1983–84 season. Despite the fact that Heath only played 17 games in the 1984–85 campaign, his scoring got into double figures every season until 1988.

A goal for which many fans remember Heath is credited with changing Everton's fortunes in the 1983–84 road to the League Cup Final at Oxford United. Grabbing a poor Kevin Brock back-pass, Heath scored a goal away at Oxford to equalize the match and earn Everton a chance to turn things around.

Heath then became something of a journeyman, with a spell in Spain with Espanyol. He later returned to England where he spent the remainder of his career, the most notable part being a three year stint at Burnley. In all, over £2 million was spent on fees for Heath during his career.

[edit] Managerial career

Heath began his managerial career as player-manager of Burnley in March 1996. He left after the 1996–97 season having finished ninth in the Second Division. Two years later he was appointed manager of Sheffield United but he left the club after only five months.

He also worked with former Everton team-mate Peter Reid at Sunderland, Leeds United and Coventry City. When Reid left Coventry in January 2005, Heath stepped in as caretaker. He remained at the club under Reid's successor Micky Adams and again acted as caretaker in January 2007 before leaving the club after Iain Dowie was appointed.[1][2]

Heath was appointed manager of USL-1 expansion team Austin Aztex in February 2008.[3] Austin Aztex have a close relationship with English side Stoke City, where Heath started his career.

[edit] Honours

[edit] with Everton

Football League Division One

  • Winner - 1984-85, 1986-87

FA Cup

  • Winner - 1984
  • Runner-up -1989

Football League Cup

  • Runner-up - 1984

Charity Shield

  • Winner - 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987

European Cup Winners Cup

  • Winner - 1985

[edit] with Burnley

Football League Second Division playoffs

  • Winner - 1994

[edit] References

  1. ^ Adams sacked by City
  2. ^ Dowie takes over as Coventry boss
  3. ^ Aztex Announce Head Coach. SunHerald (2008-02-21). Retrieved on 2008-02-21.

Club Deportes Austin Coverage

[edit] External links

Sporting positions
New creation Austin Aztex head coach
2008–		 Incumbent
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