Chris Hughton

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Chris Hughton
Personal information
Full name Christopher William Gerard Hughton
Date of birth December 11, 1958 (1958-12-11) (age 49)
Place of birth    Stratford, England
Playing position Full back (retired)
Club information
Current club Newcastle
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1977-1990
1990-1992
1992-1993		 Tottenham
West Ham
Brentford
Total		 297 (12)
033 0(0)
032 0(0)
362 (12)   
National team
1979-1991 Republic of Ireland 053 0(0)
Teams managed
1998
2001-2007
2003-2005
2008-		 Tottenham (caretaker)
Tottenham (assistant manager)
Republic of Ireland (assistant manager)
Newcastle (first team coach)

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

Christopher William Gerard "Chris" Hughton (born December 11, 1958 in Stratford) is an English-born Irish former footballer. He was a full Republic of Ireland international.

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[edit] Playing 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, barred by Chris Morris and Steven Staunton).

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.

[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 October 25, 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 February 22, 2008, he was appointed first team coach at Newcastle United,[2]joining Kevin Keegan's coaching staff, working primarily on defense with Steve Round.

[edit] Personal

Houghton's brother Henry played for Ireland at U21 level.[citation needed], while son Cian represented one former club, Tottenham.

[edit] Managerial stats

As of 2 August 2007.[3]
Team Nat From To Record
G W L D Win %
Tottenham Hotspur Flag of England September 7, 1998 October 1, 1998 6 3 1 2 50.00

[edit] Honours

[edit] As a player

Tottenham Hotspur

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Spurs confirm Jol sacking", Sky Sports. Retrieved on 2007-10-26. 
  2. ^ Hughton poised for Newcastle role. BBC. Retrieved on 2008-02-22.
  3. ^ "Chris Hughton's managerial career", Soccerbase. Retrieved on 2007-08-02. 

[edit] External links

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Republic of Ireland squad - UEFA Euro 1988
1 Bonner • 2 Morris • 3 Hughton • 4 McCarthy • 5 Moran • 6 Whelan • 7 McGrath • 8 Houghton • 9 Aldridge • 10 Stapleton • 11 Galvin • 12 Cascarino • 13 O'Brien • 14 Kelly • 15 Sheedy • 16 Peyton • 17 Byrne • 18 Sheridan • 19 Anderson • 20 Quinn • Coach: Charlton
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Republic of Ireland squad - 1990 FIFA World Cup
1 Bonner • 2 Morris • 3 Staunton • 4 McCarthy • 5 Moran • 6 Whelan • 7 McGrath • 8 Houghton • 9 Aldridge • 10 Cascarino • 11 Sheedy • 12 O'Leary • 13 Townsend • 14 Hughton • 15 Slaven • 16 Sheridan • 17 Quinn • 18 Stapleton • 19 Kelly • 20 Byrne • 21 McLoughlin • 22 Peyton • Coach: Charlton
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Tottenham Hotspur F.C. – Managers

Brettell (1898–1899) • Cameron (1899–1907) • Kirkham (1907–1908) • Turner (1908–1912s) • McWilliam (1913–1927) • Minter (1927–1930) • Smith (1930–1935) • Hardinge (1935c) • Tresadern (1935–1938) • McWilliam (1938–1942) • Turner (1942–1946) • Hulme (1946–1949) • Rowe (1949–1955) • Anderson (1955–1958) • Nicholson (1958–1974) • Neill (1974–1976) • Burkinshaw (1976–1984) • Shreeves (1984–1986) • Pleat (1986–1987) • Hartley & Livermore (1987c) • Venables (1987–1991) • Shreeves (1991–1992) • Livermore & Clemence (1992–1993) • Ardiles (1993–1994) • Perryman (1994c) • Francis (1994–1997) • Hughton (1997c) • Gross (1997–1998) • Pleat (1998c) • Graham (1998–2001) • Pleat (2001c) • Hoddle (2001–2003) • Pleat (2003c) • Santini (2004) • Jol (2004–2007) • Allen (2007c) • Ramos (2007–)

(c) caretaker (s) secretary-manager
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