Keith Hill (footballer)

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Personal information
Keith Hill
Full name	Keith John Hill
Date of birth	May 17, 1969 (1969-05-17) (age 39)
Place of birth	Bolton, England
Playing position	Central defender
Club information
Current club	Rochdale (Manager)
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1987-1992 1992-1996 1996-2001 2001-2002 2001 2002-2003	Blackburn Rovers Plymouth Argyle Rochdale Cheltenham Town → Wrexham (loan) Morecambe	096 0(3) 123 0(2) 176 0(6) 005 0(0) 012 0(1) 020 0(0)
Teams managed
2006-	Rochdale
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Keith John Hill (born Bolton, May 17, 1969 in Bolton, England) is an English former footballer, currently manager of Rochdale. As a player, Hill was a central defender, beginning his career with Blackburn Rovers, moving on to Plymouth Argyle in 1992 in a joint deal with Craig Skinner, with Nicky Marker moving in the opposite direction.

Hill spent four years with Plymouth, moving on to Rochdale in 1996. After five years at Spotland he joined Cheltenham Town, but he only spent a year there, playing only five games, punctuated by a two month loan with Wrexham. He spent a year with Conference side Morecambe, before retiring in 2003.

After his retirement from the game, Hill joined the Rochdale coaching staff. He held the position as Director of Youth, before being appointed caretaker manager on December 17, 2006, following the sacking of Steve Parkin^[1] and was given the job permanently on January 3, 2007^[2].

He promptly rescued Dale's season and guided them to a respectable 8th in the table. In his first full season as Dale boss he took Dale to the League Two playoff final where they lost 3-2 against Stockport County.

[edit] References

^ BBC. Rochdale boss Parkin leaves club. Retrieved on 2006-12-19.
^ BBC. Rochdale name Hill as new manager. Retrieved on 2007-01-03.

[edit] External links

Keith Hill career stats at Soccerbase

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v • d • e Rochdale A.F.C. – current squad

1 Spencer • 2 Ramsden • 3 Kennedy • 4 Stanton • 5 Doolan • 7 Muirhead • 8 Jones • 9 Dagnall • 10 le Fondre • 11 Rundle • 12 D'Laryea • 15 Thompson • 16 Perkins • 18 Higginbotham • 19 Thorpe • 20 Evans • 21 Russell • 23 McArdle • 30 Buckley • 31 Holness • Manager: Hill