Kevin Summerfield

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Kevin Summerfield
Personal information
Date of birth 7 January 1959 (1959-01-07) (age 49)
Place of birth    Walsall, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position Forward / Midfielder
Club information
Current club Plymouth Argyle (assistant manager)
Youth clubs
1975–1977 West Bromwich Albion
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1977–1982
1982–1983
1983–1984
1984
1984–1990
1990
1990–1996		 West Bromwich Albion
Birmingham City
Walsall
Cardiff City
Plymouth Argyle
→ Exeter City (loan)
Shrewsbury Town		 009 0(4)
005 0(1)
054 (17)
010 0(1)
139 (26)
004 0(0)
163 (21)   

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

Kevin Summerfield (born 7 January 1959) is an English former professional footballer who made nearly 400 appearances in the Football League. He started his career playing as a forward, later moving into midfield. He is the current assistant manager of Plymouth Argyle. He previously worked as assistant manager to Paul Sturrock at Southampton, Plymouth Argyle, Sheffield Wednesday and Swindon Town.

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[edit] Playing career

Born in Walsall, Summerfield started his career as an apprentice with West Bromwich Albion in 1975. During his time at The Hawthorns he played for the England youth team on six occasions. After more than five years as a professional at the club he moved on to Birmingham City, followed by Walsall, Cardiff City, Plymouth Argyle, Exeter City and finally Shrewsbury Town where he was player-coach. His playing career finished at the end of the 1995–96 season.

[edit] Coaching career

Summerfield took charge of the Shrews' youth team before becoming a coach at Plymouth Argyle under manager Kevin Hodges the following year. After Hodges was sacked in 2000, Summerfield took over as caretaker manager for five matches until the appointment of Paul Sturrock as permanent manager. He again took over as Argyle's caretaker manager when Paul Sturrock left to become manager of Southampton. This time he was in charge for nine matches before following Sturrock to Southampton as his assistant and later again to Sheffield Wednesday and Swindon Town.

During his first spell as Sturrock's assistant at Home Park he won the Third and Second Division titles. His and Sturrock's success continued at Hillsborough when they achieved promotion to the Championship in their first season with Sheffield Wednesday, and also at Swindon Town, where the team was promoted to League One in their year in charge.

In November 2007 Summerfield rejoined Plymouth Argyle as assistant manager when Sturrock was reappointed manager. Fellow assistant to Paul Sturrock John Blackley also joined them.

[edit] Personal life

Summerfield's son Luke Summerfield currently plays for Plymouth Argyle.

[edit] References

Persondata
NAME Summerfield, Kevin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION Professional footballer, coach
DATE OF BIRTH 1959-01-07
PLACE OF BIRTH Walsall, Staffordshire, England
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH