Nick Platnauer

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Nick Platnauer
Personal information
Full name Nicholas Platnauer
Date of birth June 10, 1961 (1961-06-10) (age 46)
Place of birth    Leicester, England
Playing position Left-Back / Midfielder
Club information
Current club Hinckley United
(Assistant manager)
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
-1982
1982-1983
1983-1984
1984-1986
1986
1986-1989
1989-1991
1991
1991-1993
1993
1993-1994
1994-1996
1997-1998
Bedford Town
Bristol Rovers
Coventry City
Birmingham City
Reading (loan)
Cardiff City
Notts County
Port Vale (loan)
Leicester City
Scunthorpe United
Mansfield Town
Lincoln City
Hinckley United
00? (?)
024 (7)
046 (6)
028 (2)
007 (0)
115 (6)
057 (1)
014 (0)
035 (0)
014 (2)
025 (0)
027 (0)
051 (2)   
Teams managed
2000-2003
2003
2004-2007
2007-
Rothwell Town
Kettering Town (caretaker)
Bedford Town

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

Nick Platnauer (born June 10, 1961) is an English former professional footballer. He was a left-back and is currently assistant manager at Conference North side Hinckley United

Platnauer was born in Leicester but moved to Bedford and began his career with his local side Bedford Town before joining Bristol Rovers in August 1982. In August 1983 he moved to Coventry City for a fee of £50,000. In December 1984 he joined Birmingham City, but struggled to establish himself and joined Reading on loan in January 1986.

He joined Cardiff City on a free transfer in September 1986 and was a regular for three seasons before a £50,000 move to Notts County in August 1989. He played at Wembley as County won promotion to Division Two via the play-offs.

In January 1991 he had a loan spell with Port Vale and in July that year joined Leicester City on a free transfer. He was a regular in his first season, but lost his place and moved to Scunthorpe United on a free transfer in March 1993. He subsequently played for Mansfield Town and Lincoln City.

On leaving Lincoln, he became player-coach, under former Notts County teammate Dean Thomas at Bedworth United, before joining Hinckley United where he played over 50 times. He also played once for Kettering Town in 1993 in a cup game against Northampton Town.

He was appointed as manager of Rothwell Town in 2000 and remained in post until October 2003[1]. The following month, he became caretaker-manager of Kettering Town[2] after the sacking of Dominic Genovese. He remained in charge until December 2003 when Kevin Wilson was installed as manager, Platnauer having ruled himself out of the running.

He took over as manager of Bedford Town (where Wilson had been manager until October 2003)in January 2004 and in 2006 guided Bedford to promotion from the Southern Football League Premier Division to the Conference South via the play-offs. However, Bedford struggled the following season and Platnauer resigned in January 2007 with the side bottom of the table[3]. In October 2007 he linked up with Dean Thomas once again, becoming assistant manager at Hinckley United where Thomas is the manager.

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