Steve Perryman

Steve Perryman
Personal information
Full name Stephen John Perryman
Date of birth 21 December 1951 (1951-12-21) (age 60)
Place of birth London, England
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Exeter City (Director of Football)
Number -
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1969–1986 Tottenham Hotspur 655 (31)
1986–1987 Oxford 17 (7)
1987–1990 Brentford[2] 53 (0)
National team
1982 England 1 (0)
Teams managed
1986–1990 Brentford (player manager)
1990–1993 Watford
1993–1994 Tottenham (caretaker)
1995 IK Start
1999–2001 Shimizu S-Pulse
2001–2002 Kashiwa Reysol
2003 Exeter
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Stephen John "Steve" Perryman MBE (born 21 December 1951 in Ealing, London) is a former English international football player and current manager who is best remembered for his successes with Tottenham Hotspur during the 1970s and early 1980s. Perryman was voted Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year in 1982 and made a club record 854 first team appearances for Tottenham Hotspur.[1] He is now the director of football at Exeter City.[3]

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Playing career

A midfielder and occasional defender, Perryman played in a club record 854 first team appearances, in all competitions for Tottenham Hotspur between 1969 and 1986. During his seventeen year career with the north London club, Perryman collected many medals, winning the UEFA Cup in 1972 and 1984 (playing in both legs of the 1972 final and just the first leg of the 1984 final), the FA Cup in 1981 and 1982 and the League Cup in 1971 and 1973.

After leaving White Hart Lane Perryman moved to Oxford United in 1986, then Brentford as player-manager in the same year, before retiring in 1990.[1]

Coaching career

Perryman became manager of Watford F.C. from 1990-93 saving them from relegation in the early years, before managing I.K. Start in Norway (1995),[4] Shimizu S-Pulse, (1996–2000) and Kashiwa Reysol in Japan (2001–2002). He also served as caretaker manager for Spurs in November 1994. As a coach he has won the J.League stage championship (1999 2nd Stage) and the Asian Cup Winners Cup (2000), both with Shimizu S-Pulse. He then worked at Exeter City with no official title to help them stay in the then football Division 3. After this he returned to Japan to manage J.League side Kashiwa Reysol. At present he is director of football at Exeter City.

Perryman lent his name to a brand of Sports stores in the 1980s which were concentrated in the West London area and sported the Tottenham Hotspur cockerel. There were stores in Ruislip, Greenford and Hayes (Middlesex). A store in Bergen, Norway, also opened in the early 1980s, and that is still running.[5]

Perryman now works as the director of football for Exeter City.

International career

Perryman made a solitary appearance for England, appearing as a 70th minute substitute against Iceland on 2 June 1982.

Honours

Player

Tottenham Hotspur

References

  1. ^ a b c "Steve Perryman - fact file". mehstg.com. http://archive.mehstg.com/fact_perryman.htm. Retrieved 02 January, 2009. 
  2. ^ http://www.steveperryman.com/playingprofile2.htm Perryman career 16 October 2008
  3. ^ Exeter City F.C. (11 March 2011). "Who's Who At Exeter City Football Club". http://www.exetercityfc.co.uk/page/WhosWho/0,,10436,00.html. Retrieved 5 July 2011. 
  4. ^ http://ikstart.no/article.aspx?m=391&amid=479438
  5. ^ "Steve Perryman Sport". Steve Perryman Sport. http://www.steveperrymansport.no. Retrieved 02 January, 2009. 

Manager

External links

Brentford F.C. – managers
(c) caretaker
(c) caretaker (s) secretary-manager
Shimizu S-Pulse – managers
Kashiwa Reysol – managers
Exeter City F.C. – managers