Gary Bowyer

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Gary Bowyer
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-06-26) 26 June 1971
Place of birthManchester, England
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing positionFull back
Club information
Current clubBlackburn Rovers (manager)
Youth career
Westfields
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1989–1990Hereford United14(2)
1990–1995Nottingham Forest0(0)
1995–1997Rotherham United38(2)
Total52(4)
Teams managed
2012–2013Blackburn Rovers (caretaker)
2013Blackburn Rovers (caretaker)
2013–Blackburn Rovers
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Gary Bowyer (born 26 June 1971) is an English football coach and former professional player who is the manager of Blackburn Rovers.

Early and personal life

Gary Bowyer was born on 26 June 1971 in Manchester.[1] His father Ian was also a professional footballer.[2]

Career

Playing career

After playing non-League football for Westfields, Bowyer, a full back, signed for Football League team Hereford United on non-contract terms, making 14 appearances in the 1989–90 season.[3] After the season ended, Bowyer moved to Nottingham Forest, but he never made a senior Football League appearance for them.[3] Bowyer later signed for Rotherham United, making 38 appearances in the League over the next two seasons, before retiring due to injury.[3]

Coaching career

After retiring as a player, became a youth coach for Blackburn Rovers.[4] He became Reserve Team manager in 2009, and in December 2012 he was appointed as caretaker manager following the dismissal of Henning Berg, steering them to a 3–1 victory over Barnsley in his first game in charge.[5] It was later announced that Bowyer would remain in charge until the end of January.[6]

Bowyer was re-appointed Caretaker Manager on 19 March 2013, following the sacking of Michael Appleton,[7] until the end of the season.[8] However, on 26 March 2013 Bowyer said he was unsure how long he would remain in the position, in case the club hired a new permanent manager,[9] and on 8 April 2013 Bowyer was summoned to India for a meeting with the club's owners.[10]

Bowyer was appointed the permanent manager of Blackburn on 24 May 2013, on a 12-month rolling contract.[11]

Managerial statistics

As of 1 February 2014.[12]
Team Nat From To Record
GWDLWin %
Blackburn Rovers (caretaker) England 27 December 2012 11 January 2013 4 3 1 0 75.00
Blackburn Rovers (caretaker) England 19 March 2013 24 May 2013 9 3 3 3 33.33
Blackburn Rovers England 24 May 2013 Present 32 11 11 10 34.38
Total 45 17 15 13 37.78

References

  1. ↑ "Player profile". Up The Posh!. Retrieved 10 September 2010. 
  2. ↑ "Sons and Daughters". Bob Dunning. Retrieved 10 September 2010. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Profile". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Database. Retrieved 2 January 2013. 
  4. ↑ "Where Are They Now?". Nottingham Forest F.C. official website. Retrieved 10 September 2010. 
  5. ↑ "Bowyer's praise after team display". Blackburn Rovers F.C. 
  6. ↑ "Blackburn: Gary Bowyer & Terry McPhillips in charge for January". BBC Sport. 3 January 2013. 
  7. ↑ "Michael Appleton: Blackburn Rovers sack manager". BBC Sport. 19 March 2013. 
  8. ↑ "Blackburn Rovers: Gary Bowyer confirmed as caretaker manager". BBC Sport. 22 March 2013. 
  9. ↑ "Blackburn Rovers: Gary Bowyer managing 'game by game'". BBC Sport. 26 March 2013. 
  10. ↑ Ben Smith and Andy Cryer (8 April 2013). "Blackburn: Gary Bowyer called to India for meeting with Venky's". BBC Sport. 
  11. ↑ "Gary Bowyer: Blackburn Rovers caretaker manager appointed boss". BBC Sport. 24 May 2013. 
  12. ↑ Gary Bowyer management career stats at Soccerbase
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Blackburn Rovers F.C. – current squad
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