Neil Emblen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Neil Emblen | ||
| Date of birth | 19 June 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Bromley, England | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Central midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | New Zealand U23 (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–1992 | Tonbridge Angels | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1992–1993 | Sittingbourne | 54 | (2) |
| 1993–1994 | Millwall | 12 | (0) |
| 1994–1997 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 89 | (9) |
| 1997–1998 | Crystal Palace | 13 | (0) |
| 1998–2001 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 114 | (7) |
| 2001–2003 | Norwich City | 14 | (0) |
| 2003 | → Walsall (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | Walsall | 75 | (7) |
| 2005–2007 | New Zealand Knights | 32 | (3) |
| 2007–2012 | Waitakere United | ? | (?) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2009–2012 | Waitakere United (player/manager) | ||
| 2012– | New Zealand U23 | ||
| 2012– | New Zealand (Assistant Coach) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10:54, 24 October 2007 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Neil Emblen (born 19 June 1971) is an English footballer who is the player-coach of New Zealand club Western Springs AFC. Emblen had spent the majority of his career in English football with Millwall, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Crystal Palace, Norwich City and Walsall.
Career
Emblen started his career as a youth player at Tonbridge Angels F.C. before moving to Sittingbourne F.C. and then Millwall for a fee of £210,000 including Michael Harle. After spending a year with the Lions, Emblen was sold to Wolverhampton Wanderers for £600,000, where he would become a regular during his three years at Molineux.
A £2,000,000 move to Crystal Palace beckoned in 1997 but would last just one season, and in 1998, after scoring two goals for Palace in the FA Cup against Scunthorpe United,[1] Emblen moved back to Wolves in exchange for Wolves writing off the remainder of the £2million still owed as part of the initial transfer. Emblen's second three-year spell saw him gain favour with the Wolves fans as he made the attacking midfield role his own. It ended in 2001 when he moved to Norwich City for £500,000.
Emblen started just six games in a two-year spell with the Canaries because of chronic knee injury problems and spent the last few months of his contract on loan to Walsall (in two separate spells), whom he joined permanently on a two-year deal in June 2003. Upon leaving Walsall in 2005, Emblen moved to New Zealand to join the now-defunct New Zealand Knights. After the Knights ceased playing, Emblen moved to Waitakere United.
He was appointed head coach of Waitakere United in June 2009. In 2012 he managed the New Zealand team at the London Olympics.
Family and personal life
His brother, Paul Emblen, was also a professional footballer, playing for Charlton Athletic and Wycombe Wanderers.
References
- ↑ "Crystal Palace 2 Scunthorpe 0". Sporting Life. 3 January 1998. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
External links
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Matt Jackson |
Norwich City Captain 2001-2002 |
Succeeded by Malky Mackay |
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