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Gary Bowyer
English football player and coach / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Gary David Bowyer (born 22 June 1971) is an English professional football coach and former player who was most recently the manager of Scottish club Dundee.
![]() Gary Bowyer in 2019 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gary David Bowyer[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1971-06-22) 22 June 1971 (age 53)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Manchester, England | ||
Position(s) | Full-back | ||
Youth career | |||
Westfields | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1989–1990 | Hereford United | 14 | (2) |
1990–1995 | Nottingham Forest | 0 | (0) |
1995–1997 | Rotherham United | 38 | (2) |
Total | 52 | (4) | |
Managerial career | |||
2012–2013 | Blackburn Rovers (caretaker) | ||
2013 | Blackburn Rovers (caretaker) | ||
2013–2015 | Blackburn Rovers | ||
2016–2018 | Blackpool | ||
2019–2020 | Bradford City | ||
2021 | Salford City (interim) | ||
2021–2022 | Salford City | ||
2022–2023 | Dundee | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
As a player, he made 52 league appearances for Hereford United, Nottingham Forest and Rotherham United in a professional career that lasted eight years, before retiring due to injury in 1997, aged 25. He won the Football League Trophy with Rotherham United in 1995–96, his only honour as a player.
After working as a coach at a number of clubs, he has managed Blackburn Rovers, Blackpool, Bradford City and Salford City (twice). He guided Blackpool to promotion, via the play-offs, from League Two to League One in 2016–17.