Colin Calderwood

Where is Colin Calderwood now?

Colin Calderwood ended his playing career in 2001 after unfortunately breaking his leg during a brief spell playing for Nottingham Forest.

Starting his professional career in 1982 with Mansfield Town, he went onto make over 700 first-team appearances for six teams including a six-year spell with Tottenham Hotspur where he won the League Cup in 1999.

On the international stage he represented the Scotland national side on 36 occasions and was part of the squad which participated at the 1996 UEFA European Championships and the 1998 FIFA World Cup Finals.

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Upon retiring from playing he moved into the coaching side of the game and was appointed reserve team manager at former club Tottenham Hotspur before joining Northampton Town as manager.

He had a successful time with The Cobblers winning promotion in his second season in charge before moving to former side Nottingham Forest as manager in 2006 where he stayed for two years before getting the sack in 2008 after winning just four times before Christmas.

The following year he was back in football as assistant manager to Chris Hughton at Newcastle United before leaving in 2010 to take the vacant managerial role at Hibernian.

He had mixed fortunes in Scotland but was eventually sacked by the club in November 2011 with a record of 12 wins out of 49 games.

Calderwood wasn’t out of work for long and was snapped up by Birmingham City in 2011 to work as assistant manager to Chris Hughton once again and followed him to Norwich City in 2012 and Brighton & Hove Albion in 2015 before resigning in November 2016 to take the position of assistant manager to Steve Bruce at Aston Villa.

The pair enjoyed a successful first season at the club but the team only won one game in nine during August and September in their second season which ultimately led to their dismissal at the start of October 2018.

Two months later Calderwood was appointed as manager of struggling League Two side Cambridge United and successfully avoided relegation but was sacked in January 2020 with the side in 18th place.

In October 2020 he joined Blackpool as assistant manager, winning promotion back to the Championship after a six-year absence in his first season but left a year later to return to Northampton Town where he currently works as assistant manager and technical director.

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Colin Calderwood: Premier League Statistics

NationalityScottish
PositionDefender
Appearances189
Goals6
Yellow Cards25
Red Cards3
Premier League Teams Played forAston Villa, Tottenham Hotspur

Statistics courtesy of www.premierleague.com

Last Updated on 6 January 2023 by Admin