Paul Telfer

Where is Paul Telfer now?

Former Southampton and Coventry City defender Paul Telfer retired from playing professionally in 2009 after a season playing at Leeds United.

Starting his football career in 1988 with Luton Town he went onto make over 600 appearances for eight different clubs, including two seasons with Celtic where he won the Scottish Premier League twice and the Scottish League Cup and Southampton where he was an FA Cup runner-up in 2003.

He had a long association with Gordon Strachan who he played under at three clubs.

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After three seasons as player-coach at Sutton United Telfer officially retired from playing completely in 2014 and joined former Luton Town team-mate Juergen Sommer at North American Soccer League side Indy Eleven as assistant coach.

He left the club in June 2015 and returned to the UK where he he narrowly missed out on the Inverness Caledonian Thistle manager’s job after reaching the final round of interviews.

Telfer has stayed away from the game since but has worked on his golf game and currently plays off of a handicap of one.

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Paul Telfer: Premier League Statistics

NationalityScottish
PositionMidfielder
Appearances319
Goals7
Yellow Cards43
Red Cards0
Premier League Teams Played forCoventry City, Southampton

Statistics courtesy of www.premierleague.com

Last Updated on 19 March 2021 by Admin