John Philliben

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search

<templatestyles src="Module:Infobox/styles.css"></templatestyles>

John Philliben
Personal information
Full name John Philliben
Date of birth (1964-03-14) 14 March 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth Stirling, Scotland
Height Script error: No such module "person height".
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1980–1984 Stirling Albion 109 (280)
1984–1987 Doncaster Rovers 71 (1)
1986 → Cambridge United (loan) 6 (0)
1986–1998 Motherwell 302 (7)
1998–2000 Stirling Albion 39 (0)
Total 527 (9)
International career
Scotland under-18
Managerial career
1998–2000 Stirling Albion
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Philliben (born 14 March 1964 in Stirling) is a Scottish former professional football player and manager.

Career

A schoolboy international, Philliben started his career at Stirling Albion. In 1982, he was part of the Scotland under-18 side which won the European Under-19 Championship, scoring in the final.[1] He earned a £70,000 transfer to Doncaster Rovers in March 1984, becoming the club's record signing[2] and went on to spend three years there, spending some time on loan to Cambridge United in 1986.

Philliben returned to Scotland in 1987 with Motherwell, where he spent ten years. In 1991, he helped them on their way to victory in the Scottish Cup. In 1998, Philliben left Motherwell and returned to first club Stirling Albion as player/manager, although he returned to Motherwell on 25 July 2008 for his testimonial match against West Ham United.[3] Philliben spent two years in charge at Forthbank but could only guide the side to mid-table finishes and was sacked in 2000 after a humiliating 7-0 defeat to fierce rivals, Alloa Athletic. After returning to Motherwell as coach, Philliben was placed temporarily in charge with Miodrag Krivokapic after Billy Davies' sacking. Although then chief executive Pat Nevin said he had "not harmed his chances" of being appointed on a permanent basis,[4] Eric Black was appointed instead.

As of May 2005, Philliben was working outside of football as a driving instructor in his native Stirling.[5]

Honours

Player

Scotland
1982

Manager

Stirling Albion

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

Retrieved from "https://infogalactic.com/w/index.php?title=John_Philliben&oldid=3479221"