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Steve Bruce, England football coach: Profile, Career, News & Videos

Steve Bruce
Steve Bruce
England
31 December 1960
centre-back
Steve Bruce is an English professional football manager and former player who was a centre-back in a twenty-year playing career. He was most recently the head coach of EFL League One club Blackpool.

Born in Corbridge, Northumberland, Bruce was a promising schoolboy footballer but was rejected by several professional clubs. He was on the verge of quitting the game altogether when he was offered a trial with Gillingham. He was offered an apprenticeship and went on to play more than 200 games for the club before joining Norwich City in 1984, winning the League Cup in 1985. In 1987, he moved to Manchester United, with whom he achieved great success, winning twelve trophies including three Premier League titles, three FA Cups, one League Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup. He also became the first English player of the 20th century to captain a team to the Double. Despite his success on the field, he was never selected to play for the England national team. Commentators and contemporaries have described him as one of the best English players of the 1980s and 1990s never to play for his country at full international level.

Bruce began his managerial career with Sheffield United, and spent short periods of time managing Huddersfield Town, Wigan Athletic and Crystal Palace before joining Birmingham City in 2001. He twice led Birmingham to promotion to the Premier League during his tenure of nearly six years, but resigned in 2007 to begin a second spell as manager of Wigan. At the end of the 2008–09 season, he resigned to take over as manager of Sunderland, a post he held until he was dismissed in November 2011. Seven months later, he was appointed manager of Hull City and led the club to two promotions to the Premier League, as well as the 2014 FA Cup Final, before leaving in July 2016. He took over at Aston Villa four months later but was dismissed in October 2018. He became manager of Sheffield Wednesday in February 2019, and left in July that year to take over at Newcastle United. He managed the club through the COVID-19 pandemic, keeping them in the Premier League, and left in November 2021 following the club's takeover by the Public Investment Fund. His final match in charge was his 1,000th in club management. In February 2022, Bruce took over as manager of West Bromwich Albion but was dismissed in October of the same year due to a poor start to the 2022–23 season. He was appointed head coach of Blackpool in September 2024 but was later sacked in October 2025.

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📋 Profile & Career

: Bruce in 2011
⚽ Personal information:
Full name: Stephen Roger Bruce
Date of birth: (1960-12-31) 31 December 1960 (age 65)
Place of birth: Corbridge, England
Height: 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Position: Centre-back
⚽ Youth career:
1977–1979: Gillingham
⚽ Senior career*:
Years: Team Apps (Gls)
1979–1984: Gillingham 205 (29)
1984–1987: Norwich City 141 (14)
1987–1996: Manchester United 309 (36)
1996–1998: Birmingham City 72 (2)
1998–1999: Sheffield United 10 (0)
Total: 737 (81)
⚽ International career:
1979–1980: England Youth 8 (1)
1987: England B 1 (0)
⚽ Managerial career:
1998–1999: Sheffield United
1999–2000: Huddersfield Town
2001: Wigan Athletic
2001: Crystal Palace
2001–2007: Birmingham City
2007–2009: Wigan Athletic
2009–2011: Sunderland
2012–2016: Hull City
2016–2018: Aston Villa
2019: Sheffield Wednesday
2019–2021: Newcastle United
2022: West Bromwich Albion
2024–2025: Blackpool
: * Club domestic league appearances and goals

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