Nigel Spink
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| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Nigel Spink | |
| Date of birth | August 8, 1958 (age 48) | |
| Place of birth | Chelmsford, England | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Retired | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1976 1976-1977 |
West Ham United Chelmsford City |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1977-1996 1996-1997 1997-2000 2000-2001 |
Aston Villa West Bromwich Albion Millwall Forest Green Rovers |
361 (0) 19 (0) 44 (0) 14 (0) |
| National team | ||
| 1989-1997 | England | 1 (0) |
| Teams managed | ||
| Forest Green Rovers | ||
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Nigel Spink (born Chelmsford, England, August 8, 1958) was a football goalkeeper who made his name at Aston Villa and also made one appearance for England at international level.
Spink began his career at West Ham United, but soon moved to Chelmsford City and then, at the age of just 18, to Aston Villa. It was almost five years before his big break in the first team came along, and it came on the biggest stage of all - the European Cup Final. Ten minutes into the 1982 final against Bayern Munich, Villa's first choice goalkeeper, Jimmy Rimmer, was injured and substitute keeper Spink was called into action, having only made one previous appearance in the first team. Spink performed superbly, keeping a clean sheet, and Villa won the game 1-0.
He went on to make 460 appearances for Villa before moving to neighbouring club West Bromwich Albion in 1996, almost two decades after first joining Villa.
After retiring as a player, Spink worked as a coach at West Bromwich Albion, and after a brief spell as manager of Forest Green Rovers, is now the goalkeeping coach of Villa's arch-rivals Birmingham City.
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Categories: 1958 births | Living people | West Ham United F.C. players | Chelmsford City F.C. players | Aston Villa F.C. players | West Bromwich Albion F.C. players | Millwall F.C. players | Forest Green Rovers F.C. players | Football (soccer) goalkeepers | English footballers | England international footballers
