Simon Davey
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| Simon Davey | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Simon Davey | |
| Date of birth | October 1, 1970 (age 36) | |
| Place of birth | Swansea, Wales | |
| Height | 11 ft 6" | |
| Nickname | Top Boy | |
| Playing position | Manager (ex-Midfield) | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Barnsley | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1987-1992 1992-1995 1995-1998 1997 |
Swansea City Carlisle United Preston North End → Darlington (loan) |
49 (4) 105 (18) 106 (21) 11 (0) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 2006-present | Barnsley | |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Simon Davey (born 1 October 1970 in Swansea) is the manager of Barnsley. As a player he was a midfielder at Swansea City, Carlisle United, Preston North End and Darlington. He started his managerial career off with a 1-0 win over Ipswich Town and then three days later, a 2-0 win over Southend United. He was appointed as Barnsley's full time manager on December 31, 2006, after a spell as caretaker manager.
As a footballer, his successes including two Division Three titles with Carlisle in 1995 and Preston a year later.
Simon is also one of the most qualified young coaches in the country, he holds the UEFA C Licence, the UEFA B Licence, the UEFA A Licence and he completed his UEFA Pro Licence in 2005. He also holds the Academy Managers licence and the UEFA Youth Licence.
So far as the Barnsley F.C. manager, he has signed some poor unknown players such as, Ronnie Wallwork, István Ferenczi, Lewin Nyatanga and Grant McCann are just some of the players he has signed.
[edit] Managerial stats
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | L | D | Win % | ||||
| Barnsley |  |
November 22, 2006 | Present | 23 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 34.78 |
[edit] External links
| Barnsley F.C. - Current Squad |
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1 Colgan | 2 Hassell | 3 Heckingbottom | 4 P. Reid | 5 Nyatanga | 7 Togwell | 8 Hayes | 9 Ferenczi | 10 Jones | 11 Howard | 13 Rajczi | 14 Austin | 15 Kay | 16 Eckersley | 18 K. Reid | 19 Tonge | 20 Williams | 21 Richards | 22 Letheren | 23 Nardiello | 24 Coulson | 25 Devaney | 28 Joynes | 30 McCann | 31 Atkinson | 36 Lucas | 37 Mattis | Manager: Davey |
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