Allan Evans (footballer)

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Allan Evans
Personal information
Full name Allan James Evans
Date of birth (1956-10-12) 12 October 1956
Place of birth Dunfermline, Scotland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1973–1977 Dunfermline Athletic 98 (14)
1977–1989 Aston Villa 380 (51)
1989–1990 Leicester City 14 (0)
1990–1991 Darlington 1 (0)
National team
1982 Scotland[1] 4 (0)
Teams managed
2000 West Bromwich Albion
2000–2001 Greenock Morton

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Allan James Evans, (born 12 October 1956) is a Scottish former footballer who played for Dunfermline Athletic (1973–77), Aston Villa (1977–89),[2] Leicester City (1989–90) and Darlington (1990–91).

Evans won the league title in 1980/1 and was part of Villa's 1982 European Cup winning team.[3] A central defender, he formed a pivotal partnership with Ken McNaught.[4]

Evans was later club captain and helped Villa win promotion back to the First Division in 1988. He returned to be assistant manager in 1995.

He finished his playing career with short, uneventful spells at Leicester City and Darlington before retiring in 1991.

Evans also won four caps for Scotland, and was a member of the country's 1982 World Cup squad.

On 19 May 2007, Evans was appointed as a youth team coach at Plymouth Argyle F.C.

Evans is the first team coach of Truro College's Football Development Programme.

Career honours

Aston Villa

References

  1. Allan Evans at scottishfa.co.uk
  2. Aston Villa FC – English Premiership League
  3. Plowright, Frank. "Scott's Man." In Always Next Year No. 3. Guildford, UK: WSC Books, 2001. 60.
  4. http://www.qosfc.com/new_newsview.aspx?newsid=1215

External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Dennis Mortimer
Aston Villa F.C. Captain
1984–1989
Succeeded by
Stuart Gray


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