Dennis Mortimer
Dennis Mortimer ( born April 5 in 1952 in Liverpool ) is a former English footballer. He was known primarily as the team captain of Aston Villa, in 1982 won the European Champions Cup. The midfielder is regarded as one of the best players in the club's history of Aston Villa.
Sports career
Mortimer began his career at Coventry City and evolved there, the youth department at a regular in the first team. The first highlight was his participation in the final of the FA Youth Cup, where he lost to Tottenham Hotspur 3:4. His breakthrough celebrated later than 1972, when the new management team of Joe Mercer and Gordon Milne joined the "Sky Blues". Together with Willie Carr, Colin Stone, Brian Alderson and Tommy Hutchison Mortimer was part of one of the most prestigious attack series and one of the most promising midfielders in the then current English football.
A number of top clubs showed interest an obligation Mortimers, who ultimately hired shortly before Christmas in 1975 at Aston Villa in Birmingham. Between 1975 and 1985 graduated from Mortimer 405 appearances for Villa, scoring 36 goals. After winning the British Championship in 1981, a year later celebrated his biggest success. In the final of the European national champion competition he led his team as a captain on the field and took after the 1-0 win against FC Bayern Munich in the stadium De Kuip in Rotterdam - the decisive goal scored Peter Withe - the only to date European trophy in the club's history Aston Villa against.
After his time in Birmingham Mortimer moved briefly to Brighton & Hove Albion, but remained there only a year before he returned to the Midlands. His move to Birmingham City, local rivals Aston Villa, was not without controversy with his old followers. Mortimer's last active station was as player-coach in the field of Non- League Footballs the club Redditch United. Coach experience he gained later as assistant coach Osvaldo Ardiles at West Bromwich Albion. Despite its success in club football Mortimer admittedly came into inserts in the English U-23 and the B- choice, but never a match for the English national team.
Later Mortimer worked more at youth level and trained in the Midlands young players and coaches ( including Alex Penny) from. In addition, he is also involved in women's football and occupied a post of Director in the women's area of Wolverhampton Wanderers.
Achievements
- European Champion Clubs' Cup: 1982
- European Supercup: 1982
- English Championship: 1981
- English League Cup Winners: 1977