Keith Curle
Keith Curle ( born November 14, 1963 in Bristol ) is a former English footballer and current coach. In 1992, he played three times for England and participated in the European Football Championship 1992 in Sweden in part.
Playing career
Reading FC and FC Wimbledon (1987-1991)
After his first three stations with teams from the third and fourth division, joined the 23 -year-old Keith Curle on October 23, 1987 second division side FC Reading. His first season in the Second Division ended in relegation to the third tier. On 21 October 1988 he moved again, therefore the club and signed a contract with FC Wimbledon for a transfer fee of £ 500,000. The Association of London had just won the FA Cup in 1987/88 and start in the Football League First Division 1988/89. Keit Curle denied until end of season eighteen top-flight and ended the series with Wimbledon as Tabellenzwölfter. After two years as a regular in the top half of the premier league, he left the club from London.
Manchester City (1991-1996)
On August 14, 1991 Curle changed hands for £ 2.5 million to Manchester City and reached the Football League First Division in 1991/92 to fifth place. With five goals in forty league games of the 28 - year-old defender was one of the key pillars of the team. The good league placing was the club after the introduction of the Premier League not confirm, rather, the performance steadily deteriorated and ended with relegation from the Premier League 1995 /96 apply.
Wolverhampton Wanderers and Sheffield United (1996-2002)
At the beginning of the 1996/97 season he signed a contract with the second division club Wolverhampton Wanderers and spent with his new club the next four years in this league. In the FA Cup 1997/98 Keith Curle led his team as captain to the semifinals before the off was carried out by a 0-1 against eventual champions Arsenal. From 2000 to 2002 he played for, coached by Neil Warnock second division club Sheffield United.
English national team ( 1992)
On 29 April 1992, the 28 -year-old Keith Curle made his debut in the England national team in a 2-2 draw in Russia. In the summer of 1992 he played against Hungary, another preparation game for the European Football Championship in Sweden in 1992 and was appointed national coach Graham Taylor in the English Championship squad. Curle was placed in the opening game against Denmark (0-0 ) Coach Taylor from the start at right-back and replaced in the 65th minute. In the following two games against France (0-0 ) and Sweden ( 1:2 ), he was not used before his team after the preliminary round had to go home.
Coaching career
On 3 December 2002 Keith Curle took over the post of coach players at relegation-threatened third league newcomer Mansfield Town. Curle played in the rest of the season fourteen league games, but increased at the end of the season with his team's last but one in the fourth league from. 2003/ 04 the team was at its best scorer Liam Lawrence ( 19 league goals ) in fifth, but failed in the play-off final after penalty shootout at Huddersfield Town, falling short of the return to the third tier. In the newly formed Football League Two 2004/ 05 Curle was suspended on 11 November 2004.
From 2 May 2005 to 19 February 2006, he coached the fourth division Chester City, as well as of 8 February 2007 to the end of season 2006/ 07 Torquay United. After descending from the fourth division, his contract was not renewed. Curle occurred in the subsequent period no longer than head coach in appearance since he coaches the team of his former coach Neil Warnock joined.
On February 20, 2012 Keith Curle took over the coaching job with the English third division Notts County. By the end of the season the Football League One 2011/12 he led his new team to seventh place in the table and missed only on goal difference compared to the Stevenage FC a place in the play-offs. On February 3, 2013, the club announced the dismissal of Keith Curle.