Alan Curbishley
Curbishley at Upton Park
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Llewellyn Charles Curbishley | ||
| Date of birth | 8 November 1957 | ||
| Place of birth | Forest Gate, Essex, England | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1975–1979 | West Ham United | 85 | (5) |
| 1979–1983 | Birmingham City | 130 | (11) |
| 1983–1984 | Aston Villa | 36 | (1) |
| 1984–1987 | Charlton Athletic | 63 | (6) |
| 1987–1990 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 116 | (13) |
| 1990–1993 | Charlton Athletic | 28 | (0) |
| Total | 458 | (36) | |
| National team | |||
| 1980 | England U21 | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1991–2006 | Charlton Athletic | ||
| 2006–2008 | West Ham United | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Llewellyn Charles "Alan" Curbishley (born 8 November 1957) is an English former football player and manager. He played, as a midfielder for West Ham United, Birmingham City, Aston Villa, Charlton Athletic and Brighton & Hove Albion and has worked in the Premier League in management roles at Charlton Athletic and West Ham United. In December 2013 he was appointed technical director at Fulham only to be removed from the role in February 2014. He again joined Fulham's coaching staff in March 2015.
Curbishley was one of five children born to a London docker and his wife. He grew up a mile from West Ham Station. He was educated at South West Ham Technical School. Curbishley is married and lives in Abridge, Essex. He is the younger brother of the rock promoter Bill Curbishley, whose clients include The Who.
He began his football playing career with West Ham United, joining them as an apprentice on leaving school in the summer of 1974. After impressing in West Ham's South East Counties League side and owing to an injury crisis following pre-season training, he was named as substitute against Everton in August 1974 at the age of 16 and became the youngest ever West Ham player to be named on the teamsheet, although he did not play. He made his first team debut in a 1–0 home defeat against Chelsea in March 1975, coming into the team for Billy Bonds who was out with an injury, and in the summer, he was a member of the West Ham youth team, alongside Alvin Martin, Geoff Pike, and Paul Brush, that was beaten by Ipswich Town 5–1 on aggregate in the final of the FA Youth Cup.
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