Craig Shakespeare
Shakespeare with Leicester City in 2010
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Craig Robert Shakespeare | ||
| Date of birth | 26 October 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Leicester City (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1989 | Walsall | 284 | (45) |
| 1989–1990 | Sheffield Wednesday | 17 | (0) |
| 1990–1993 | West Bromwich Albion | 112 | (12) |
| 1993–1997 | Grimsby Town | 106 | (10) |
| 1997–1998 | Scunthorpe United | 4 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | Telford United | ? | (?) |
| 2000 | Hednesford Town | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2006 | West Bromwich Albion (caretaker) | ||
| 2008–2010 | Leicester City (assistant) | ||
| 2010–2011 | Hull City (assistant) | ||
| 2011–2017 | Leicester City (assistant) | ||
| 2017– | Leicester City | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Craig Robert Shakespeare (born 26 October 1963 in Birmingham) is an English former professional footballer and coach who is the manager of Premier League club Leicester City. A midfielder, he began his playing career with Walsall, where he made over 350 appearances. After a brief spell with Sheffield Wednesday, he also played over 100 games for both West Bromwich Albion and Grimsby Town.
As a coach, Shakespeare has worked at West Bromwich Albion, Leicester City and Hull City. He was briefly caretaker manager at West Brom in 2006 and took a similar role at Leicester in February 2017 before he was appointed manager in March.
In his playing days he was an attacking midfielder; he favoured his left foot and his preferred position was on the left side of midfield. He signed as an apprentice at Walsall in September 1979, turning professional in November 1981. Shakespeare rates his goal in a 2–2 League Cup draw against Chelsea in October 1984 as the best of his career. In 1987–88 he helped Walsall to win promotion to Division Two via the playoffs, an achievement which he has since described as his greatest in football. He played well over 350 games for the Saddlers, scoring 59 goals, and in 1989 he moved to Sheffield Wednesday, then in the First Division, for a fee of £300,000.
He spent less than a year at Hillsborough, before moving to West Bromwich Albion for £275,000. He stayed at Albion for over three years, making 128 appearances in total and becoming the team's first choice penalty taker. He scored twice from the penalty spot in Albion's first ever game in the Third Division, a 6–3 victory over Exeter City in August 1991.
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