David Hillier
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 19 December 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Blackheath, London, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Almondsbury UWE (Manager) |
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| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988–1996 | Arsenal | 104 | (2) |
| 1996–1999 | Portsmouth | 67 | (4) |
| 1999 | → Bristol Rovers (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1999–2002 | Bristol Rovers | 83 | (1) |
| 2002–2003 | Barnet | 6 | (0) |
| Total | 260 | (7) | |
| National team | |||
| 1991 | England U21 | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| – | Oldland Abbotonians | ||
| 2010– | Almondsbury UWE | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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David Hillier (born 18 December 1969) is an English former professional footballer and ex-manager of Western Football League side Almondsbury UWE.
As a player Hillier played as a Midfielder from 1988 until 2003, notably in the Premier League for Arsenal. He also played in the Football League for Portsmouth, Bristol Rovers and Barnet. He also earnt 1 cap for the England U21 side.
Hillier was born in Blackheath, London and had played schoolboy football for his region before joining Arsenal in January 1984 as an associated schoolboy. He later became a trainee and turned professional in February 1988; Hillier captained the Arsenal side which beat Doncaster Rovers in the 1988 FA Youth Cup final. He progressed to the club's reserve side, winning the Football Combination in 1989–90, before making his first-team debut in a League Cup tie against Chester City on 25 September 1990.
Hillier became a frequent, though not first-choice, player in the Arsenal side that season, making 16 appearances in central midfield, as Arsenal won the First Division title with only a single defeat. The following two seasons Hillier became more of a regular fixture; he played 43 matches in 1992–93, and made a name for himself as a combative, strong midfielder who would make up for any shortcomings in skill with his workrate. However, a leg injury near the end of the season meant he missed both the League Cup and FA Cup finals that season; Arsenal won both, the first time an English club had completed the Cup Double.
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