David Jeffrey
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 28 October 1962 | ||
| Place of birth | Newtownards, Northern Ireland | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1979–1982 | Manchester United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1982–1992 | Linfield | 369 | (69) |
| 1992–1995 | Ards | 65 | (2) |
| 1995–1996 | Larne | 22 | (1) |
| National team | |||
| 1977–1978 | Northern Ireland U15 | 8 | |
| 1981 | Northern Ireland U18 | 2 | |
| 1984–1989 | Irish Football League XI | 9 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1995–1996 | Larne | ||
| 1997–2014 | Linfield | ||
| 2016– | Ballymena United | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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David Jeffrey (born 28 October 1962) is a Northern Irish football manager and former player, currently managing Ballymena United. He is best known for managing Linfield between 1997 and 2014. He began his professional playing career with the club, following a spell in the Manchester United youth team, and also played for Ards and Larne.
Born in Newtownards, Jeffrey began his football career as a schoolboy with Manchester United, but never played in the first team. He joined Linfield in the summer of 1982. He played for Linfield for 10 years and was club captain for much of that time. Jeffrey scored the crucial away goal against Shamrock Rovers in the 1984–85 European Cup. He left Windsor Park for his hometown club, Ards in the summer of 1992 reuniting him with former boss Roy Coyle and in February 1995 joined Larne as player-coach.
In April 1996, Jeffrey returned to Linfield as assistant manager to Trevor Anderson. Jeffrey was appointed as Linfield manager on 4 January 1997 after Anderson resigned.
In the 2005–06 season, Jeffrey guided Linfield to a clean sweep of domestic trophies, missing out only on the cross-border All-Ireland Cup. On 6 June 2006, Jeffrey signed a new four-year contract, the longest contract in Linfield history. His previous deal had one season left to run.
In June 2008, Jeffrey won his 23rd manager of the month award, breaking the record for monthly awards. By January 2014, he had extended this record to 32 awards.
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