David Oldfield (footballer)
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | David Charles Oldfield | ||
| Date of birth | 30 May 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Perth, Australia | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Stoke Goldington | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1989 | Luton Town | 29 | (4) |
| 1989–1990 | Manchester City | 21 | (6) |
| 1990–1995 | Leicester City | 188 | (26) |
| 1995 | → Millwall (loan) | 17 | (6) |
| 1995–1998 | Luton Town | 120 | (19) |
| 1998–2000 | Stoke City | 65 | (7) |
| 2000–2002 | Peterborough United | 78 | (4) |
| 2002–2004 | Oxford United | 31 | (2) |
| 2005–2007 | Stafford Rangers | 22 | (0) |
| 2007 | Tamworth | 1 | (0) |
| 2007–2008 | Brackley Town | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 577 | (74) | |
| National team | |||
| 1988 | England U21 | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2007–2008 | Brackley Town | ||
| 2011 | Peterborough United (caretaker manager) | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
David Charles Oldfield (born 30 May 1968) is an English former professional footballer and current coach who played for several English clubs including Luton Town, Manchester City, Leicester City and Stoke City.
Born in Australia, Oldfield moved to England with his family at a young age. He began playing football as a boy for North Buckinghamshire Village side Stoke Goldington, before being spotted by league outfit Luton Town in 1986, where he played 29 league games over the next three years, scoring four goals. While at Luton he received a call-up to the England under-21 squad, in March 1988.
Oldfield moved to Manchester City for a fee of £600,000 in March 1989, choosing to join City ahead of West Ham United. At City, Oldfield formed part of the squad that gained promotion to the First Division in 1988–89. Though Oldfield was at Maine Road for less than a year, he is fondly remembered for his two goals in the Manchester derby against local rivals United in September 1989 when City triumphed 5–1. Mel Machin, the manager who signed Oldfield for City, was sacked in November 1989. Less than a month after Howard Kendall was appointed as Machin's successor, Oldfield was sold. In an exchange valued at £650,000, Oldfield headed to Leicester City, and Wayne Clarke travelled in the opposite direction.
Oldfield stayed at Leicester for five years. He helped them win promotion to the FA Premier League in 1994, winning the playoffs at Wembley after losing there in the two previous seasons. He then had a successful loan spell at Millwall, but the move was not made permanent and he returned to Luton Town instead. However, he was unable to prevent their relegation to Division Two in 1996 and signed for Stoke City two years later. He spent two years with Stoke before a two-year spell at Peterborough United and then a two-year spell at Oxford United before he played his last professional game in 2004. He came out of retirement the following year to sign for non-league Stafford Rangers, where he spent two years. Tamworth confirmed the signing of David Oldfield on 30 November 2007. Oldfield made his debut for the club against Leigh RMI in a 2–0 home victory on 1 December 2007, just one day after signing.
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