Derek Fazackerley
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Derek William Fazackerley | ||
| Date of birth | 5 November 1951 | ||
| Place of birth | Preston, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Central defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Blackburn Rovers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1969–1987 | Blackburn Rovers | 596 | (23) |
| 1987–1988 | Chester City | 66 | (0) |
| 1988 | York City | 16 | (0) |
| 1988 | Bury | 14 | (0) |
| 1990 | Kumu | 17 | (0) |
| Total | 709 | (23) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Derek William Fazackerley (born 5 November 1951) is an English former footballer who is currently employed as the assistant first team coach at Oxford United. He spent the majority of his career playing for Blackburn Rovers.
Fazackerley made a record 671 appearances for Blackburn in an 18-year career.
In January 1987, he joined Chester City as a player and assistant manager. The long-term plan was for qualified coach Fazackerley to succeed Harry McNally as manager, but he grew unhappy at the lack of progress at the club. He moved on in the summer of 1988 to York City to assist ex-Rovers manager Bobby Saxton. In February 1989, he joined Bury where Martin Dobson was manager and ended the season helping run the side after Dobson departed. This was his final playing season in professional football.
In May 1990, he became player-manager of Kumu in Finland before moving to Newcastle United as first team coach. He was involved in the England setup as assistant manager under Kevin Keegan, working alongside Les Reed.
He has since coached at other clubs, including Blackburn, Bolton Wanderers and Barnsley.
He was a scout for Manchester City and sat alongside Sven-Göran Eriksson on the bench at City's matches during his only season in charge. His position at the club was placed under review following Sven-Göran Eriksson's departure, and left in July after Mark Hughes was appointed as manager.
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