Ian Holloway
Holloway as Millwall manager in 2015
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Ian Scott Holloway | ||
| Date of birth | 12 March 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Kingswood, South Gloucestershire, England | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Queens Park Rangers (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1980–1985 | Bristol Rovers | 111 | (14) |
| 1985–1986 | Wimbledon | 19 | (2) |
| 1986–1987 | Brentford | 30 | (2) |
| 1987 | → Torquay United (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 1987–1991 | Bristol Rovers | 179 | (26) |
| 1991–1996 | Queens Park Rangers | 147 | (4) |
| 1996–1999 | Bristol Rovers | 107 | (1) |
| Total | 598 | (49) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1996–2001 | Bristol Rovers | ||
| 2001–2006 | Queens Park Rangers | ||
| 2006–2007 | Plymouth Argyle | ||
| 2007–2008 | Leicester City | ||
| 2009–2012 | Blackpool | ||
| 2012–2013 | Crystal Palace | ||
| 2014–2015 | Millwall | ||
| 2016– | Queens Park Rangers | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Ian Scott Holloway (12 March 1963) is an English football manager and former player and is the manager of Queens Park Rangers.
A midfielder, he began his career at hometown club Bristol Rovers in 1981, going on to play for Wimbledon, Brentford, Torquay United (on loan), back to Bristol Rovers for a second spell, Queens Park Rangers and, finally, a third spell back at Bristol Rovers, where he became player-manager before ending his playing career in 1999. He has also managed Queens Park Rangers, Plymouth Argyle, Leicester City, Blackpool and Crystal Palace. As he did with Blackpool three years earlier, Holloway managed Crystal Palace to promotion to the Premier League in May 2013, but after the club had won only one of their opening eight games he left, by mutual consent, on 23 October 2013 after less than a year in charge. On 6 January 2014 Holloway signed a two-and-a-half-year deal with Millwall; this was terminated in March 2015. He rejoined Queens Park Rangers as manager on 11 November 2016.
He is known by the nickname "Ollie", which is also the title of his autobiography. Holloway has a reputation amongst football fans for his Bristol accent, off-the-wall interviews and amusing answers to questions from the media, with a wide selection of quotes and soundbites being printed.
A native of Kingswood, east of Bristol, Holloway grew up in Cadbury Heath, where his mother, Jean, still lives in the same council house. Holloway went to Sir Bernard Lovell School in Oldland Common at the same time that Gary Penrice was at Chase School for Boys in Mangotsfield. They still remain close friends today. His father Bill – an amateur footballer – worked as a seaman and a factory worker.
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