Michael Appleton
Appleton in 2009
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Michael Antony Appleton | ||
| Date of birth | 4 December 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Salford, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Oxford United (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1992–1994 | Manchester United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1997 | Manchester United | 0 | (0) |
| 1995 | → Wimbledon (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1995 | → Lincoln City (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1997 | → Grimsby Town (loan) | 10 | (3) |
| 1997–2001 | Preston North End | 121 | (12) |
| 2001–2003 | West Bromwich Albion | 33 | (0) |
| Total | 168 | (15) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2011 | West Bromwich Albion (caretaker) | ||
| 2011–2012 | Portsmouth | ||
| 2012–2013 | Blackpool | ||
| 2013 | Blackburn Rovers | ||
| 2014– | Oxford United | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Michael Antony Appleton (born 4 December 1975) is an English former professional footballer who is the manager of League One club Oxford United.
As a player, he was a midfielder who played from 1994 to 2003, his playing career being cut short by a serious knee injury. He played as a professional for Manchester United, Lincoln City, Grimsby Town and Preston North End. He was the assistant head coach at West Bromwich Albion, one of the teams for which he had played. He was also their caretaker manager for one match after Roberto Di Matteo was placed on gardening leave.
On 10 November 2011, Appleton was appointed the manager of Portsmouth, and just under a year later he became manager of Blackpool. After just over two months as Blackpool manager he left the Seasiders to become manager of Blackburn Rovers on 11 January 2013. 67 days later, on 19 March, he was sacked. In July 2014 he was appointed Head Coach at Oxford United and in his second season in charge led the club to promotion to League One.
Born in Salford, Greater Manchester, Appleton attended Seedley Primary School and Buile Hill Secondary School, both in Salford. He represented the football teams of both schools, playing as a striker until the age of "12 or 13" before switching to midfield. A lifelong Manchester United fan, Appleton progressed through the club's youth system before earning a professional contract in 1994. He had a brief loan spell at Wimbledon in 1995, featuring in their makeshift squad for the 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup along with fellow United players Graeme Tomlinson and John O'Kane. In the 1995–96 season, Appleton was loaned out to Lincoln City for a month to get first team experience, playing four Division Three matches and one match in the Football League Trophy, before returning to Old Trafford.
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