Neil Emblen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Neil Emblen | ||
| Date of birth | 19 June 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Bromley, England | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Central midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Western Springs (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1991–1992 | Tonbridge Angels | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1993 | Sittingbourne | 54 | (2) |
| 1993–1994 | Millwall | 12 | (0) |
| 1994–1997 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 89 | (9) |
| 1997–1998 | Crystal Palace | 13 | (0) |
| 1998–2001 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 114 | (7) |
| 2001–2003 | Norwich City | 14 | (0) |
| 2003 | → Walsall (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | Walsall | 75 | (7) |
| 2005–2007 | New Zealand Knights | 32 | (3) |
| 2007–2011 | Waitakere United | 42 | (5) |
| 2013–2014 | Western Springs | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 2009–2012 | Waitakere United (player-coach) | ||
| 2012 | New Zealand U23 | ||
| 2012– | New Zealand (assistant coach) | ||
| 2013– | Western Springs (player-coach) | ||
| 2014 | New Zealand (interim head coach) | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 July 2011 (UTC). |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 July 2011 (UTC).
Neil Emblen (born 19 June 1971) is an English footballer who is the manager of New Zealand club Western Springs.
Emblen is also the assistant head coach of New Zealand, having served under Ricki Herbert, and as of 2014, Anthony Hudson, and was briefly the interim head coach prior to Hudson's appointment. He was the head coach of the New Zealand U23's during the 2012 Summer Olympics.
He had spent the majority of his career in English football with Millwall, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Crystal Palace, Norwich City and Walsall, before moving to New Zealand.
Emblen started his career as a youth player at Tonbridge Angels before moving to Sittingbourne and then Millwall for a fee of £210,000 including Michael Harle. After spending a year with the Lions, Emblen was sold to Wolverhampton Wanderers for £600,000, where he would become a regular during his three years at Molineux.
A £2,000,000 move to Crystal Palace beckoned in 1997 but would last just one season, and in 1998, after scoring two goals for Palace in the FA Cup against Scunthorpe United, Emblen moved back to Wolves in exchange for the West Midlands club writing off the remainder of the £2million still owed as part of the initial transfer. Emblen's second three-year spell saw him gain favour with the Wolves fans as he made the attacking midfield role his own. It ended in 2001 when he moved to Norwich City for £500,000.
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