Nigel Worthington

Nigel Worthington

Worthington as manager of York City in 2013
Personal information
Full name	Nigel Worthington
Date of birth	(1961-11-04) 4 November 1961 (age 55)
Place of birth	Ballymena, Northern Ireland
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Playing position	Defender / Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979–1981	Ballymena United
1981–1984	Notts County	67	(4)
1984–1994	Sheffield Wednesday	338	(12)
1994–1996	Leeds United	43	(1)
1996–1997	Stoke City	12	(0)
1997–1998	Blackpool	9	(0)
Total		469	(17)
National team
	Northern Ireland U18	14	(0)
1984–1997	Northern Ireland	66	(0)
Teams managed
1997–1999	Blackpool
2000–2006	Norwich City
2007	Leicester City (caretaker)
2007–2011	Northern Ireland
2013–2014	York City
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Nigel Worthington (born 4 November 1961) is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who was most recently the manager of York City.

He played a defender and a midfielder, playing his club football for Ballymena United, Notts County, Sheffield Wednesday, Leeds United, Stoke City and Blackpool. With Sheffield Wednesday he won the League Cup in 1991. As an international player, he was capped 66 times for Northern Ireland, and appeared for them at the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

Worthington began his managerial career as player-manager of Blackpool in 1997 before he took over as manager of Norwich City in 2000. He guided Norwich into the Premier League in the 2003–04 season as First Division title winners. He left just over two years afterwards, having failed to keep them in the top-flight in 2005. He was briefly caretaker manager of Leicester City in 2007 prior to starting as manager of Northern Ireland, from which he stepped down in 2011.