Paul Bodin
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paul John Bodin | ||
| Date of birth | 13 September 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Cardiff, Wales | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Left Back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Chelsea | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1982 | Chelsea | 0 | (0) |
| 1982 | Newport County | ||
| 1982–1985 | Cardiff City | 75 | (4) |
| 1985 | Merthyr Tydfil | 39 | (8) |
| 1985–1988 | Bath City | 106 | (30) |
| 1988 | Newport County | 6 | (1) |
| 1988–1991 | Swindon Town | 93 | (9) |
| 1991–1992 | Crystal Palace | 9 | (0) |
| 1991 | → Newcastle United (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 1992–1996 | Swindon Town | 146 | (28) |
| 1996–1998 | Reading | 40 | (1) |
| 1997 | → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 1998–2001 | Bath City | 81 | (8) |
| Total | 606 | (89) | |
| National team | |||
| 1983 | Wales U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 1990–1994 | Wales | 23 | (3) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1998–2001 | Bath City | ||
| 2011 | Swindon Town (caretaker) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Paul John Bodin (born 13 September 1964) is a former Wales international footballer and coach. His son, Billy Bodin, is also a professional footballer.
A former Chelsea youth team graduate, he moved to Cardiff City via Newport County in 1982. He helped Cardiff to win promotion out of the Third Division in 1982–83. He returned to non-League football with Merthyr Tydfil and Bath City in 1985, before rejoining Newport for a £15,000 fee in January 1988. Two months later he was sold on to Swindon Town for twice this sum, and became the club's first choice left-back, helping them to win the 1990 Second Division play-off final and winning himself a place on the PFA Team of the Year in 1990–91. He was sold to Crystal Palace for £550,000 in March 1991, but was loaned out to Newcastle United before being sold back to Swindon for £225,000 in January 1992. Named as Swindon's Player of the Season in 1992–93, he scored the winning goal in the 1991 First Division play-off final. He featured in the Premier League, though after two successive relegations he again earned a place on the Second Division's PFA Team of the Year in 1995–96. He then spent two seasons with Reading, as well as a loan spell at Wycombe Wanderers, before entering management with Bath City in 1998. He also won 23 caps for Wales between 1990 and 1994.
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