Paul Bracewell
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paul William Bracewell | ||
| Date of birth | 19 July 1962 | ||
| Place of birth | Heswall, England | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1978–1979 | Stoke City | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1979–1983 | Stoke City | 129 | (5) |
| 1983–1984 | Sunderland | 38 | (4) |
| 1984–1989 | Everton | 95 | (7) |
| 1989–1992 | Sunderland | 113 | (2) |
| 1992–1995 | Newcastle United | 73 | (3) |
| 1995–1997 | Sunderland | 77 | (0) |
| 1997–1999 | Fulham | 62 | (1) |
| Total | 587 | (22) | |
| National team | |||
| 1982–1984 | England U21 | 13 | (0) |
| 1985 | England | 3 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1999–2000 | Fulham | ||
| 2000–2001 | Halifax Town | ||
| 2013–2015 | Sunderland Development Coach U21s & U18s | ||
| 2015–present | Sunderland (assistant manager) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Paul William Bracewell (born 19 July 1962) is an English former footballer and manager who played as a midfielder. He played for Stoke City, Sunderland, Everton, Newcastle United and Fulham. He also played for England national team and was manager of Fulham and Halifax Town. He is currently the Assistant Manager of Sunderland A.F.C.
Bracewell was born in Heswall. started his football career with Stoke City progressing through the youth ranks at the Victoria Ground and made his professional debut against away at Wolverhampton Wanderers just before his 18th birthday. He soon became a regular in the first team and went on to complete three full seasons before in June 1983 he moved to Sunderland for a fee of £250,000 linking up with Alan Durban. He made 141 appearances for Stoke scoring six goals.
Sunderland had an unsuccessful 1983–84 season and Durban was sacked by the Roker Park club and new manager Len Ashurst did not believe Bracewell could play for him and so sold him to Everton for £425,000. It was at Goodison Park where Bracewell enjoyed the most successful spell of his career. As part of a midfield that included Peter Reid, Kevin Sheedy and Trevor Steven, they won the 1984–85 Football League and also enjoyed success in Europe when they lifted the 1984–85 European Cup Winners' Cup. Such form prompted a call-up to the full England squad where he went on to win three caps but missed out on a place in Bobby Robson’s 1986 World Cup squad with a broken leg. Paul also played in four losing FA Cup Finals, the last of which came following his return to Sunderland in 1992.
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