Paul Wotton
Wotton with Plymouth Argyle in 2016
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Paul Anthony Wotton | ||
| Date of birth | 17 August 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Plymouth, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender / Midfielder | ||
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Current team
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Plymouth Argyle (first team coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–2008 | Plymouth Argyle | 394 | (54) |
| 2008–2011 | Southampton | 57 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Oxford United (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → Yeovil Town (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Yeovil Town | 39 | (4) |
| 2012–2015 | Plymouth Argyle | 52 | (3) |
| Total | 552 | (61) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Paul Anthony Wotton (born 17 August 1977) is an English former footballer and current first team coach at Football League Two club Plymouth Argyle. Having begun his career with his home-town side, Wotton went on to become the club's most successful captain as they won two Football League titles in three seasons. By the time he left Plymouth in 2008, Wotton had broken into the top ten of the club's all-time appearance list – playing in more than 400 matches – and won their Player of the Year award twice. A year later, he was inducted into the club's Hall of Fame.
Wotton went on to spend three seasons with Southampton, who he won the Football League Trophy with at Wembley Stadium during the 2009–10 season. Towards the end of his time with the club, he was loaned out to Oxford United and Yeovil Town before joining the latter permanently. A year later, Wotton returned to Plymouth Argyle. He was appointed player-coach at Argyle at the end of the 2013–14 season and formally retired from playing the following year. Renowned for his leadership and powerful shot, he is a specialist at set pieces.
For all but one of his seasons at Plymouth, Wotton has worn the no.15 shirt. "It was my first squad number. I came in for pre-season while I was in a contract dispute with the club. I was raging. I thought, me being me, if you weren't (numbers) 1–11, you weren't fancied. I was really disappointed because I was a regular in the team. When I came back and things went really well, I just stayed (number) 15."
Wotton was born in Plymouth, Devon, and started his playing career with his hometown club. His first season for Plymouth Argyle was also his first as a professional, under Neil Warnock in 1994–95. After Argyle were relegated from the Second Division at the end of the 1997–98 season following defeat at Burnley he famously vowed that he would be part of the side that won promotion, and captained the side to the title with a record 102 points in 2001–02 whilst being named in the PFA Division Three team of the year. Two seasons later he again lifted some silverware, this time the Division Two championship. He was named the player of the season for Argyle for the following 2004–05 season, in which the team finished 17th. He appeared in the famous Jimmy Glass game against Carlisle, in which the goalkeeper scored in the 94th minute to keep Carlisle United in the Football League.
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