Steven Pressley
Steven Pressley, 2009
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Steven John Pressley | ||
| Date of birth | 11 October 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Elgin, Scotland | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1989–1990 | Inverkeithing BC | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1994 | Rangers | 34 | (1) |
| 1994–1995 | Coventry City | 19 | (1) |
| 1995–1998 | Dundee United | 100 | (6) |
| 1998–2006 | Heart of Midlothian | 271 | (19) |
| 2006–2008 | Celtic | 19 | (1) |
| 2008 | Randers | 9 | (0) |
| 2009 | Falkirk | 16 | (0) |
| Total | 468 | (28) | |
| National team | |||
| 1991–1994 | Scotland U21 | 26 | (1) |
| 2000–2006 | Scotland | 32 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2005 | Heart of Midlothian (Joint Caretaker) | ||
| 2010–2013 | Falkirk | ||
| 2013–2015 | Coventry City | ||
| 2015–2016 | Fleetwood Town | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Steven John Pressley (born 11 October 1973) is a Scottish football player and manager. Pressley had a long playing career, playing for both halves of the Old Firm and making over 100 league appearances for both Dundee United and Hearts. Pressley captained the Hearts side that won the 2006 Scottish Cup Final, and made 32 appearances for Scotland. As a player, Pressley was described as hard-working and exhibiting leadership.
After retiring as a player, Pressley was assistant manager of Falkirk, before being appointed manager in February 2010. Pressley also served as an assistant manager to George Burley while Burley was manager of Scotland. He moved to League One side Coventry City in March 2013, but was dismissed in February 2015. Pressley was appointed manager of Fleetwood Town in October 2015, Pressley resigned from his position at Fleetwood Town in July 2016
Pressley started his career at Rangers. During his time at Ibrox, he won a Scottish Cup winner's medal in 1993, appearing as a substitute as Rangers defeated Aberdeen in the cup final.
Pressley was transferred to English side Coventry City in October 1994 for £600,000. His one goal for Coventry came against Manchester United.
Pressley returned to Scotland in July 1995 with Dundee United, who paid a transfer fee of £750,000. He helped Dundee United to get promotion to the Premier Division in his first season. This was followed by a third-place finish in the 1996-97 Scottish Premier Division.
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