Gary Charles

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Gary Charles
Personal information
Full name Gary Andrew Charles
Date of birth (1970-04-13) 13 April 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth Newham, England
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Clapton
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1993 Nottingham Forest 81 (2)
1989 → Leicester City (loan) 8 (0)
1993–1995 Derby County 77 (3)
1995–1999 Aston Villa 107 (4)
1999 Benfica 4 (1)
1999–2002 West Ham United 8 (0)
2000 → Birmingham City (loan) 3 (0)
Total 288 (10)
International career
1989–1991 England U21 8 (0)
1991 England 2 (0)
Managerial career
2018
Nuneaton Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gary Andrew Charles (born 13 April 1970) is an English football coach and former professional player.

He played as a

Football League for Leicester City, Derby County and Birmingham City. He was capped twice for England
.

In 2018, Charles had a brief spell as manager of non-league side

Nuneaton Town, having previously worked as assistant manager of Lincoln City
.

Playing career

Born in

Full Members Cup against Southampton.[7]

On 29 July 1993, he made a £750,000 move to

League Cup.[8] On 14 January 1999, Charles moved abroad, joining Benfica in Portugal, for a fee of £1m.[9] He was the back-up choice after the failed bid for Oleh Luzhnyi.[10] However, in Portugal, his problem with injuries remained; on 22 January, just six days after arriving, he sustained a sprain in his right hock with rupture of the joint capsule of his knee, being sidelined for two months.[11] He finally made his debut on a 3–0 home loss against Boavista on 14 March 1999, and played in three more games, scoring one goal, before being sidelined again on late April, due to a pubalgia.[12][13]
Spending the entire summer recovering from injury, he was put on the transfer list by Jupp Heynckes, so he made a move to his boyhood team West Ham United on 5 October 1999 for £1.2m.[14] During his three seasons with the Hammers, he was constantly troubled by injuries, so he opted to end his professional career on 29 July 2002.[15]

Coaching career

In October 2011, Charles joined

Nuneaton Town.[16] In June 2018, he was replaced as manager at Nuneaton by Nicky Eaden.[17]

Personal life

After the end of his playing career, Charles struggled with

UEFA A Coaching licence.[citation needed] In 2018, Charles was reported as being a recovering alcoholic with a business providing care to people who are experiencing depression and alcohol and drug dependency.[19] His son, Jaden, made his professional debut in May 2021.[20][21]

Honours

Nottingham Forest

  • 1991–92

Aston Villa

Individual

References

  1. ^ "'Cloughie said if I didn't put weight on, I had to go live with him and his wife' - Gary Charles on starting out at Nottingham Forest". Nottingham Post. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  2. ^ John Spencer (7 August 2005). "Triumph and despair: Gary Charles". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  3. ^ Hodkinson, Mark (6 November 2004). "Forgotten man still picking up pieces after two worlds collide". The Times. pp. 122–123 – via The Times Digital Archive.
  4. ^ "Mario Balotelli's flaws at Liverpool lead Brendan Rodgers up blind alley". Simon Austin. 9 October 2014. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  5. ^ "England players: Gary Charles". englandfootballonline. 2 June 2011. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  6. ^ "Gazza's moment of madness - 20 years on". BBC. 4 May 2011. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  7. ISBN 0-9534474-3-X
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  8. ^ "Former Derby County and Nottingham Forest man 'set for first management spell'". Derby Telegraph. 22 March 2018. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  9. ^ "Football: On the move". Independent. 17 January 1999. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  10. ^ "Oleg Luzhny perto de chegar a acordo com Arsenal" [Oleg Luzhny close to reaching deal with Arsenal]. Record (in Portuguese). 13 May 1999. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  11. ^ "When Benfica welcomed a British invasion, but wished it hadn't". Worldsoccer.com. 17 November 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  12. ISBN 978-989-23-2087-8
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  13. ISBN 978-989-23-2087-8
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  14. ^ "Gary Charles assina pelo West Ham" [Gary Charles signs with West Ham]. Record (in Portuguese). 5 October 1999. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  15. ^ "Ex-footballer jailed for dangerous driving". The Daily Telegraph. 27 January 2004. Retrieved 21 June 2018.
  16. ^ Admin (29 March 2018). "Former England and Aston Villa defender Gary Charles appointed as new manager of Nuneaton Town". The Non-League Paper. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  17. ^ "Gary Charles shocked at Nuneaton Town departure - finds out on Twitter". Nottingham Post. 16 June 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2018.
  18. ^ "Ex-England soccer star who turned to alcohol jailed". The Telegraph. 28 January 2004. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  19. ^ "From 'new Rooney' to cocaine & a suicide attempt". BBC Sport.
  20. ^ Dollery, Paul (25 March 2021). "Clough signs Irish youth international as son of former team-mate joins League Two side". The42. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  21. ^ "Mansfield Town 4-1 Oldham Athletic". BBC Sport. 1 May 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  22. ^ "Milosevic gives; Villa a touch of magic". The Independent. 25 March 1996. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  23. ^ Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. p. 150.

External links

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