Eddie Newton

Eddie Newton
Personal information
Full name Edward John Ikem Newton[1]
Date of birth (1971-12-13) 13 December 1971 (age 52)[1]
Place of birth Hammersmith, England
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
1985–1990 Chelsea
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1999 Chelsea 165 (8)
1992Cardiff City (loan) 18 (4)
1999–2000 Birmingham City 4 (0)
2000 Oxford United 7 (0)
2000 Barnet 4 (0)
2000–2001 Hayes 6 (0)
Total 204 (12)
International career
1993 England U21 2 (0)
Managerial career
2008–2009 Milton Keynes Dons (assistant manager)
2009–2011 West Bromwich Albion (assistant manager)
2012 Chelsea (assistant manager)
2015–2016 Chelsea (assistant manager)
2019–2020 Chelsea (assistant manager)
2020 Trabzonspor (assistant manager)
2020 Trabzonspor
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edward John Ikem Newton (born 13 December 1971) is an English football manager and former professional footballer.

As a player, he was a defensive midfielder from 1990 until 2001 notably for Chelsea where he scored in the 1997 FA Cup final. He also played in the Football League for Cardiff City, Birmingham City, Oxford United and Barnet and in the Conference National for Hayes. He also earned two caps for the England U21 side.

Having begun his coaching career on the staff of Milton Keynes Dons and West Bromwich Albion, he returned to Chelsea where he served as assistant manager to Roberto Di Matteo before the latter was replaced by Rafael Benítez. In December 2015 he was reappointed as assistant manager to interim manager Guus Hiddink. In 2020 he had a brief spell in charge of Turkish side Trabzonspor.

  1. ^ a b c Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2001). The 2001–2002 Official PFA Footballers Factfile. AFS. p. 222. ISBN 9780946531349.