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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nigel Winterburn[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 11 December 1963||
Place of birth | Arley, Warwickshire, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Left back | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1981–1982 | Birmingham City | 0 | (0) |
1982–1983 | Oxford United | 0 | (0) |
1983–1987 | Wimbledon | 165 | (8) |
1987–2000 | Arsenal | 440 | (8) |
2000–2003 | West Ham United | 82 | (1) |
Total | 687 | (17) | |
International career | |||
1982 | England Youth[3] | 1 | (0) |
1986 | England U21 | 1 | (0) |
1990–1991 | England B | 3 | (0) |
1989–1993 | England | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Nigel Winterburn (born 11 December 1963) is an English retired professional footballer, coach and current television personality for BT Sport.[4]
Winterburn played primarily as a left back from 1981 to 2003. He is best known for his role alongside Tony Adams, Steve Bould, Martin Keown and Lee Dixon, forming the defensive line for Arsenal in the Premier League and European football during the 1990s. He also played for West Ham United, later playing in EFL for Wimbledon, Birmingham City, and Oxford United. He was capped twice by England, in 1989 and 1993.
During the 2008–09 season, Winterburn briefly joined a part of the coaching staff at Blackburn Rovers under Paul Ince but was subsequently replaced by Sam Allardyce.