 Tisdale managing Exeter City in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paul Robert Tisdale[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 14 January 1973[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Valletta, Malta[1] | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Celtic (head of football operations) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1984–1987 | Bristol Rovers | ||
| 1987–1992 | Southampton | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1997 | Southampton | 16 | (1) |
| 1993 | → Northampton Town (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 1996 | → Huddersfield Town (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | Bristol City | 5 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | → Exeter City (loan) | 10 | (1) |
| 1998 | FinnPa | 8 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | Panionios | 18 | (1) |
| 1999–2000 | Yeovil Town | 15 | (1) |
| 2010–2011 | Exeter City | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 80 | (4) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2001–2006 | Team Bath | ||
| 2006–2018 | Exeter City | ||
| 2018–2019 | Milton Keynes Dons | ||
| 2020–2021 | Bristol Rovers | ||
| 2021–2022 | Stevenage | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Paul Robert Tisdale (born 14 January 1973) is an English professional football manager and former player. He is currently Head of Football Operations at Celtic.
As a player, Tisdale represented Southampton, Bristol City, FinnPa, Panionios and Yeovil Town during a career which began in 1991 and concluded in 2000, playing primarily as a midfielder. During his time at Exeter City, he remained registered as a player between 2007 and 2016, making his debut as a late substitute in a 2–1 victory at Sheffield Wednesday at the end of the 2010–11 season and naming himself as a substitute in the EFL Trophy match at Oxford Utd on 30 August 2016.
Tisdale previously managed Team Bath. Having managed Exeter City from June 2006 until June 2018, he was, for 19 days, the longest-serving manager at one club in the English Football League.
- ^ a b c "Paul Tisdale". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
- ^ Chalk, Gary; Holley, Duncan; Bull, David (2013). All the Saints: A Complete Players' Who's Who of Southampton FC. Southampton: Hagiology Publishing. p. 482. ISBN 978-0-9926-8640-6.