Dougie Freedman

Dougie Freedman
Personal information
Full name Douglas Alan Freedman[1]
Date of birth (1974-05-25) 25 May 1974 (age 50)[2]
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland[3]
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[4]
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Crystal Palace (sporting director)
Youth career
1992–1994 Queens Park Rangers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1994–1995 Barnet 47 (27)
1995–1997 Crystal Palace 90 (31)
1997–1998 Wolverhampton Wanderers 29 (10)
1998–2000 Nottingham Forest 70 (18)
2000–2008 Crystal Palace 237 (64)
2008 → Leeds United (loan) 11 (5)
2008–2010 Southend United 36 (6)
Total 520 (161)
International career
1994–1995 Scotland U21 8 (2)
2001–2002 Scotland 2 (1)
Managerial career
2011–2012 Crystal Palace
2012–2014 Bolton Wanderers
2015–2016 Nottingham Forest
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Douglas Alan Freedman (born 25 May 1974) is a Scottish professional football manager and former player. He is the current sporting director of Crystal Palace.[5]

Freedman played as a striker, primarily for Crystal Palace and also had spells as a player at Queens Park Rangers, Barnet, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Nottingham Forest, Leeds United and Southend United. Freedman had two caps for the Scotland national team where he scored one goal in a 2002 World Cup qualifier against Latvia.

Freedman started his managerial career with Crystal Palace in 2011. He moved to fellow Championship club Bolton Wanderers in 2012,[6] but left this position in October 2014. He became manager of Nottingham Forest in February 2015, with whom he parted company in March 2016.

  1. ^ "Dougie Freedman". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  2. ^ "D. Freedman: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Dougie Freedman". 11v11.com. AFS Enterprises. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  4. ^ "Dougie Freedman: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
  5. ^ "Omar Yabroudi: The Emirati with an eye for footballing talent at Crystal Palace in the Premier League". The National. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Freedman to join Bolton - Palace". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 June 2021.