 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paul Anthony Wotton[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 17 August 1977[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Plymouth,[1] England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Torquay United (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–2008 | Plymouth Argyle | 394 | (54) |
| 2008–2011 | Southampton | 57 | (0) |
| 2010 | → Oxford United (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | → Yeovil Town (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Yeovil Town | 39 | (4) |
| 2012–2015 | Plymouth Argyle | 52 | (3) |
| Total | 552 | (61) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2019–2024 | Truro City | ||
| 2024– | Torquay United | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Paul Anthony Wotton (born 17 August 1977) is an English former professional footballer who is the manager of Torquay United.
Having begun his career with his home-town side, Wotton went on to become the club's most successful captain as they won two Football League titles in three seasons. By the time he left Plymouth in 2008, Wotton had broken into the top ten of the club's all-time appearance list – playing in more than 400 matches – and won their Player of the Year award twice. A year later, he was inducted into the club's Hall of Fame.[3]
Wotton went on to spend three seasons with Southampton, with whom he won the Football League Trophy at Wembley Stadium during the 2009–10 season. Towards the end of his time with the club, he was loaned out to Oxford United and Yeovil Town before joining the latter permanently. A year later, Wotton returned to Plymouth Argyle. He was appointed player-coach at Argyle at the end of the 2013–14 season[4] and formally retired from playing the following year.[5]
Renowned for his leadership and powerful shot, Wotton played at both centre half and defensive midfield and was considered a specialist at set pieces.[6] Wotton also got recognised as for all but one of his seasons at Plymouth, he had worn the no.15 shirt. "It was my first squad number. I came in for pre-season while I was in a contract dispute with the club. I was raging. I thought, me being me, if you weren't (numbers) 1–11, you weren't fancied. I was really disappointed because I was a regular in the team. When I came back and things went really well, I just stayed (number) 15."[7]
- ^ a b c "Paul Wotton". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ^ Hugman, Barry (2007). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2007–08. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 443. ISBN 978-1-84596-246-3.
- ^ "Paul Wotton: The Profile". Plymouth Argyle F.C. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
- ^ "Plymouth Argyle: Paul Wotton signs player-coach deal". BBC Sport. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ "Retain list". Plymouth Argyle F.C. 15 May 2015. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
- ^ "Paul Wotton". Plymouth Argyle F.C. 16 November 2009. Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ^ "The Pilgrim v Exeter City". Plymouth Argyle F.C. 11 July 2014.