Scott Sellars
Scott Sellars (born 27 November 1965) is an English former professional footballer who made more than 500 appearances in the Football League and Premier League playing as a winger for Leeds United, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United, Bolton Wanderers, Huddersfield Town and Mansfield Town. He represented England at under-21 level.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Scott Sellars[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 27 November 1965||
Place of birth | Sheffield,[1] England | ||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2] | ||
Playing position(s) | Left midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1983–1986 | Leeds United | 76 | (12) |
1986–1992 | Blackburn Rovers | 202 | (35) |
1992–1993 | Leeds United | 7 | (0) |
1993–1995 | Newcastle United | 75 | (8) |
1995–1999 | Bolton Wanderers | 111 | (15) |
1999–2001 | Huddersfield Town | 48 | (1) |
2001 | AGF Aarhus | 20 | (1) |
2002–2003 | Mansfield Town | 20 | (3) |
Total | 545 | (72) | |
National team | |||
1988 | England U21 | 3 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
2008–2009 | Chesterfield (assistant manager) | ||
2009–2014 | Manchester City (Academy coach) | ||
2014–2018 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (U23's) | ||
2016 | Wolverhampton Wanderers (assistant head coach) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
He is currently Head of Academy Player Development at Wolverhampton Wanderers.[3] He has previously been assistant manager at Chesterfield and academy coach at Manchester City. He has also worked as the head coach of Wolverhampton Wanderers U23's, as well as assistant head coach under caretaker manager Rob Edwards for Wolves' first team.
Career
After starting his career at Leeds United, Sellars established himself in the Second Division with Blackburn Rovers where he spent six years. After three play-off heartbreaks, Sellars finally found success in the 1991-92 Play-off Final which earned Rovers promotion to the newly formed Premier League. However, that would prove to be his last match for Rovers as he joined his old club Leeds who had just won the First Division.
On 24 April 1993 he scored the winning goal for the Magpies in their 1–0 win over local rivals Sunderland in Division One at St James's Park, which meant that they only needed a point from their final three games to be sure of promotion.[4]
Sellars joined Manchester City as Academy coach in October 2009 [5] after previously holding the role of assistant manager at Chesterfield in the League Two. He was sacked on 11 April 2014 after a "difference of footballing opinion with the current regime" [6] and fears over the club's homegrown quota.
In July 2014 he was appointed to the coaching staff at Wolverhampton Wanderers FC.[7]
In March 2019 Sellars applied for, and was appointed to, the post of Head of Academy at Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, succeeding Gareth Prosser in the role.[8]
References
- "Scott Sellars". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
- "Senior Professional Phase Development Coach - U23 Lead". Wolverhampton Wanderers FC. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
- "Wolves appoint Scott Sellars and Rob Edwards". Express and Star. 14 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- Scott Sellars appointed as Head of Academy