| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Scott Paul Green[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1970-01-15)15 January 1970 (age 55) | ||
| Place of birth | Walsall, England | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Pallo-Iirot (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1990 | Derby County | 0 | (0) |
| 1989 | →Euran Pallo (loan) | 17 | (23) |
| 1990–1997 | Bolton Wanderers | 257 | (25) |
| 1997–2003 | Wigan Athletic | 213 | (10) |
| 2003 | Wrexham | 15 | (3) |
| 2003–2004 | Telford United | 20 | (3) |
| 2004–2005 | Wrexham | 12 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Ashton United | ||
| Total | 534 | (64) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2006–2008 | Ashton United | ||
| 2018– | Pallo-Iirot | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Scott Paul Green (born 15 January 1970) is an English football manager and former professional footballer who is the manager of Finnish clubPallo-Iirot.
As a player, he was adefender who notably played in thePremier League forBolton Wanderers. He also played in theFootball League withWigan Athletic andWrexham as well as non-league sidesTelford United andAshton United.
Following retirement, Green managed Ashton United before having spells as a youth coach at bothYeovil Town andPortsmouth.
As a schoolboy, Green spent time at Walsall, West Brom and Wolverhampton Wanderers before Derby County took him on trial as a centre-forward where he would do two year apprenticeship and two-year professional. He ultimately failed to play a single game for Derby but would have a successful loan spell in 1989 with Finnish sideEuran Pallo,[2] scoring 23 goals in 17 matches.[3] In 1990, Green signed for Bolton Wanderers for £50,000, making his début against Shrewsbury Town. scoring his first goal against Bristol City at Burnden Park. He would help Wanderers reach the play-offs that season, and made an appearance in the 1991 play-off final at Wembley against Tranmere. In 1993 Green would help Bolton Secure Promotion to the First Division by beating Preston North End on the final day of the season 1–0 at Burnden Park to secure automatic promotion. In 1994, Green switched to full-back helping Bolton achieve promotion to the Premier League and also played in the1995 Football League Cup Final againstLiverpool.
Green joinedWigan Athletic for £300,000 in June 1997, scoring on his début in a 5–2 win overWycombe Wanderers on the opening day of the 1997/98 season. Now a regular fixture at right-back, he was part of the side that would win theFootball League Trophy at Wembley in 1999 as an unused substitute.[4] A virtual ever present in the first half of Wigan's First Division Championship winning season, he would be allowed to leave the club for Wrexham in 2003 where Green would also play a big part in gaining promotion with Wrexham to Division one. Green's second spell at Wrexham in 2005 would see him gain another medal in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy at the Millennium Stadium.
Green's first managerial job came in charge ofAshton United where he spent 18 months in charge from 2006 to 2007.[5] On 15 October 2018, Green was appointed as manager of Finnish clubPallo-Iirot after spells at Preston North EndYeovil Town andPortsmouth.[6]
Bolton Wanderers
Wigan Athletic
Wrexham
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