 Lambert in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paul Lambert[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1969-08-07)7 August 1969 (age 56) | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.81 m)[2] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1985–1986 | St Mirren | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1993 | St Mirren | 227 | (14) |
| 1993–1996 | Motherwell | 103 | (6) |
| 1996–1997 | Borussia Dortmund | 44 | (1) |
| 1997–2005 | Celtic | 193 | (14) |
| 2005–2006 | Livingston | 7 | (0) |
| Total | 574 | (35) | |
| International career | |||
| 1990 | Scottish League XI | 1 | (0) |
| 1991–1992 | Scotland U21 | 5 | (2) |
| 1995–1996 | Scotland B | 2 | (2) |
| 1995–2003 | Scotland | 40 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2005–2006 | Livingston | ||
| 2006–2008 | Wycombe Wanderers | ||
| 2008–2009 | Colchester United | ||
| 2009–2012 | Norwich City | ||
| 2012–2015 | Aston Villa | ||
| 2015–2016 | Blackburn Rovers | ||
| 2016–2017 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
| 2018 | Stoke City | ||
| 2018–2021 | Ipswich Town | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Paul Lambert (born 7 August 1969) is a Scottish professionalfootballmanager and former player.
Lambert played as amidfielder and won theScottish Cup in 1987 withSt Mirren as a 17-year-old, theUEFA Champions League withBorussia Dortmund and all the Scottish domestic honours withCeltic. In his international career, Lambert earned 40caps forScotland and played in the1998 FIFA World Cup.
Lambert had success managingWycombe Wanderers. After a short spell managingColchester United, he guidedNorwich City into the EnglishPremier League with successive promotions in 2009–10 and 2010–11. After keeping Norwich in the Premier League in 2011–12, he managedAston Villa for three seasons. Lambert was appointedBlackburn Rovers manager in November 2015, before leaving the club in May 2016. Lambert became head coach ofWolverhampton Wanderers in November 2016 but was dismissed at the end of the season.[3]
Lambert was appointed manager ofStoke City in January 2018, but he was unable to prevent relegation to the Championship and left the club soon afterwards. 6 years after leaving Norwich, Lambert became manager of fellow East Anglia club Ipswich Town in October 2018. He was unable to prevent Ipswich's relegation to League One, and left the club in February 2021 after failing to mount a promotion challenge.
Lambert was born inGlasgow, but moved toLinwood, Renfrewshire when he was a child.[4] He played for Linwood Rangers Boys' Club before entering the professional game withSt Mirren in 1985. With St Mirren, the 17-year-old Lambert won his first senior winner's medal courtesy of the1987 Scottish Cup Final;[5]Saints beat favourites and that season'sUEFA Cup FinalistsDundee United, in what turned out to be the last time theScottish Cup was won by a team composed entirely of Scottish players. Due to his age, managerAlex Smith had to send the youngster home early from the alcohol-fuelled celebrations.[5] Lambert played with St Mirren for eight years, experiencing relegation from the top tier in1992.
In September 1993, Lambert was signed byTommy McLean forMotherwell for a fee of £250,000 in a transfer move that sawJimmy Gardner move to St Mirren.[6] The club finished in 3rd place at the end of the 1993–94 season in the Scottish Premier League.
WithAlex McLeish replacing McLean for the 1994–95 season,[7] Lambert and Motherwell went one place better finishing league runners-up, the club's highest finish since1933–34. The club also qualified for a place in the1994–95 UEFA Cup. After eliminatingFaroese opponents,HB Tórshavn, Motherwell were drawn against GermanBundesliga sideBorussia Dortmund, managed byOttmar Hitzfeld. In the away first leg, Motherwell lost to a solitary goal byAndreas Möller in the 58th minute.[8] In the second leg, Motherwell were still in the contest, untilKarl-Heinz Riedle scored twice in ten minutes during the second half.[9]
Lambert won the club'sSupporters Player of the Year, while he was also shortlisted for theSPFA Players' Players award in 1996.[10][11] He left Motherwell at the end of the 1995–96 season under freedom of contract, as new rules were implemented following theBosman ruling.[12]
After leaving Motherwell, an agent arranged trial spells for Lambert withPSV Eindhoven andBorussia Dortmund.[12] PSV did not sign Lambert as they were looking for awinger, but he signed for Dortmund after a pre-season tournament.[12] Dortmund managerOttmar Hitzfeld had previously been impressed by Lambert when the club had played Motherwell in the1994–95 UEFA Cup.[13] Portuguese internationalPaulo Sousa had also signed for Dortmund that summer.[12] Sousa had been expected to play in Lambert's position, but Lambert performed well in early Bundesliga matches and kept a place in the team.[12]
Dortmund had been the German champions in the previous two seasons, but struggled to keep pace withBayern Munich in1996–97,[12] eventually finishing third in the Bundesliga.[13] In the1996–97 UEFA Champions League, though, Dortmund progressed through the group stage as runners-up.[12] They then beat Auxerre andManchester United to reach theChampions League final, againstJuventus.[12] He had scored one goal during the group stage, the first in a 2–2 draw atWidzew Łódź. His performance in the semi-final elimination ofManchester United, when Dortmund were missing several key players due to injuries,[13] was later praised in theautobiography of United midfielderRoy Keane.
Lambert played in the Champions League final as a defensive midfielder, quelling the influence of Juve's French playmakerZinedine Zidane.[12][14][15][16] Lambert's cross also set up Karl-Heinz Riedle's opening goal as Dortmund won 3–1.[12] His contribution has since been lauded as a Man of the Match performance.[17] He became the first British person to win the European Cup with a non-UK team,[12] and the first British person to win the tournament since its reformation as the Champions League in 1992.
It was announced the Champions League group stage game on 5 November 1997 againstParma, his 23rd inEuropean club competitions,[18] would be Lambert's last before he returned to Scotland. His departure was prompted by his son suffering afebrile seizure after the Champions League final: having previously experienced this when living in Scotland, the family decided to return home to be closer to relatives.[13] He was given a rousing send off by the Dortmund fans, and reciprocated with a banner he had prepared thanking the Dortmund fans for their support.[19] Lambert scored one domestic league goal during his time with Dortmund, againstBayer Leverkusen.
In November 1997, after just over a year playing in the Bundesliga, appearing in 44 matches,[20] he was signed byWim Jansen forCeltic for a fee in the region of £2 million. Lambert made his debut on 8 November 1997 when he came on as a substitute in a league match atIbrox againstRangers. Three weeks later on 30 November 1997, Lambert picked up his first winner's medal as a Celtic player when he came on as a late substitute in Celtic's 3–0 win over Dundee United in theScottish League Cup Final.[21] Thereafter, Lambert became a regular in the starting line-up and scored from 25 yards in a 2–0 win over Rangers atParkhead in the New Year game.[22] Lambert went on to help the Scottish giants win the championshipthat season, their first in ten years, halting Rangers' run ofnine consecutive titles which had previously equalled the total achieved by Celtic in theJock Stein era.[23]
During his seven seasons with Celtic, he won fourScottish Premier League titles, twoScottish Cups, twoScottish League Cups and wasScottish Football Writer's Player of the Year[24] and was shortlistedSPFA Player of the Year again in 2002[25][26] Lambert captained the side that reached the2003 UEFA Cup Final inSeville; his team were drawing 2–2 after 90 minutes but after having a man sent off in extra time, conceded a third and decisive goal toJosé Mourinho'sPorto.[27][28]
During Lambert's international career, he was involved in a memorable Under-21 game against Germany. Theyoung Scots drew 1–1 inBochum in the1992 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship quarter-finals. In the return leg atPittodrie, Germany were two up after 40 minutes beforeDuncan Ferguson set upRay McKinnon to pull one back before half-time. Germany scored a third on the hour mark to seemingly put the tie out of reach. However, on 68 minutes,Gerry Creaney headed pastStefan Klos before Lambert himself equalised ten minutes later.Alex Rae scored two minutes from time to clinch the game 4–3.[29]
As a fullScotland international, Lambert won 40 caps, scoring one goal.[30] In the latter part of his international career, he captained the side 15 times. His international debut came whilst at Motherwell and awarded byCraig Brown in the1995 Kirin Cup against host country,Japan.[30] Lambert played a second game in the tournament three days later againstEcuador.[30]
Whilst at Dortmund and during the1998 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign Lambert started to appear as a regular. After missing the opening game of the campaign againstAustria, Lambert appeared as a 46th-minute substitute in the 2–0 win inLatvia in October 1996. He was also in the starting line-up for the next fixture againstEstonia inTallinn four days later, but a scheduling dispute meant the home team did not adhere to a quickly-rearranged afternoon kick-off time, andthe match was abandoned at kick-off with no caps awarded to the Scotland players (the fixture was re-arranged for the following February, but Lambert was an unused substitute).[31][32] He was again a substitute in the next qualifier which was played, coming on in the 46th minute of a 1–0 home win againstSweden. For his next cap, he was promoted to the starting line-up for a 2–0 home victory in the qualifier against Austria. Lambert's only defeat of the campaign was the 2–1 reversal inGothenburg against Sweden before two wins againstBelarus and a second 2–0 win against Latvia clinched qualification.
He played in all three of Scotland's matches at the1998 FIFA World Cup, a 2–1 defeat againstBrazil in the tournament's opening match, a 1–1 draw againstNorway and a 3–0 defeat againstMorocco.[30]
Lambert was part of the Scotland side that won away againstGermany in April 1999 with the goal scored byDon Hutchison. Lambert and Scotland qualified for a play-off place in the2000 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying campaign, but Lambert missed the play-offs againstEngland due to suffering an injury in theOld Firm game played the weekend before. Craig Brown cited Lambert's absence as crucial to England's progression at Scotland's expense, since he intended to deploy Lambert directly againstPaul Scholes, scorer of both England goals.[33]
He scored his only goal for Scotland on 7 September 2002, in aEuro 2004 qualifier against theFaroe Islands, which ended in a 2–2 draw.[34][35] Lambert was awarded Man of the Match in a 1–1 draw with Germany in June 2003. His final cap came in a 2–1 defeat against Germany in September 2003.[30] The match was played inDortmund, where he had achieved great success during his club career.
On 15 November 2009, he was inducted into theScottish Football Hall of Fame.[36]
After studying for football coaching qualifications in 2005, Lambert landed his first managerial job withLivingston on 1 June 2005, assisted byNorrie McWhirter.[37] Although he had not intended to play for his new club, Lambert registered as a player in late August 2005 to cover for any injury shortages.[38] His tenure ended in February 2006 when he resigned after only winning two league games since starting the job.[39]
Lambert was appointed manager of English teamWycombe Wanderers on 30 June 2006.[40] He led Wycombe to theLeague Cup semi-finals after defeatingPremier League sidesFulham andCharlton Athletic. The semi-final tie, against Premier League championsChelsea, saw Wycombe hold Chelsea to a 1–1 draw atAdams Park before losing the away leg. This was the first time in over 30 years a fourth-tier team had reached that stage of the League Cup.[citation needed] Lambert resigned as Wycombe manager on 20 May 2008 following the club's elimination from the League Two play-offs byStockport County.[41]
On 9 October 2008, he was appointed as manager ofLeague One teamColchester United to succeedGeraint Williams,[42] before winning his first game 2–1 atStockport County. Despite occasionally threatening to flirt with the League One play-offs, the U's eventually finished mid-table in Lambert's first season. On 8 August 2009, he began the 2009–10 season with an opening day 7–1 win overNorwich City. Lambert left the Essex club for Norwich shortly afterwards.
Lambert became the new manager ofNorwich City on 18 August 2009, replacingBryan Gunn, who was dismissed by the club shortly after the 7–1 home defeat to Lambert's Colchester.[43] Lambert's new side would go on to win the return fixture 5-0 on their way to the League 1 title, earning promotion to the Championship, in April 2010.[44]
On 1 June 2010, he signed an improved contract with Norwich after it was confirmed Colchester United were entitled to £425,000 in compensation, in addition to Norwich City being fined £75,000, with a further £125,000 suspended for two years.[45][46]
Norwich's form from their 2009–10 promotion campaign continued into the2010–11 season, which saw them gain a second successive promotion – becoming the first team to achieve a second successive promotion at this level sinceManchester City11 years earlier. During Lambert's first two seasons in charge, Norwich did not suffer two successive defeats in the league in the same season.[47]
In January 2011, Norwich refused to allowBurnley permission to try to secure Lambert as their new manager, following the dismissal ofBrian Laws.[48] The Norwich statement read, in part, "The club will fight tooth and nail to retain the services of Paul Lambert and his team during this critical period of the season and whilst they remain employed under a long-term contract".[48] On 2 May 2011, Lambert and Norwich secured promotion to thePremier League after a win overPortsmouth, taking the second automatic spot with one game to spare. Lambert signed a new contract to extend his stay with the Norfolk club. He was inducted into the Norwich City Hall of Fame in March 2012.[49]
Following Norwich's survival in the Premier League in the 2011–12 season, Lambert offered his resignation on 31 May 2012, but the club declined it.[50][51]
On 2 June 2012, Lambert was confirmed as the new manager ofAston Villa replacingAlex McLeish, who was dismissed two weeks earlier.[52] Lambert's first competitive match as Aston Villa manager came on the opening day of the Premier League season on 18 August 2012, a 1–0 defeat to newly promotedWest Ham United atUpton Park.[53] His first Premier League win came on 15 September 2012, a 2–0 victory againstSwansea City atVilla Park.[54] He was handed a one-match touchline ban on 21 November 2012 for comments relating to apenalty decision in Villa's defeat to Manchester City.[55] On his first return toCarrow Road, Lambert received a mixed reception from the Norwich fans on 11 December 2012, in aLeague Cup quarter-final which his Villa team won 4–1.[56]
On 23 December 2012, Villa were defeated 8–0 against Chelsea atStamford Bridge, the club's heaviest ever defeat in top-flight football.[57] This was followed by consecutive home defeats, with Villa losing 4–0 toTottenham Hotspur and 3–0 toWigan Athletic, leading to increased pressure on Lambert's position.[58][59] On 22 January 2013, Villa playedBradford City in the second leg of theLeague Cupsemi-final at Villa Park, having lost the first round tie 3–1 atValley Parade. The final score on the night was a 2–1 win for Villa, leaving an aggregate score of 4–3 to Bradford.[60]
Lambert kept his job despite the poor run as the team flirted with the relegation places continuously over the next few months. Lambert did however manage to get Villa to record back-to-back wins for the first time since May 2011, as they defeated fellow relegation rivalsReading andQueens Park Rangers.[61][62] He then oversaw the club's biggest victory since 2008, as Villa thrashedSunderland 6–1.[63] Villa finished 15th with the youngest starting eleven in the Premier League, leading to praise from punditAlan Hansen, who said that Lambert was "a contender for Manager of the Season."[64] Highlights of the season included Lambert's summer acquisition of star strikerChristian Benteke, the introduction of Villa's Player of the Season, goalkeeperBrad Guzan, reaching the semi-finals of the League Cup and securing Villa's place in the Premier League for the 2013–14 season.[64]
Lambert's Aston Villa side began the season brightly, with a 3–1 win overArsenal atEmirates Stadium on 17 August.[65] Towards the end of 2013, the performances worsened greatly, especially home form, and Lambert was criticised by many fans and pundits for putting out a counter-attacking side with no plan B. Possession stats were biased towards the opposition in many games, including at home to Swansea; Villa had less than 30 percent of possession in a game which ended 1–1. In January 2014, Lambert made headlines by claiming that "many Premier League clubs could do without the distraction of theFA Cup if they were being honest." Aston Villa subsequently lost 2–1 at home toSheffield United, a team two divisions below them, marking the fourth consecutive year that Lambert has been eliminated from the FA Cup by lower league opposition. Lambert subsequently defended his comments, claiming they were "taken out of context."[66]
Lambert's third season in charge saw a different approach in the transfer market, with him opting to buy players with experience as opposed to the previous seasons, where the club would sign young prospects. Aston Villa started off well, with a 1–0 victory overStoke City. This was then followed by a 0–0 draw againstNewcastle United, a 2–1 win overHull City and a 1–0 victory overLiverpool. During this time, the new back four ofAlan Hutton,Ron Vlaar,Philippe Senderos andAly Cissokho was praised by Lambert after gaining three clean sheets out of a possible four, whilst gaining ten points out of an available 12.[citation needed]
After Villa's good start to the season, however, they then went on to have a five-game long goal drought, losing to Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City,Everton and QPR before scoring in a 2–1 loss at Villa Park to Tottenham.[67] Villa then went on to gain some valuable points, drawing 0–0 with West Ham and 1–1 againstSouthampton. They then won 1–0 againstCrystal Palace atSelhurst Park, courtesy of a Christian Benteke goal, followed with a 2–1 victory overLeicester City at Villa Park.
On 11 February 2015, Villa announced they had parted company with Lambert after a 2–0 loss at Hull, leaving the club 18th in the Premier League table.[68] His departure also meant that the top flight had no Scottish manager, for the first time in 30 years.[69] On 14 February,Tim Sherwood was announced as his successor.[70]
Lambert was appointed manager ofChampionship clubBlackburn Rovers on 15 November 2015 on a two-and-a-half-year deal, with the club in 16th place following the dismissal ofGary Bowyer.[71] Lambert secured Championship safety for Blackburn with a 2–2 draw againstBristol City on 23 April 2016.[72] Blackburn ended the season with two consecutive wins, finishing in 15th place.[73] The club confirmed that Lambert had activated a release clause in his contract, and would step down as manager after their last match of the 2015–16 season on 7 May 2016.[74]
On 5 November 2016, Lambert was appointedhead coach of Championship clubWolverhampton Wanderers, taking over with the team in 19th place.[75] The team achieved an upset victory in the fourth round of the2016–17 FA Cup, winning 2–1 againstLiverpool atAnfield.[76] The team finished the2016–17 EFL Championship season in 15th place.[77]
On 30 May 2017 the club announced that they and Lambert had "agreed to part company following a football review".[3]
On 15 January 2018, Lambert was appointed manager ofPremier League clubStoke City, signing a two-and-a-half-year contract with the Potters, and officially took up post the following day.[78] He joined Stoke with the club in the relegation zone, having dismissed previous managerMark Hughes due to a poor run of form.[79] His first game in charge was a 2–0 victory over relegation rivalsHuddersfield Town to move them out of the relegation places.[80]
His only permanent signing in charge was the deadline day signing of Senegalese midfielderBadou Ndiaye from Turkish clubGalatasaray for a fee of £14 million.[81] Furthermore, the club completed the signing ofKostas Stafylidis on loan fromFC Augsburg until the end of the season.[82]
Lambert was unable to prevent Stoke's continued decline and relegation to theChampionship, leaving the club via mutual agreement in May 2018 after four months in charge.[83]
Six years after leaving Norwich, on 27 October 2018 Lambert was appointed manager ofChampionship clubIpswich Town. He was the first ever-person to manage bothNorwich and Ipswich.[84] He joined his new team on a contract until the summer of 2021, with the side bottom of the Championship.[84] On 10 February 2019, Lambert was sent off following a touchline bust-up with the opposing team staff during a game against former club and rivals Norwich City.[85] He was subsequently fined and handed a two match touchline ban by the FA.[86] Lambert later stated he did not regret his actions that led to his dismissal.[87] Lambert was ultimately unable to keep Ipswich in the division, as relegation was confirmed on 13 April 2019.[88] This ended Ipswich's 17-year stay in the Championship, resulting in them playing third-tier football for the first time since 1957.[88]
Despite the team's relegation, Lambert remained in charge and led Ipswich to the top of the League One table during the first month of the 2019–20 season, winning 14 league points out of possible 18 during August. He won theEFL League One Manager of the Month award for August 2019.[89] On 1 January 2020, Lambert signed a new five-year contract with the club until 2025.[90] Despite a strong start, Lambert failed to achieve promotion with the team finishing in 11th after the league was determined on a points-per-game basis due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.[91]
On 27 October 2020, he was given a one-match touchline ban for directing foul and abusive language towards referee Kevin Johnson. He was also fined £1,000.[92] Lambert tested positive forCOVID-19 in December 2020, which resulted in the postponement of two league matches.[93] Despite winning his two last games in charge against Hull City and Doncaster Rovers, Lambert left Ipswich by mutual consent on 28 February 2021 after failing to mount a promotion push during the season due to inconsistent form.[94]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| St Mirren | 1985–86 | Scottish Premier Division | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+ | 0+ | ||||
| 1986–87[96] | Scottish Premier Division | 36 | 2 | — | 36+ | 2+ | ||||||
| 1987–88 | Scottish Premier Division | 36 | 2 | 4[a] | 0 | 40+ | 2+ | |||||
| 1988–89 | Scottish Premier Division | 16 | 2 | — | 16+ | 2+ | ||||||
| 1989–90 | Scottish Premier Division | 25 | 3 | — | 25+ | 3+ | ||||||
| 1990–91 | Scottish Premier Division | 31 | 2 | — | 31+ | 2+ | ||||||
| 1991–92 | Scottish Premier Division | 40 | 2 | — | 40+ | 2+ | ||||||
| 1992–93 | Scottish First Division | 39 | 1 | — | 39+ | 1+ | ||||||
| 1993–94 | Scottish First Division | 3 | 0 | — | 3+ | 0+ | ||||||
| Total | 227 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 231+ | 14+ | ||||||
| Motherwell[97] | 1993–94 | Scottish Premier Division | 32 | 3 | ="2"|— | 32+ | 3+ | |||||
| 1994–95[98] | Scottish Premier Division | 36 | 1 | 3[b] | 0 | 39+ | 1+ | |||||
| 1995–96[99][100] | Scottish Premier Division | 35 | 2 | 2[b] | 0 | 37+ | 2+ | |||||
| Total | 103 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 108+ | 6+ | ||||||
| Borussia Dortmund[101] | 1996–97[102] | Bundesliga | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 11[c] | 1 | 43 | 2 | |
| 1997–98[103] | Bundesliga | 13 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3[c] | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Total | 44 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 64 | 2 | ||
| Celtic[104] | 1997–98[103] | Scottish Premier Division | 26 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 31 | 2 | |
| 1998–99[105] | Scottish Premier League | 33 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8[d] | 0 | 47 | 1 | |
| 1999–2000[106] | Scottish Premier League | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5[b] | 0 | 30 | 1 | |
| 2000–01[107] | Scottish Premier League | 27 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5[b] | 0 | 40 | 1 | |
| 2001–02[108] | Scottish Premier League | 34 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10[e] | 0 | 49 | 5 | |
| 2002–03[109] | Scottish Premier League | 31 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13[f] | 2 | 48 | 6 | |
| 2003–04[110] | Scottish Premier League | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6[g] | 0 | 22 | 2 | |
| 2004–05[111] | Scottish Premier League | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |
| Total | 193 | 14 | 23 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 46 | 2 | 273 | 19 | ||
| Livingston | 2005–06[112] | Scottish Premier League | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |
| Career total | 574 | 35 | 29+ | 1+ | 14+ | 2+ | 69 | 3 | 686+ | 41+ | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1994-95 | 2 | 0 |
| 1995-96 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1996-97 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1997-98 | 8 | 0 | |
| 1998-99 | 5 | 0 | |
| 1999-00 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2000-01 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2001-02 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2002-03 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2003-04 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 40 | 1 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 September 2002 | Svangaskarð,Toftir, Faroes |  Faroe Islands | 1–2 | 2–2 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying | [34] |
| Team | From | To | Record | Ref. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Livingston | 1 June 2005 | 11 February 2006 | 32 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 015.6 | [39][114] |
| Wycombe Wanderers | 30 June 2006 | 20 May 2008 | 108 | 44 | 29 | 35 | 040.7 | [41][114] |
| Colchester United | 9 October 2008 | 18 August 2009 | 43 | 19 | 7 | 17 | 044.2 | [114][115] |
| Norwich City | 18 August 2009 | 2 June 2012 | 142 | 70 | 35 | 37 | 049.3 | [114] |
| Aston Villa | 2 June 2012 | 11 February 2015 | 115 | 34 | 26 | 55 | 029.6 | [114] |
| Blackburn Rovers | 15 November 2015 | 7 May 2016 | 33 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 036.4 | [74][114] |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 5 November 2016 | 30 May 2017 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 042.4 | [114][116] |
| Stoke City | 16 January 2018 | 18 May 2018 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 013.3 | [78][114] |
| Ipswich Town | 27 October 2018 | 28 February 2021 | 113 | 37 | 28 | 48 | 032.7 | [114] |
| Total | 634 | 237 | 152 | 245 | 037.4 | — | ||
St Mirren
Borussia Dortmund
Celtic
Scotland U21
Individual
Norwich City
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| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Celtic F.C captain 2002–2004 | Succeeded by |
