Paul Heckingbottom
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paul Heckingbottom | ||
| Date of birth | 17 July 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Barnsley, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Barnsley (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–1995 | Manchester United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1999 | Sunderland | 0 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | → Scarborough (loan) | 29 | (0) |
| 1998–1999 | → Hartlepool United (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| 1999 | → Darlington (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 1999–2002 | Darlington | 105 | (5) |
| 2002–2003 | Norwich City | 15 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Bradford City | 43 | (0) |
| 2004–2006 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | (4) |
| 2006–2008 | Barnsley | 49 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | → Bradford City (loan) | 23 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Bradford City | 30 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Mansfield Town | 11 | (1) |
| 2010 | → Gateshead (loan) | 15 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Gateshead | 21 | (0) |
| 2011 | Harrogate Town | 20 | (0) |
| Total | 418 | (12) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2015 | Barnsley (caretaker) | ||
| 2016 | Barnsley (caretaker) | ||
| 2016– | Barnsley | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17:55, 3 March 2012 (UTC). |
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Paul Heckingbottom (born 17 July 1977 in Barnsley, South Yorkshire) is an English former footballer. He is currently the head coach at Barnsley, whom he represented as a player between 2006 and 2008. Prior to being appointed to this role, he was employed as the manager of the club's development squad.
Heckingbottom was born in Barnsley and grew up in nearby Royston. As a child, he was a season ticket holder at the town's football club, along with his grandfather. He started his football career at Manchester United as a trainee, but joined Sunderland in 1996 after failing to gain a professional contract. He had loan spells at Scarborough, Hartlepool United and Darlington, without featuring for Sunderland, before joining Darlington permanently in 1999. He made 126 appearances, scoring 6 goals, before catching the attention of First Division side Norwich City, who signed him in 2002 on a three-year contract.
Heckingbottom made just 16 appearances for Norwich, including only 7 starts, resulting in him cancelling his contract with the club by mutual consent after one year. He subsequently signed for Bradford City in July 2003, where he was named their Player of the Year at the end of his first season. Bradford, however, were relegated to League One at the end of the 2003–04 season, and Heckingbottom left to join Sheffield Wednesday during the close-season.
Heckingbottom was well favoured under both Wednesday managers Chris Turner and Paul Sturrock, making a total of 41 appearances at left back in his first season – more than any other player that year. He also scored four goals, helping The Owls to promotion to the Championship via the League One play-off final at the end of the 2004–05 season. Due to an injury sustained in pre-season he was put out of contention for the first 16 games of the 2005–06 season. When he returned to fitness, new signing John Hills had begun to make the left back spot his own. An injury to Hills left Heckingbottom able to re-stake his claim on the team, but he only managed a 4-game streak before once again succumbing to injury, this time Peter Gilbert taking his place in the squad. Sturrock allowed Heckingbottom a chance to prove himself in an FA Cup Third Round game against Charlton Athletic. He scored both of Wednesday's goals in the 4–2 defeat at Hillsborough, though this was not enough to establish himself as the club's first choice left back.
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