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Nigel Pearson
Nigel Pearson
Personal information
Full name: Nigel Graham Pearson
Date of birth: 21 August 1963 (1963-08-21) (age 61)
Place of birth:    Nottingham, Flag of England England
Height: 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position: Defender
Club information
Current club Flag of England Bristol City (manager)
Youth clubs
1980–1981 Flag of England Heanor Town
Senior clubs
Years Club App (Gls)
1981–1987
1987–1994
1994–1998
Total
Flag of England Shrewsbury Town
Flag of England Sheffield Wednesday
Flag of England Middlesbrough
153 00(5)
180 0(14)
116 00(5)
449 0(24)   
Teams managed
1998–1999
2006
2007
2007
2008
2008
2008–2010
2010–2011
2011–2015
2016
2017–2019
2019–2020
2021–
Flag of England Carlisle United
Flag of England West Bromwich Albion (caretaker)
Flag of England England U21 (caretaker)
Flag of England Newcastle United (caretaker)
Flag of England Newcastle United (caretaker)
Flag of England Southampton
Flag of England Leicester City
Flag of England Hull City
Flag of England Leicester City
Flag of England Derby County
Flag of Belgium OH Leuven
Flag of England Watford
Flag of England Bristol City

Nigel Graham Pearson (born 21 August 1963) is an English football manager and former professional player, currently the manager of Championship club Bristol City. During his playing career, he was a defender and played for Shrewsbury Town, Sheffield Wednesday and Middlesbrough. As a coach he has taken charge of Hull City, Southampton, Carlisle United, Leicester City, Derby County, OH Leuven, and Watford; and was assistant manager for England Under-21s and Newcastle United.

During his playing career, he was a defender and played for Shrewsbury Town, Sheffield Wednesday and Middlesbrough.

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Manager:  Flag of England Liam Manning
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Current EFL League Championship managers

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West Bromwich Albion Football Club - Managers

Ford (1890–92) • Jackson (1892–94) • Stephenson (1894–95) • Keys (1895–96) • Heaven (1896–1902) • Everiss (1902–48) • J. Smith (1948–52) • Carver (1952–53) • Buckingham (1953–59) • Clark (1959–61) • Macaulay (1961–63) • Hagan (1963–67) • Ashman (1967–71) • Howe (1971–75) • Whitehousec (1975) • Giles (1975–77) • Allen (1977) • Wilec (1977–78) • Atkinson (1978–81) • Allen (1981–82) • Wylie (1982–84) • Giles (1984–85) • Stiles (1985–86) • Saunders (1986–87) • Atkinson (1987–88) • Talbot (1988–91) • S. Pearsonc (1991) • Gould (1991–92) • Ardiles (1992–93) • Burkinshaw (1993–94) • Buckley (1994–97) • Mannc (1997) • Harford (1997) • Barkerc (1997) • Trewickc (1997) • D. Smith (1997–99) • Gorman & Regisc (1999) • Little (1999–2000) • Evans & Regisc (2000) • Megson (2000–04) • Burrowsc (2004) • Robson (2004–06) • N. Pearsonc (2006) • Shakespearec (2006) • Mowbray (2006–09) • Di Matteo (2009–11) • Appletonc (2011) • Hodgson (2011–12) • Clarke (2012–13) • Downingc (2013–14) • Mel (2014) • Irvine (2014) • Kellyc (2014–15) • Pulis (2015–2017) • Megsonc (2017) • Pardew (2017–2018) • Moorec (2018) • Moore (2018–19) • Shanc (2019–)

Newcastle United Football Club - Managers

Cunningham (1930–35) • Mather (1935–39) • Seymour (1939–47) • Martin (1947–50) • Seymour (1950–54) • Livingstone (1954–56) • Seymour (1956–58) • Mitten (1958–61) • N. Smith (1961–62) • Harvey (1962–75) • Lee (1975–77) • Dinnis (1977) • McFaul (1977c) • McGarry (1977–80) • Cox (1980–84) • Charlton (1984–85) • McFaul (1985–88) • Suggett (1988c) • J. Smith (1988–91) • Saxton (1991c) • Ardiles (1991–92) • Keegan (1992–97) • McDermott (1997c) • Dalglish (1997–98) • Gullit (1998–99) • Clarke (1999c) • Robson (1999–2004) • Carver (2004c) • Souness (2004–06) • Roeder (2006–07) • Pearson (2007c) • Allardyce (2007–08) • Pearson (2008c) • Keegan (2008) • Hughton (2008c) • Kinnear (2008–09) • Hughton & Calderwood (2009a) • Shearer (2009) • Hughton (2009–10) • Beardsley (2010c) • Pardew (2010–14) • Carver (2015i) • McClaren (2015–16) • Benítez (2016–19) • Bruce (2019–21) • Jones (2021i) • Howe (2021–)
(c) = caretaker manager; (a) = acting in regular manager's absence; (i) = interim

Southampton Football Club - Managers

Knight (1892–95s) • Robson (1895–96s) • McMinn (1896–97s) • Arnfield (1897–1911s) • Swift (1911–12) • Arnfield (1912–19s) • McIntyre (1919–24) • Goss (1924–1925s) • Chadwick (1925–31) • Kay (1931–36) • Goss (1936–37) • Parker (1937–43) • Dominy (1943–46) • Dodgin (1946–49) • Cann (1949–51) • Roughton (1952–55) • Bates (1955–73) • McMenemy (1973–85) • Nicholl (1985–91) • Branfoot (1991–94) • Ball (1994–95) • Merrington (1995–96) • Souness (1996–97) • Jones (1997–2000) • Hoddle (2000–01) • Gray (2001) • Strachan (2001–04) • Sturrock (2004) • Wigley (2004) • Redknapp (2004–05) • Bassett & Wise (2005c) • Burley (2005–08) • Gorman & Dodd (2008c) • Pearson (2008) • Poortvliet (2008–09) • Wotte (2009) • Pardew (2009–10) • Wilkins (2010c) • Adkins (2010–13) • Pochettino (2013–14) • Koeman (2014–16) • Puel (2014–17) • Pellegrino (2017–18) • Hughes (2018) • Davis (2018c) • Hasenhüttl (2018–22) • Jones (2022–23) • Sellés (2023) • Martin (2023–24) • Jurić (2024–)

Leicester City F.C. - Managers

Gardner (1884–92) • Marson (1892–94) • Lee (1884–92) • Jackson (1895–97) • Clark (1897–98) • Johnson (1897–1912) • Bartlett (1912–14) • Ford (1914–15) • Linney (1915–19) • Hodge (1919–26) • Orr (1926–32) • Hodge (1932–34) • Lochhead (1934–36) • Womack (1936–39) • Bromilow (1939–45) • Mather (1945–46) • Duncan (1946–49) • Bullock (1949–55) • Halliday (1955–58) • Gillies (1958–68) • O'Farrell (1968–71) • Bloomfield (1971–77) • McLintock (1977–78) • Wallace (1978–82) • Milne (1982–86) • Hamilton (1986–87) • Pleat (1987–91) • Little (1991–94) • McGhee (1994–95) • O'Neill (1995–2000) • Taylor (2000–01) • Bassett (2001–02) • Adams (2002–04) • Levein (2004–06) • Kelly (2006–07) • Worthington (2007) • Allen (2007) • Megson (2007) • Holloway (2007–08) • Pearson (2008–10) • Sousa (2010) • Eriksson (2010–11) • Pearson (2011–15) • Ranieri (2015–17) • Shakespeare (2017) • Appletonc (2017) • Puel (2017–19) • Stowell & Sadlerc (2019) • Rodgers (2019–23) • Maresca (2023–24) • Cooper (2024) • van Nistelrooy (2024–)

Hull City A.F.C. - Managers

Ramster (1904–05) • Langley (1905–13) • Chapman (1913–14) • Stringer (1914–16) • Menzies (1916–21) • Lewis (1921–23) • McCracken (1923–31) • Green (1931–34) • Hill (1934–36) • Menzies (1936) • Blackburn (1936–46) • Buckley (1946–48) • Carter (1948–51) • Jackson (1952–55) • Brocklebank (1955–61) • Britton (1961–69) • Neill (1970–74) • Kaye (1974–77) • Collins (1977–78) • Houghton (1978–79) • Smith (1979–82) • R. Brown (1982) • Appleton (1982–84) • Horton (1984–88) • Gray (1988–89) • Appleton (1989) • Ternent (1989–91) • Dolan (1991–97) • Hateley (1997–98) • Joyce (1998–2000) • Russell (2000) • Little (2000–02) • Russell (2002) • Mølby (2002) • Russell (2002) • Taylor (2002–06) • Parkinson (2006) • P. Brown (2006–10) • Dowie (2010) • Pearson (2010–11) • Barmby (2011–12) • Bruce (2012–16) • Phelan (2016) • Silva (2016–17) • Slutsky (2017) • Adkins (2017–19) • McCann (2019–22) • Arveladze (2022) • Dawsoni (2022) • Rosenior (2022–24) • Walter (2024) • Dawsoni (2024) • Sellés (2024–)

Derby County Football Club - Managers

Newbould (1896–1906) • Methven (1906–22) • Potter (1922–25) • Jobey (1925–41) • Nicholas (1942–44) • Magner (1944–46) • McMillan (1946–53) • Barker (1953–55) • Storer, Jr. (1955–62) • Ward (1962–67) • B. Clough (1967–73) • Mackay (1973–76) • Murphy (1976–77) • Docherty (1977–79) • Addison (1979–82) • Newman (1982) • Taylor (1982–84) • McFarland (1984) • Cox (1984–93) • McFarland (1993–95) • Smith (1995–2001) • Todd (2001–02) • Gregory (2002–03) • Burley (2003–05) • Brown (2005–06) • Westley (2006) • Davies (2006–07) • Jewell (2007–08) • N. Clough (2009–13) • McClaren (2013–15) • Clement (2015–16) • Wassall (2016) • Pearson (2016) • McClaren (2016–18) • Lampard (2018–19) • Cocu (2019–20) • Rooney (2020–22) • Warne (2022–)

Watford Football Club - Managers

Goodall (1903–10) • Kent (1910–26) • Pagnam (1926–29) • McBain (1929–37) • Findlay (1938–47) • Bray (1947–48) • Hapgood (1948–50) • Gray (1950–51) • Green (1951–52) • Goulden (1952–55) • Paton (1955–56) • Goulden (1956) • McBain (1956–59) • Burgess (1959–63) • McGarry (1963–64) • Furphy (1964–71) • Kirby (1971–73) • Keen (1973–77) • Taylor (1977–87) • Bassett (1987–88) • Harrison (1988–90) • Lee (1990) • Perryman (1990–93) • Roeder (1993–96) • Taylor (1996) • Jackett (1996–97) • Taylor (1997–2001) • Vialli (2001–02) • Lewington (2002–05) • Boothroyd (2005–08) • Mackay (2008) • Rodgers (2008–09) • Mackay (2009–11) • Dyche (2011–12) • Zola (2012–13) • Sannino (2013–14) • Garcia (2014) • McKinlay (2014) • Jokanović (2014–15) • Flores (2015–16) • Mazzari (2016–17) • Silva (2017–18) • Gracia (2018–19) • Sánchez Flores (2019) • Pearson (2019–20) • Ivić (2020) • Xisco (2020–21) • Ranieri (2021–22) • Hodgson (2022) • Edwards (2022) • Bilić (2022–23) • Wilder (2023) • Ismaël (2023) •

Bristol City Football Club - Managers

Hollis (1897–99) • Campbell (1899–1901) • Hollis (1901–05) • Thickett (1905–10) • Bacon (1910–11) • Hollis (1911–13) • Hedley (1913–15) • Hamilton (1915–19) • Palmer (1919–21) • Raisbeck (1921–29) • Bradshaw (1929–32) • Hewison (1932–49) • Wright (1949–50) • Beasley (1950–58) • Doherty (1958–60) • Ford (1960–67) • Dicks (1967–80) • Houghton (1980–82) • Hodgson (1982) • Cooper (1982–88) • Jordan (1988–90) • Lumsden (1990–92) • Smith (1992–93) • Osman (1993–94) • Jordan (1994–97) • Sweeney (1997) • Ward (1997–98) • Lennartsson (1998–99) • Pulis (1999–2000) • Fawthrop & Burnside (2000) • Rosenior (2000) • Wilson (2000–04) • Tinnion (2004–05) • Millen (2005) • Johnson (2005–10) • Millen (2010) • Coppell (2010) • Millen (2010–11) • McInnes (2011–13) • O'Driscoll (2013) • Cotterill (2013–16) • Pemberton (2016) • L Johnson (2016–20) • Holden (2020–21) • Pearson (2021–23) • Fleming (2023) • Manning (2023–)

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