Nigel Clough

Nigel Clough
Clough managing Derby County in 2009
Personal information
Full name Nigel Howard Clough
Date of birth (1966-03-19) 19 March 1966 (age 60)
Place of birth Sunderland, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Position(s) Forward, midfielder
Team information
Current team
Mansfield Town (manager)
Youth career
1982–1984 Nottingham Forest
1983–1984 → Heanor Town (loan)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1984–1993 Nottingham Forest 311 (101)
1993–1996 Liverpool 39 (7)
1996–1998 Manchester City 39 (4)
1996–1997 → Nottingham Forest (loan) 13 (1)
1997 → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 1 (0)
1998–2008 Burton Albion 227 (16)
Total 630 (131)
International career
1986–1988 England U21 15 (3)
1990–1991 England B 3 (1)
1989–1993 England 14 (0)
Managerial career
1998–2009 Burton Albion
2009–2013 Derby County
2013–2015 Sheffield United
2015–2020 Burton Albion
2020– Mansfield Town
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nigel Howard Clough (born 19 March 1966) is an English professional football manager and former player who is currently the manager of Mansfield Town.

Clough is most famous for his time at Nottingham Forest, where he scored 131 goals in over 400 games. He is the second highest scoring player in the history of the team.

Managerial statistics

As of match played 18 November 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
PWDLWin %
Burton Albion 28 October 1998 8 January 2009 709310101298043.7
Derby County 8 January 2009 28 September 2013 2337854101033.5
Sheffield United 23 October 2013 25 May 2015 104493025047.1
Burton Albion 7 December 2015 18 May 2020 228785793034.2
Mansfield Town 6 November 2020 Present 172774649044.8
Total 1,446592288566040.9

Honours

As a player

Nottingham Forest

As a manager

Burton Albion

Individual

References

  1. ↑ "Nigel Clough". Barry Hugman's Footballers.
  2. ↑ Culley, Jon (9 January 2011). "Nigel Clough: Thick-skinned, brutally honest. Who does he take after?". The Independent. London. Retrieved 30 September 2013. Some sources such as his Liverpool FC profile Archived 3 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine indicate a 9 March 1966 birth date.
  3. ↑ Rollin, Jack, ed. (1980). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1980–81. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 266. ISBN 0362020175.
  4. ↑ "Managers: Nigel Clough". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "Burton Albion seal promotion to Championship as Doncaster relegated". The Guardian. 8 May 2016. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  6. 1 2 3 "Clough on long road to lifting Cup curse". The Guardian. 5 December 2005. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  7. 1 2 "Burton Albion". Steve Football Stats. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  8. ↑ "Match Report: Burton Albion vs Gresley Rovers". Gresley FC. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  9. ↑ "Birmingham Senior Cup - Birmingham City 5 Burton Albion 0". Birmingham Mail. 8 April 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  10. ↑ "Premier League: Brendan Rodgers and Tony Pulis win LMA Manager of Year awards". Sky Sports. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2014.
  11. ↑ "League Managers Association - Manager of the Month". leaguemanagers.com. Archived from the original on 22 April 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2022.