John Spencer (Scottish footballer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

John Spencer (Scottish footballer)

Scottish former professional footballer and coach

Date of Birth: 11-Sep-1970

Place of Birth: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

John Spencer (born 11 September 1970) is a Scottish former professional footballer and coach. As a player, he was a forward from 1988 until 2004, notably in the Premier League for Chelsea and Everton and the Scottish Premier League for Rangers and Motherwell.
He also played in his native country for Morton, in Hong Kong for Lai Sun and back in England in the Football League with Queens Park Rangers.
He finished his career in the United States with a three-year spell with the Colorado Rapids.
He also earned 14 caps for Scotland.
Since retiring in 2004, Spencer has remained in America, and was assistant coach of Houston Dynamo before becoming head coach of the Portland Timbers in 2011 until being relieved of his coaching position on 9 July 2012.
Spencer returned to the Colorado Rapids as an assistant coach in 2016, before joining the San Jose Earthquakes in a similar role for the 2017 season, until both Spencer and head coach Dominic Kinnear were let go on 25 June 2017.