Alex Neil (footballer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Alex Neil (footballer)

Scottish footballer

Date of Birth: 09-Jun-1981

Place of Birth: Bellshill, Scotland, United Kingdom

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Alexander Francis Neil (born 9 June 1981) is a Scottish professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.
He is the manager of Championship club Preston North End. Neil began his professional career at Airdrieonians in 2000, playing half a season in the Scottish Football League First Division before moving to Barnsley.
He played 142 games across all competitions in his four-year spell at Barnsley, and then signed for Mansfield Town on a free transfer.
After a season at Mansfield, he returned to Scotland's First Division with Hamilton Academical, featuring in 246 matches across a decade and winning promotion to the Scottish Premier League in 2008. He became Hamilton's player-manager in 2013 and led them to promotion to the Scottish Premiership in 2014.
In January 2015 he was appointed manager of Norwich City, as the second youngest manager in the Football League at the time.
Neil guided Norwich to promotion to the Premier League, after winning the 2015 Football League Championship play-off Final.
But the team suffered relegation following the very next season, and on 10 March 2017, Neil was sacked from his role as Norwich City manager following a period of poor results.
He was appointed by Preston North End on 4 July 2017 and led the team to seventh place in the 2017–18 Championship.