David Hamilton (footballer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

David Hamilton (footballer)

association football player, coach and scout

Date of Birth: 07-Nov-1960

Place of Birth: South Shields, England, United Kingdom

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About David Hamilton (footballer)

  • David Hamilton (born 7 November 1960) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
  • He won caps for the England national under-19 football team.
  • He is currently a scout for Championship side Ipswich Town, which he joined in February 2011.
  • He was born in South Shields and was one of three brothers to become a footballer.
  • He also played amateur cricket.During his playing career, Hamilton played for six different teams in the Football League, making a total of over 300 first-team appearances, mostly with Blackburn Rovers and Wigan Athletic.
  • He started his career with Sunderland, and was there for three seasons before moving to Blackburn in 1981.
  • He went on to score seven goals in 114 Football League appearances in five seasons for Blackburn, and he had a loan spell at Cardiff City in 1985.
  • He was signed by Wigan Athletic in 1986 and he played in over 100 league matches for them in just three seasons.
  • After leaving Wigan in 1989, he spent one season with Chester City, where he made 30 league appearances before joining Fourth Division side Burnley in 1990.
  • He played 15 matches in two years for Burnley before retiring at the end of the 1991–92 season.After his retirement from professional football, he had short spells with four non-league clubs.
  • He started to take his coaching qualifications at the age of 25, and since ending his playing career he has held a variety of roles in coaching and behind the scenes, including spells as a coach at Accrington Stanley and Preston North End.
  • He also held the positions of assistant manager and caretaker manager at Great Harwood Town and Rochdale, where he was also a youth coach.
  • He has also worked as a scout for Derby County, Walsall and Wigan Athletic, where he was the club's first ever full-time chief scout.

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