Keith Downing, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Keith Downing

English footballer and manager

Date of Birth: 23-Jul-1965

Place of Birth: Oldbury, England, United Kingdom

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Keith Gordon Downing (born 23 July 1965) is an English former footballer and football manager who now coaches England U19.
He made the vast majority of his appearances for Wolverhampton Wanderers. A former Chelsea youth team player, he moved from Mile Oak Rovers into the English Football League with Notts County in 1984.
Three years later he joined Wolverhampton Wanderers.
He spent six years with Wolves, winning the Football League Trophy in 1988 and successive Fourth Division and Third Division titles in 1987–88 and 1988–89.
He joined Birmingham City in 1993, before moving on to Stoke City the following year.
In 1995, he joined Hereford United via Cardiff City, and retired in 1999. Downing went on to become a coach, and also spent September 2007 to November 2008 as Cheltenham Town manager, and served West Bromwich Albion as caretaker-manager for a brief spell in the 2013–14 Premier League season.
He was appointed England U20 head coach in July 2015, and then took up the same role at the England U19's 13 months later, whom he led to the 2017 UEFA European Under-19 Championship title.