Nick Platnauer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Nick Platnauer

English footballer

Date of Birth: 10-Jun-1961

Place of Birth: Leicester, England, United Kingdom

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Nick Platnauer

  • Nicholas Robert Platnauer (born 10 June 1961) is an English former professional footballer and football manager.
  • A left-back, he made 443 league appearances in a 16-year professional career. He moved from Bedford Town to Bristol Rovers in 1982, before being sold to Coventry City for a fee of £50,000 in August 1983.
  • Voted Player of the Year in 1983–84, he moved on to Birmingham City in December 1984, and helped the club to win promotion out of the Second Division in 1984–85.
  • Loaned out to Reading in 1985–86, he helped the club to the Third Division title.
  • In September 1986 he joined Cardiff City, and helped the Welsh club to win promotion out of the Fourth Division in 1987–88.
  • In August 1989 he was sold on to Notts County for a £50,000 fee, and helped the "Magpies" to win promotion out of the Third Division via the play-offs in 1990.
  • He joined Leicester City in July 1991, following a loan spell at Port Vale.
  • He then saw his career in the Football League out in 1996 following short spells at Scunthorpe United, Mansfield Town and Lincoln City. He played for non-league side Hinckley United, before entering the non-league management circuit with Rothwell Town in 2000.
  • Three years later he spent some time as caretaker-manager of Kettering Town, before he was appointed manager of Bedford Town in January 2004.
  • He helped the club to win promotion out of the Southern Football League via the play-offs in 2006, but resigned later that year following a poor run of results in the Conference South.
  • He spent October 2007 to August 2011 as assistant manager at Hinckley United, before returning to Bedford Town as manager between 2011 and 2013.

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