Paul Harsley, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Paul Harsley

British footballer

Date of Birth: 29-May-1978

Place of Birth: Scunthorpe, England, United Kingdom

Profession: association football player

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Paul Harsley (born 29 May 1978) is an English former footballer who is now Head Coach of Manchester City EDS. He played as a midfielder from 1996 until 2012, and made 583 league and cup appearances, scoring 52 goals.
He spent the majority of his career in the English Football League, though also had spells in the Conference Premier and Northern Premier League. His professional footballing career began at Grimsby Town in 1996, though he switched to Scunthorpe United a year later, without having appeared for Grimsby.
He spent four seasons with the club, racking up 128 league appearances, before moving to Halifax Town.
In 2002, he transferred to Northampton Town, and after a couple of years he moved on again to Macclesfield Town.
In 2006, he signed with Port Vale, yet again he stayed just two years, though did pick up a Player of the season award before signing with Chesterfield.
In 2010, he left Chesterfield, having been largely unsuccessful, and spending much of his time on loan at Darlington and York City.
He finished his career in non-League football with a two-year spell at North Ferriby United.
In total he made 500 league and 83 cup appearances, scoring 52 goals.
He was named as Player of the Year at Scunthorpe United (1999), Northampton Town (2003), Macclesfield Town (2005), and Port Vale (2008). He coached at Scunthorpe United, Birmingham City and Barnsley, and was appointed Barnsley's caretaker-manager in February 2018.