Andy Turner (footballer)
Andrew Peter Turner (born 23 March 1975) is a football coach and former professional football player and manager.
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Turner as a Chasetown player in 2006 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Andrew Peter Turner | ||
| Date of birth | 23 March 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Woolwich, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Winger | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Tottenham Hotspur | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1996 | Tottenham Hotspur | 20 | (3) |
| 1994 | → Wycombe Wanderers (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1994 | → Doncaster Rovers (loan) | 4 | (1) |
| 1995 | → Huddersfield Town (loan) | 5 | (1) |
| 1996 | → Southend United (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 1996–1998 | Portsmouth | 40 | (3) |
| 1998–1999 | Crystal Palace | 2 | (0) |
| 1999 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0 | (0) |
| 1999–2001 | Rotherham United | 36 | (1) |
| 2000 | → Boston United (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2001 | → Rochdale (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Yeovil Town | 21 | (1) |
| 2002 | → Nuneaton Borough (loan) | 12 | (1) |
| 2002 | → Kettering Town (loan) | ||
| 2002–2003 | Tamworth | ||
| 2003 | Northampton Town | 3 | (0) |
| 2003 | Northwich Victoria | 2 | (1) |
| 2003 | Moor Green | ||
| 2003 | Sutton Coldfield Town | ||
| 2003 | Cinderford Town | ||
| 2003–2004 | Belper Town | ||
| 2004–2005 | Banbury United | ||
| 2005–2008 | Chasetown | 26 | (3) |
| Total | 189 | (15) | |
| International career | |||
| England Schoolboys | |||
| 1993 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 9 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2012–2014 | Alsager Town | ||
| 2015–2017 | Romulus | ||
| 2018–2019 | Alsager Town | ||
| 2019 | Bangladesh U19 | ||
| 2021–2022 | Cefn Druids | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Born in England, he represented Ireland at youth team level. A pacey winger, he began his career at Tottenham Hotspur, setting a Premier League record as the division's youngest-ever goalscorer in September 1992. However, he lost his first-team place and was sent out on loan to Wycombe Wanderers, Doncaster Rovers, Huddersfield Town and Southend United. He was sold on to Portsmouth for a £250,000 fee in September 1996. He suffered a bad ankle injury at Portsmouth and was sold on to Crystal Palace for £75,000 in October 1998, before moving on to Wolverhampton Wanderers in March 1999. He signed with Rotherham United in June 1999, and helped the club to successive promotions out of the Third Division and Second Division in 1999–2000 and 2000–01. He was loaned out to Boston United and Rochdale, before he joined Yeovil Town in June 2001. He was loaned out to Nuneaton Borough and Kettering Town, and helped Kettering to win the Southern League Premier Division title in 2001–02. After spending the 2002–03 season with Tamworth and Northampton Town, he went on to enjoy spells with Northwich Victoria, Moor Green, Sutton Coldfield Town, Cinderford Town, Belper Town, Banbury United and Chasetown. He helped Chasetown to win the Midland Alliance title in 2005–06.
He coached at Wolverhampton Wanderers, Chasetown and Kidsgrove Athletic, before he was appointed as manager of Alsager Town in May 2012. He resigned in January 2014, and went on to coach at Coalville Town and Nottingham Forest. He spent 2015 to November 2017 as manager at Romulus, before going on to coach at Shepshed Dynamo and Port Vale. He returned to manage Alsager Town for a second spell in May 2018, before taking a coaching position in Bangladesh 12 months later. He took charge at Welsh club Cefn Druids in October 2021.