David Phillips (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Owen Phillips | ||
| Date of birth | 29 July 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Wegberg, West Germany | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1984 | Plymouth Argyle | 73 | (15) |
| 1984–1986 | Manchester City | 81 | (13) |
| 1986–1989 | Coventry City | 100 | (8) |
| 1989–1993 | Norwich City | 152 | (18) |
| 1993–1997 | Nottingham Forest | 126 | (5) |
| 1997–1999 | Huddersfield Town | 52 | (3) |
| 1999–2000 | Lincoln City | 17 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Stevenage Borough | 19 | (1) |
| Total | 620 | (63) | |
| International career | |||
| 1984–1996 | Wales | 62 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 11:00, 21 September 2007 (UTC) | |||
David Owen Phillips (born 29 July 1963) is a Welsh football coach, commentator and former player.
As a player he was a defender / midfielder and played in the Premier League for both Norwich City and Nottingham Forest. During his first season at Norwich Phillips helped the club to a successful 3rd place finish narrowly missing out on second behind Aston Villa by two points. He was part of the squad that successfully managed qualification for the UEFA cup in the 92/93 season. He also featured several times for goal of the month award. At Forest he was awarded player of the year in 1994 and that very same season Forest got to the quarter finals of the UEFA cup losing 7-2 on aggregate to European giants Bayern München. He also had lengthy spells in the top flight for Manchester City he was awarded young player of the year in 1985 where they also got promoted to the top flight that same season. Phillips was also on the end of several goal of the month awards during his time at city. Coventry City saw Phillips biggest club honour winning the FA Cup in 1987 as they saw off Tottenham Hospur in extra time 3-2 at Wembley Stadium. Phillips also featured in the Football League for Huddersfield Town and Lincoln City. He retired in 2001 with non-league club Stevenage Borough. During his career he was capped 62 times by Wales, scoring twice.