Pat Rice
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Rice in 2015 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Patrick James Rice | ||
| Date of birth | 17 March 1949 | ||
| Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position | Right back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1967–1980 | Arsenal | 397 | (12) |
| 1980–1984 | Watford | 112 | (1) |
| Total | 509 | (13) | |
| International career | |||
| 1968–1979 | Northern Ireland | 49 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1996 | Arsenal (caretaker) | ||
| 1996–2012 | Arsenal (assistant) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Patrick James Rice, MBE (born 17 March 1949) is a Northern Irish former football player and coach. As a player, he made nearly 400 appearances for Arsenal, winning the Double, and later made a hundred more appearances for Watford. He also won 49 caps for Northern Ireland. After retirement from playing professionally he was at the helm of Arsenal's academy teams, before serving as caretaker manager and then assistant manager, a position he held since the appointment of Arsène Wenger in 1996. Rice helped the club to two more Doubles, amongst other silverware, in that time. He announced his retirement from the post on 10 May 2012.