David Moyes

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Personal information
David Moyes
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Full name	David William Moyes
Date of birth	25 April 1963 (1963-04-25) (age 46)
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Playing position	Manager
Club information
Current club	Everton
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1980–1983 1983–1985 1985–1987 1987–1990 1990–1993 1993 1993–1998	Celtic Cambridge United Bristol City Shrewsbury Town Dunfermline Athletic Hamilton Academical Preston North End	024 0(0) 079 0(1) 083 0(6) 096 (11) 105 (13) 005 0(0) 143 (15)
Teams managed
1998–2002 2002–	Preston North End Everton
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

David William Moyes (b. 25 April 1963 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a football manager and former player. He has twice been named, in 2003 and 2005, as the 'League Managers' Association manager of the year'. Moyes has forged a reputation as an excellent motivator, with an emphasis on strong teamwork, workrate and a high level of fitness.

1 Career
2 Player honours
3 Managerial honours
4 Managerial stats
5 External links

Career

Moyes enjoyed an unremarkable career as a journeyman centre half, that began with Celtic, and ended with Preston North End, with whom he eventually secured his first managerial position.

After bringing Preston to within a game of returning to the highest level of English league football for the first time in forty years (they lost in the playoff final to Bolton Wanderers) he was hired to take charge of Everton, then struggling in the Premier League, and turned them around to finish towards the top of the table in 2002–03.

Moyes established a great rapport with the fans at Goodison Park, referring to Everton as "The Peoples Club" soon after arriving. He gave 16-year-old Wayne Rooney his first Premiership appearance. However, Rooney left Everton for Manchester United after a disappointing season in 2003–04, leading many pundits and experts to tip them as a favourite for relegation. Due in no small part to Moyes, Everton confounded virtually all of the experts in 2004–05 by staying near the top of the table for most of the season. They eventually finished fourth, assuring them entry into the UEFA Champions League competition (although ultimately they did not reach the group phase after controversially losing to Spanish La Liga side Villarreal C.F. in the third qualifying round when Duncan Ferguson had a goal disallowed in the 89th minute of the second leg. This prevented the match from reaching extra-time).

The 2005–06 season saw the Blues exit from European competition at the first hurdle and, for several months, languish in the league table. However, the season improved steadily and Moyes was named the Premiership Manager of the Month for January 2006 with the club eventually finished in eleventh place. The 2006–07 season saw him celebrate his fifth anniversary at the club – making him Everton's third longest serving manager in the modern era, behind only the club's two most successful managers Howard Kendall and Harry Catterick – and qualify for the UEFA Cup after another hugely promising campaign.

Under Moyes Everton have made vast improvements to the team despite having very limited funds at present in comparison to the top four teams in the premiership – including the acquisition of footballers such as Yakubu and Andy Johnson as well as establishing lower league players in the Premier League in Tim Cahill and Joleon Lescott.

Player honours

Scottish youth & schools international
Scottish Premier League championship
English Third Division championship
English Associate Members' Cup

Managerial honours

LMA Manager of the Year 2002-03, 2004-05
FA Premier League Manager of the Month February, 2008

Managerial stats

As of 1 Feb 2008.

Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	G	W	D	L	Win %
Preston North End	January 12 1998	March 15 2002	234	113	58	63	48.29
Everton	March 15 2002	Present	270	113	62	95	41.85

External links

David Moyes career stats at Soccerbase
David Moyes management career stats at Soccerbase
David Moyes profile at the League Managers Association
Interview with Mohammed Bhana

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Preston North End F.C. – Managers

Parker (1906–15) • Hayes (1919–23) • Lawrence (1923–25) • Richards (1925–27) • Gibson (1927–31) • Hayes (1931–32) • Muirhead (1936–37) • Scott (1949–53) • Symon (1953–54) • Hill (1954–56) • Britton (1956–61) • Milne (1961–68) • Seith (1968–70) • Ball (1970–73) • Charlton (1973–75) • Catterick (1975–77) • Stiles (1977–81) • Docherty (1981) • Kelly (1981) • Lee (1981–83) • Kelly (1983–85) • Booth (1985–86) • Kidd (1986) • McGrath (1986–90) • Chapman (1990–92) • Beck (1992–94) • Peters (1994–98) • Moyes (1998–2002) • O'Hanlon (2002) • Brown (2002–04) • Davies (2004–06) • Simpson (2006–07) • Irvine (2007–)

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Everton F.C. – Managers

Barclay (1888–89) • Molyneux (1889–1901) • Cuff (1901–18) • Sawyer (1918–19) • McIntosh (1919–35) • Kelly (1936–48) • Britton (1948–56) • Buchan (1956–58) • Carey (1958–61) • Catterick (1961–73) • Eggleston (1973) • Bingham (1973–77) • Burtenshaw (1977) • Lee (1977–81) • Kendall (1981–87) • Harvey (1987–90) • Gabriel (1990) • Kendall (1990–93) • Gabriel (1993–94) • Walker (1994) • Royle (1994–97) • Watson (1997) • Kendall (1997–98) • Smith (1998–2002) • Moyes (2002–)

v • d • e Everton F.C. – current squad
2 Hibbert • 3 Baines • 4 Yobo • 5 Lescott • 6 Arteta • 7 Van der Meyde • 8 Johnson • 10 Gravesen • 12 Turner • 14 Vaughan • 15 Gardner • 16 Jagielka • 17 Cahill • 18 Neville • 19 Valente • 20 Pienaar • 21 Osman • 22 Yakubu • 23 Fernandes • 24 Howard • 26 Carsley • 28 Anichebe • 32 Gosling •33 Wessels • 34 Irving • 37 Rodwell • Manager: Moyes