Iain Dowie
| Iain Dowie | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| birthday | January 9, 1965 | |
| place of birth | Hatfield , England | |
| size | 185 cm | |
| position | striker | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| -1983 | Southampton FC | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1983-1985 | Cheshunt FC | 34 (2) |
| 1985-1986 | St Albans City | 53 (13) |
| 1987-1988 | Hendon FC | |
| 1988-1991 | Luton Town | 66 (16) |
| 1989 | → Fulham FC (loan) | 5 (1) |
| 1991 | West Ham United | 12 (4) |
| 1991-1995 | Southampton FC | 122 (30) |
| 1995 | Crystal Palace | 19 (6) |
| 1995-1998 | West Ham United | 69 (9) |
| 1998-2001 | Queens Park Rangers | 31 (2) |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1990-2000 | Northern Ireland | 59 (12) |
| Stations as a trainer | ||
| Years | station | |
| 1998 | Queens Park Rangers (interim) | |
| 2002-2003 | Oldham Athletic | |
| 2003-2006 | Crystal Palace | |
| 2006 | Charlton Athletic | |
| 2007-2008 | Coventry City | |
| 2008 | Queens Park Rangers | |
| 2010 | Hull City | |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Iain Dowie (born January 9, 1965 in Hatfield , Hertfordshire , England ) is a current football coach , former player and 59-time national player for the Northern Irish national team . Most recently he coached Hull City .
Player career
At the age of 16, Dowie was rejected after trial training at Southampton FC and henceforth devoted himself to studying mechanical engineering at the University of Hertfordshire , which he completed with a master’s degree. He was then employed by the British Aerospace and played at the same time amateur football.
While playing for Hendon FC , he was discovered by Luton Town , who signed him. In the role of a conventional center forward he was used there and after three years - including a short loan period at Fulham FC - switched to the club West Ham United .
His next club station should be the Southampton FC , where he played over 100 games. He then went back to London to Crystal Palace and one more time to West Ham after the club's relegation. At the end of his playing career, he went to the Queens Park Rangers , where he acted as a defender and player-coach in the reserve team.
Although Dowie was born in England - his father, however, in Belfast - he played 59 times for the Northern Irish national team, scoring twelve goals there.
Coaching career
Oldham Athletic
After retiring as a player, Dowie started as a stool coach at Oldham Athletic . After the dismissal of head coach Mick Wadsworth , he was promoted to the main responsible role and led the club to the end of the 2002/03 season in the play-off matches for promotion to the second-rate First Division , where he failed. Financial difficulties then lead to the fact that Oldham had to give up important players from the team. After a few months with this remaining team, Dowie then moved to the Crystal Palace club.
Crystal Palace
At Christmas 2003, Dowie signed a contract as a coach at Crystal Palace and found a team that was in 19th place in the second-rate First Division and was endowed with little self-confidence at the time. Under Dowie's leadership, the club came to 17 wins and finished the season in sixth position, which even entitled participation in the play-offs for promotion to the Premier League. The upswing was due to a complete change in the atmosphere, which Dowie achieved mainly through increased discipline of the team. The victory in the semi-finals of the qualifying games against Sunderland on penalties was followed by a narrow success against his old club West Ham United, after which the promotion to the top English division was actually made perfect. However, the club was only able to hold out there for one season and was unfortunately relegated after a missed win on the last match day.
Dowie had made a good name for himself as a coach overall, but initially stayed with his club when it was playing in the second-rate Football League Championship , despite numerous rumors about a move to another Premier League club. The only concrete offer was from Milan Mandarić - President of Portsmouth FC - which Simon Jordan ultimately rejected as Palace President in November 2005.
Within the soccer world, Dowie achieved in 2004 before the start of the Premier League season through his creation of the word "bouncebackability" (German: ability to "bounce back" ) greater notoriety up to cult status . The term referred to the resurgence of his club in the previous promotion season and the behavior of the team to react positively after always conceding early goals. In 2005 the term was added to the HarperCollins dictionary .
Charlton Athletic
On May 22, 2006 it was announced that Dowie had left Crystal Palace by tacit agreement. Just eight days later, Charlton Athletic introduced him as their new coach. This led to great anger among Palace's President Jordan and a £ 1 million claim against Dowie. He had originally asked for exemption from his contract on the grounds that he wanted to return to northern England with his family. With the quick signing of a contract with the London club Charlton Athletic, Jordan felt maliciously deceived by Dowie about the real reasons for the desired departure from Palace. Dowie contradicted this account and found himself guilty and was assisted by Charlton's President Richard Murray to the point of willingness to meet Jordan's financial claims in court.
Dowie started the 2006/07 season very weakly with Charlton and was at the bottom of the table for a long period of time. Although, in contrast, he was able to lead his club in the League Cup to the quarter-finals, this series of defeats in the championship led to Dowie's resignation on November 13, 2006.
Coventry City
On February 19, 2007, Dowie was introduced as Coventry City's new coach . With a series of victories, he introduced himself well in his office, but after a significant loss of form in the team, the "Sky Blues" ended the season only in 17th place in the table. On August 29, 2007, Dowie was brought after the dismissal of Martin Allen with the vacant coaching post at Leicester City , but the club management of Coventry City denied a negotiation and at the same time rejected possible advances. Rumors resurfaced when Gary Megson finally left Leicester on October 24th to coach the Bolton Wanderers . Dowie again dismissed the speculation as pure speculation. On February 11, 2008, the club management of Coventry City Dowie dismissed from the current contract, citing differences of opinion regarding team development.
Queens Park Rangers
On May 14, 2008, the Queens Park Rangers signed him as the successor to Luigi De Canio . After only fifteen competitive games, he was released on October 24, 2008 with the second division team, which was ninth at the time.
Hull City
On March 17, 2010 Dowie was introduced to the Premier League club Hull City as a new coach. After relegation from Hull City to the Football League Championship in May 2010, he was removed from office.
Web links
- Iain Dowie in the soccerbase.com database
- Profile on saintsstatistics.co.uk
Individual evidence
- ↑ "Boss Dowie leaves post at Palace"
- ^ "Palace take action against Dowie"
- ↑ “Dowie: Writ won't spoil big day” ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ "Addicks get legal with Eagles" ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ "Dowie takes over as Coventry boss" (BBC Sport)
- ↑ "Dowie unveiled as new Coventry boss" (ontheminute)
- ↑ "Coventry deny Foxes' Dowie link" (BBC)
- ↑ "Dowie quiet on Leicester link" (Sky Sports)
- ↑ "Dowie relieved of duties" ( Memento of the original from March 15, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (www.ccfc.premiumtv.co.uk)
- ↑ "Dowie confirmed as coach of QPR" (BBC Sport)
- ^ "QPR part company with boss Dowie" (BBC Sport)
- ^ "Iain Dowie confirmed as new Hull City manager" (BBC Sport)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dowie, Iain |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Northern Irish soccer player and coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 9, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hatfield (Hertfordshire) , Hertfordshire |