Paul Telfer (soccer player)

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Paul Telfer
Personnel
Surname Paul Norman Telfer
birthday October 21, 1971
place of birth Edinburgh ,  Scotland
size 175 cm
position Defense , midfield (right)
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1988-1995 Luton Town 144 (19)
1995-2001 Coventry City 191 0(6)
2001-2005 Southampton FC 127 0(1)
2005-2007 Celtic Glasgow 57 0(1)
2007 Bournemouth AFC 18 0(0)
2008-2009 Leeds United 14 0(0)
2009 Slough Town 1 (0)
2011 Sutton United 46 (1)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1993 Scotland U-21 3 0(0)
1994-1995 Scotland B 2 0(0)
2000 Scotland 1 0(0)
1 Only league games are given.

Paul Norman Telfer (born October 21, 1971 in Edinburgh ) is a former Scottish football player and current coach.

He was employed in various positions, mostly but on the right side and there is often a full-back agierend, he was in the English and Scottish professional football for the first division Luton Town , Coventry City , Southampton FC and Celtic FC active. Biggest successes were two Scottish championships with Celtic and the entry into the English Cup final in 2003 with Southampton.

He is the nephew of Scottish midfielder Eamonn Bannon , who worked for Heart of Midlothian , Chelsea FC and Dundee United .

Athletic career

Luton Town (1988-1995)

Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Telfer's football career began with the English first division club Luton Town and from November 1988 he was part of the professional squad there. He had to wait for the first use until the end of the 1990/91 season when he was substituted on for the first time on May 4, 1991 against FC Everton (0-1). In the following season 1991/92, which ended with relegation to the second division , Telfer came more often to the position of right midfielder to the train. In the same year 1992 Telfer was involved in a serious traffic accident with his teammate Darren Salton . He was only slightly injured himself and soon recovered; Salton, on the other hand, almost died and had to end his football career due to the consequences of the accident.

By the end of the 1994/95 season Telfer completed 144 league games for Luton. He scored 19 goals and in addition to his good shooting technique, he was in great demand with his qualities in capturing and distributing the ball. At the same time, he could be used in various positions, especially as a right full-back. It followed in the summer of 1995, the move to the Premier League at Coventry City . The transfer fee was 1.5 million pounds and when Telfer took up his position at his new employer in Coventry, a long collaboration began with Gordon Strachan , who was initially a player and kotrainer there and was promoted to head coach in 1996.

Coventry City (1995-2001)

Despite a good debut with a header on his home debut against Manchester City (2-1), Telfer's first year at Coventry was difficult. As the team weakened in the league, he was also increasingly in poor form. After rumors of an imminent transfer to the Blackburn Rovers , he then lost his place in the team towards the end of the season. In his second year Telfer then began to meet the expectations associated with the comparatively high transfer fee, initially as a right midfielder or as an attacking right full-back (in the role of "wing-back") according to tactical guidelines. The somewhat more defensive basic orientation, however, meant that he could not play his original qualities on the offensive and so he remained with the exception of two hits in the league cup in the 1996/97 season completely without his own goal. He benefited in particular from the fact that he had found a mentor in Strachan who saw in him a player who occupied a role similar to that of himself in his active days. Special highlights of the 1997/98 season were the goal after just 45 seconds against Crystal Palace and a remarkable free kick goal in the FA Cup against Sheffield United . In the 1998/99 season he was temporarily drawn to the midfield center as a representative of Gary McAllister and another remarkable occurrence was that he had to answer in the spring of 1999 after collecting twelve yellow cards before the "Tribunal" of the English Football Association .

After a weak start in the subsequent 1999/2000 season, he lost his regular place in the right midfield, but then returned as a right-back after the injury of Marc Edworthy back to the team. Although he twisted his knee against Manchester United in February 2000 and had to sit out for six weeks, the injury to his team-mate Tomas Gustafsson made his comeback quick. An expression of his consistently good performance was also that he played his first (and only) A international match for Scotland in March 2000 against the reigning world champion from France under Craig Brown . In the last year for Coventry, which ended with relegation to the second division , his regular place seemed to be in constant danger due to the new signing David Thompson , but despite minor injuries, bans, international appointments and weaknesses in form, he remained a constant in the team. His farewell was painful when he broke his leg in the last game against Aston Villa (2-3).

Last club stations (from 2001)

With the free transfer to Southampton FC in November 2001 Telfer remained in the Premier League. At the new club, he was an immediate reinforcement in midfield with his strength in tackling, the ability to pass and the willingness to run. He also represented the injured Jason Dodd in March 2002 and in the first few weeks of the 2002/03 season as a right full-back. In December 2002 he had then conquered Dodds place for the time being and his traditional place in the right midfield was usually taken by Frenchman Fabrice Fernandes . A great success for Telfer in 2003 was reaching the final of the FA Cup . In the final game against Arsenal , which was lost 1-0, he again moved into the right midfield for Fernandes. There he played again for the most part in the 2003/04 season and under three different coaches his willingness to run was appreciated in the somewhat ailing midfield. When captain Dodd was injured again in March 2004, he again held his position for the remaining games of the season. Telfer's fourth and last year in Southampton ended with relegation as bottom of the Premier League . He only had a permanent place in the team from December 2004 under the new coach Harry Redknapp - first as a right defender, later in right midfield and again as a full-back for the last two disappointing games of the season.

In July 2005 Telfer went to Scotland to Celtic Glasgow , where Strachan again - as before in Coventry and Southampton - trained. After a failed debut at 5-0 in the Champions League qualification against Artmedia Bratislava , he was only able to acclimatize very slowly in the new environment before he won a regular place in Strachan's team. Within two years he won two Scottish championships and the league cup once, before terminating his contract prematurely for family reasons and in agreement with the club's management.

Back in England Telfer joined the third division AFC Bournemouth . There he was also a permanent member of the team in the first half of the 2007/08 season, but at the same time his problems became apparent in getting used to the rustic lower-class football. When he injured his foot at the beginning of December 2007, which necessitated an operation, he decided to end his active career. Thanks to Gary McAllister's persuasion, Telfer changed his mind again in August 2008. McAllister, then coach of Leeds United , was urgently looking for a defensive reinforcement that had conceded too many goals. The now 37-year-old veteran completed 14 league games for the "Whites" in the defense center before he played no role under McAllister's successor Simon Grayson and at the beginning of February 2009 prematurely terminated the original one-year contract.

In April 2009 Telfer continued his active career in semi-professional football. In so-called non-league football , he joined the Slough Town club , where his close friend Darren Salton worked as an assistant coach. In mid-2011 he was hired by Sutton United, which is also under-class, as a player and assistant coach.

Coaching career

After working as an assistant coach at Sutton United in Conference South , he went to the USA in 2014 and became an assistant coach at Indy Eleven in the North American Soccer League . This engagement came about because the trainer of Eleven, Juergen Sommer , was active together with Telfar at Luton Town and the two know each other from that time.

Title / Awards

Web links

  • Paul Telfer in the database of soccerbase.com (English)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Scotland U21 Player Paul Telfer Details" (Fitbastats.com)
  2. ^ "Scotland B Player Paul Telfer Details" (Fitbastats.com)
  3. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1995-96 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1995, ISBN 0-09-180854-5 , pp. 210 .
  4. ↑ "Leeds United FC History: Paul Telfer" (www.ozwhitelufc.net.au)
  5. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1996-97 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1996, ISBN 1-85291-571-4 , pp. 239 .
  6. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1997-98 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1997, ISBN 1-85291-581-1 , pp. 266 .
  7. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1998-99 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1998, ISBN 1-85291-588-9 , pp. 294 .
  8. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 1999-2000 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 1999, ISBN 1-85291-607-9 , pp. 295 .
  9. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 2000-2001 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2000, ISBN 1-85291-626-5 , pp. 312 .
  10. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The 2001-2002 Official PFA Footballers Factfile . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2001, ISBN 0-946531-34-X , pp. 299 .
  11. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2002/2003 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2002, ISBN 1-85291-648-6 , pp. 402 .
  12. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2003/2004 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2003, ISBN 1-85291-651-6 , pp. 414 .
  13. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2004/2005 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2004, ISBN 1-85291-660-5 , pp. 397 f .
  14. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2005/2006 . Lennard Queen Anne Press, 2005, ISBN 1-85291-662-1 , pp. 399 .
  15. ^ "Telfer brings forward Celtic exit" (BBC Sport)
  16. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2008-09 . Mainstream Publishing, 2008, ISBN 978-1-84596-324-8 , pp. 407 f .
  17. ↑ Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2009-10 . Mainstream Publishing, 2009, ISBN 978-1-84596-474-0 , pp. 403 .
  18. ↑ "Leeds United FC History: Paul Telfer" (.ozwhitelufc.net.au)
  19. ^ Scotland international joins Sutton coaching staff (May 4, 2011) , accessed January 5, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Telfer, Paul
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Telfer, Paul Norman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION scottish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH October 21, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Edinburgh , Scotland