Andy Myers

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Andy Myers
Personal information
Full name Andrew John Myers[1]
Date of birth (1973-11-03) 3 November 1973
Place of birth Hounslow, England
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Playing position Defender
Club information
Current team
Vitesse
(Assistant coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1991–1999 Chelsea 84 (2)
1999–2003 Bradford City 89 (3)
2000Portsmouth (loan) 8 (0)
2003–2004 Colchester United 21 (0)
2004–2005 Brentford 10 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Andrew "Andy" Myers (born 3 November 1973 in Hounslow, England) is a former professional footballer and assistant coach at Eredivisie side Vitesse.

As a player he was a defender from 1991 until 2005 notably playing for Chelsea and Bradford City in the Premier League. He also had spells in the Football League with Portsmouth, Colchester United and Brentford.

Playing career

Myers began his career with Chelsea, and featured in the sides which won the FA Cup in 1997, and the League Cup and Cup Winners' Cup in 1998. He was sold to Bradford City in 1999 for £800,000.

Following that, he had stints at Portsmouth on loan, Colchester United and then Brentford, who released him at the end of the 2004–05 season.

Coaching career

In July 2011 he was appointed full-time coach of Chelsea's under-15 age-group and thereafter under-21 assistant coach. After eight years with Chelsea, Meyers moved to become Vitesse Arnhem's assistant coach.[2]

Honours

Club

Chelsea[3][4]

Individual

References

  1. "Andy Myers". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  2. "Chelsea under-21 coach Andy Myers takes role at Vitesse". ESPN. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  3. "FA Cup Finalists". Coludaybyday.co.uk.
  4. "European Competition Honours". Coludaybyday.co.uk.

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