Ricky Sbragia

Infobox Football biography
playername = Ricky Sbragia


fullname = Richard Sbragia
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1956|5|26
cityofbirth = Lennoxtown
countryofbirth = Scotland
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
height =
position = Defender
currentclub = Sunderland (First team coach)
youthyears = 1972–1974
youthclubs = Birmingham City
years = 1974–1978
1975–1976
1978–1980
1980–1982
1982–1987
1985
clubs = Birmingham City
→ Greenock Morton (loan)
Walsall
Blackpool
York City
→ Darlington (loan)
caps(goals) = 015 (1)
004 (0)
077 (4)
026 (1)
149 (7)
006 (0)
manageryears = 2007
managerclubs = Bolton Wanderers (joint caretaker)

Richard "Ricky" Sbragia (born May 26 1956) is a Scottish former footballer and is currently a coach at Sunderland.

Career

A Scot of Italian descent, born in Lennoxtown, his career spanned from 1974 to 1985, playing for Birmingham City, Greenock Morton, Walsall, Blackpool, York City and Darlington.

He commenced his coaching career with York City in 1987 before joining Sunderland in a coaching capacity in 1994. At York, he developed a successful youth side, several of his former charges were in the City side that knocked Manchester United out of the 1995/6 Carling Cup. Charges Graeme Murty, Jon Greening, Richard Cresswell and Darren Williams went onto gain England Under 21 honours.

He moved to Manchester United in 2002 and built up a successful reserve side, nurturing the fledgling talents of Kieran Richardson and Darren Fletcher, amongst others. He was appointed as first-team coach of Bolton Wanderers on 10 October 2005.cite news
title = Sbragia leaves Man Utd for Bolton
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/low/football/teams/b/bolton_wanderers/4282444.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2005-10-11
accessdate = 2007-04-04]

After the departure of Sam Allardyce from Bolton Wanderers on 29 April 2007, Sbragia was appointed joint-caretaker-manager of the team with Allardyce's assistant Sammy Lee. However, the following day Lee was appointed as the full-time manager of Bolton, until the end of the season, with Sbragia retaining his position as first-team coach alongside Jimmy Phillips and Gary Speed.cite web
title = Lee's New Management Structure Revealed
url = http://www.bwfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/General/0,,1004~1020466,00.html
publisher = Bolton Wanderers F.C.
date = 2007-05-03
accessdate = 2008-03-13]

Sbragia rejoined Sunderland's coaching staff in November 2007.cite news
title = Ricky Joins The Black Cats
url = http://www.bwfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/General/0,,1004~1174681,00.html
publisher = Bolton Wanderers F.C.
date = 2007-11-23
accessdate = 2007-11-24]

References

External links

* [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player1/rickysbragia.htm League career stats] at Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Database

Persondata
NAME = Sbragia, Ricky
ALTERNATIVE NAMES = Sbragia, Richard
SHORT DESCRIPTION = Professional footballer, coach
DATE OF BIRTH = 1956-05-26
PLACE OF BIRTH = Lennoxtown, Stirlingshire, Scotland
DATE OF DEATH =
PLACE OF DEATH =