Brian Kidd

Infobox Football biography
playername = Brian Kidd


fullname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|df=yes|1949|5|29
cityofbirth = Collyhurst, Manchester
countryofbirth = England
dateofdeath =
cityofdeath =
countryofdeath =
height =
position = Midfielder (retired)
currentclub =
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1963–1974
1974–1976
1976–1979
1979–1980
1980–1982
1981
1982–1983
1984
clubs = Manchester United
Arsenal
Manchester City
Everton
Bolton Wanderers
→ Atlanta Chiefs (loan)
Fort Lauderdale Strikers
Minnesota Strikers
caps(goals) = 203 (52)
077 (30)
098 (44)
040 (12)
043 (14)
027 (22)
044 (33)
013 0(8)
nationalyears = 1970
nationalteam = England
nationalcaps(goals) = 002 0(1)
manageryears = 1984–1985
1986
1998–1999
managerclubs = Barrow
Preston North End
Blackburn Rovers

Brian Kidd (born 29 May 1949 in Collyhurst, Manchester) is an English football coach and former player. He was assistant manager to Alex Ferguson at fc|Manchester United in the 1990s. He was also a member of the Manchester United team which won the European Cup in 1968.

Playing career

Kidd played for Manchester United (1963-1974), Arsenal (1974-1976), Manchester City (1976-1979), Everton (1979-1980), Bolton Wanderers (1980-1982) and the Atlanta Chiefs (1981) 29 Apps 23 Goals, Fort Lauderdale Strikers (1982-83) 51 Apps 34 Goals and Minnesota Strikers (1984) 13 Apps 8 goals in the NASL. He scored in the European Cup final in 1968 (with Manchester United), on his 19th birthday. He earned both of his England caps two years later.

Kidd maintained a healthy goalcoring ratio throughout his career, and was still scoring on a regular basis in the final years of his career in America during the early 1980s.

Management and coaching career

After management posts at Barrow and Preston North End, he was involved in coaching young players before being brought back to Manchester United as a youth team coach by Alex Ferguson in 1988 and played a key role in the development of players such as David Beckham, Paul Scholes and Ryan Giggs. He was soon promoted to Assistant Manager, helping the club to win the League Cup, the Premier League and FA Cup.

He left United to take charge at Blackburn Rovers in December 1998, but the club was relegated and Kidd was dismissed on 3 November 1999 after the side performed poorly in the First Division. He moved to afc|Leeds United as youth coach but was promoted to act as assistant manager under David O'Leary and Terry Venables. He left Leeds in May 2003 after Peter Reid was appointed manager. [cite news
title = Leeds axe Gray and Kidd
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leeds_united/3030627.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2003-05-15
accessdate = 2008-02-22]

Meanwhile, Kidd was named as assistant to England manager Sven-Göran Eriksson in January 2003. [cite news
title = Kidd gets England role
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/england/2682553.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2003-01-22
accessdate = 2008-02-22] He was forced to end this role in May 2004, just weeks before Euro 2004, due to undergoing surgery for prostate cancer. [cite news
title = McClaren nets England role
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/england/3679479.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2004-05-14
accessdate = 2008-02-22] Kidd had recovered by February 2006. [cite news
title = Kidd keen on return to coaching
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/4690044.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2006-02-07
accessdate = 2008-02-22]

He was linked with becoming assistant manager to Roy Keane, whom he had worked with at Manchester United, at afc|Sunderland.In August 2006. He instead chose to join fc|Sheffield United under Neil Warnock. [cite news
title = Kidd snubs Sunderland for Blades
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_utd/5334224.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2006-09-11
accessdate = 2008-02-22] He remained at Bramall Lane under new manager Bryan Robson (who he had also worked with at Manchester United) but left the club after Robson departed in February 2008. [cite news
title = Blackwell in for Robson at Blades
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/sheff_utd/7238885.stm
publisher = BBC Sport
date = 2008-02-14
accessdate = 2008-02-22] After the departure of Alan Irvine as assistant manager of Everton F.C, it was reported that he was likely to take up the position, however, former Newcastle United assistant Steve Round was eventually appointed.Fact|date=August 2008

Managerial stats

References

External links

*soccerbase|4186|Brian Kidd
*soccerbase (manager)|id=249|name=Brian Kidd
* [http://www.thefa.com/England/SeniorTeam/NewsAndFeatures/Postings/2003/01/37369.htm Football Association - Brian Kidd profile]