Scott Sellars

Scott Sellars (born 27 November 1965) is an English former professional footballer who made more than 500 appearances in the Football League and Premier League playing as a winger for Leeds United, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United, Bolton Wanderers, Huddersfield Town and Mansfield Town. He represented England at under-21 level.

Scott Sellars
Personal information
Full name Scott Sellars[1]
Date of birth (1965-11-27) 27 November 1965[1]
Place of birth Sheffield,[1] England
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[2]
Position(s) Left midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1986 Leeds United 76 (12)
1986–1992 Blackburn Rovers 202 (35)
1992–1993 Leeds United 7 (0)
1993–1995 Newcastle United 75 (8)
1995–1999 Bolton Wanderers 111 (15)
1999–2001 Huddersfield Town 48 (1)
2001 AGF Aarhus 20 (1)
2002–2003 Mansfield Town 20 (3)
Total 545 (72)
National team
1988 England U21 3 (0)
Teams managed
2008–2009 Chesterfield (assistant manager)
2009–2014 Manchester City (Academy coach)
2014–2018 Wolverhampton Wanderers (U23's)
2016 Wolverhampton Wanderers (assistant head coach)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He is currently General Manager for Football Technical and Head of Academy at Wolverhampton Wanderers.[3]

He has previously been assistant manager at Chesterfield and academy coach at Manchester City. He has also worked as the head coach of Wolverhampton Wanderers U23's, as well as assistant head coach under caretaker manager Rob Edwards for Wolves' first team.

Career

After starting his career at Leeds United, Sellars established himself in the Second Division with Blackburn Rovers where he spent six years. After three play-off heartbreaks, Sellars finally found success in the 1991-92 Play-off Final which earned Rovers promotion to the newly formed Premier League. However, that would prove to be his last match for Rovers as he joined his old club Leeds who had just won the First Division.

On 24 April 1993 he scored the winning goal for the Magpies in their 1–0 win over local rivals Sunderland in Division One at St James's Park, which meant that they only needed a point from their final three games to be sure of promotion.[4]

Sellars joined Manchester City as Academy coach in October 2009 [5] after previously holding the role of assistant manager at Chesterfield in the League Two. He was sacked on 11 April 2014 after a "difference of footballing opinion with the current regime"[6] and fears over the club's homegrown quota.

In July 2014 he was appointed to the coaching staff at Wolverhampton Wanderers FC.[7]

In March 2019 Sellars applied for, and was appointed to, the post of Head of Academy at Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, succeeding Gareth Prosser in the role.[8]

Personal life

His son is Conor Sellars.[9]

References
  1. "Scott Sellars". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  2. Dunk, Peter, ed. (1987). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1987–88. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-356-14354-5.
  3. "Jeff Shi on managerial structure". Wolverhampton Wanderers FC. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
  4. "Football". mirror.
  6. Marshall-Bailey, Tom (13 May 2014). "Huddersfield Town v Newcastle United: 15 players who represented both clubs". YorkshireLive.
  7. "Wolves appoint Scott Sellars and Rob Edwards". Express and Star. 14 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
  8. "Scott Sellars appointed as Head of Academy". www.wolves.co.uk.
  9. "TAFC strengthen squad by signing former Middlesbrough midfielder". www.tadalbion.com.
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