Eric Black

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Eric Black
Personal information
Full name Eric Black
Date of birth (1963-10-01) 1 October 1963
Place of birth Bellshill, Scotland
Playing position Striker
Club information
Current team
 Aston Villa (caretaker manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1981–1986 Aberdeen 180 (70)
1986–1991 Metz 85 (26)
Total 265 (96)
National team
1982–1985 Scotland U21[1] 8 (2)
1987 Scotland 2 (0)
Teams managed
2001–2002 Motherwell
2003–2004 Coventry City
2007 Birmingham City (caretaker)
2011 Sunderland (caretaker)
2012 Blackburn Rovers (caretaker)
2015 Wigan Athletic (caretaker)
2015 Rotherham United (caretaker)
2016– Aston Villa (caretaker)

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

† Appearances (goals)

Eric Black (born 1 October 1963 in Bellshill, Lanarkshire) is a Scottish professional football coach and former player who is currently the caretaker manager of Aston Villa. He played for Aberdeen and Metz as a striker and won two international caps for Scotland.

Club career

He was involved in possibly the best era ever for Aberdeen who, under the management of Alex Ferguson, won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1983 with a 2–1 win over Real Madrid in which the then 19-year-old Black scored the first goal. Black's main asset was his balletic heading ability and scoring goals. He joined George Hamilton and Billy Williamson, becoming the third Aberdeen player to score three or more goals in a single game against Celtic. He made 180 league appearances (30 as substitute) and scored 70 goals for Aberdeen between 1981 and 1986.

That same year, Black joined Metz in France. After five seasons (1986–91) with Metz, during which he won the 1988 French Cup, and had two children, Black was forced to retire prematurely from the game due to a chronic back problem. In all, he made 85 appearances, scoring 26 goals.

Managerial career

Since retiring as a player Black has coached and managed teams. He was a coach and assistant manager at Celtic. Black was appointed manager of Motherwell in October 2001.[2] He was appointed Coventry City manager in January 2004, following the resignation of Gary McAllister.[3] Black was sacked by Coventry for "being inconsistent", despite a 5–2 win against Gillingham. This angered many fans who believed that Black had brought an attractive and highly effective style of football back to the club and was merely being moved on for a bigger name (he was succeeded by Peter Reid, who proved to be a major disappointment).

Black joined Birmingham City in July 2004 as assistant manager to Steve Bruce.[4] He managed one game as caretaker manager, after Bruce joined Wigan Athletic, before leaving St Andrew's in November 2007.[5] He was assistant manager to Bruce at Sunderland from June 2009 and was appointed caretaker manager following the departure of Bruce.[6] In his only game in charge, Sunderland were beaten 2–1 by Wolverhampton Wanderers.[7] Black left Sunderland on 6 December 2011.[8]

He was appointed assistant manager to Steve Kean at Blackburn Rovers in January 2012.[9] He was caretaker manager at Blackburn Rovers after the departure of Kean.

He was an advisor at Blackpool to caretaker manager Barry Ferguson in 2014.[10] Black was appointed as a coach at Wigan Athletic in July 2014.[10]

In July 2015, he was named as first team coach of Football League Championship side Rotherham United.[11] Black was appointed caretaker manager of Rotherham in September 2015, after manager Steve Evans left the club.[12] Black left Rotherham in January 2016 and was then appointed first team coach at Aston Villa.[13] He was appointed Villa manager on a temporary basis after Remi Garde left by mutual consent in March 2016.[14]

Manager

As of 30 April 2016[15]
Team Nat From To
GWDLWin %
Motherwell Scotland 16 October 2001 24 April 2002 27 7 4 16 25.93
Coventry City England 11 December 2003 3 May 2004 26 12 4 10 46.15
Birmingham City (caretaker) England 19 November 2007 28 November 2007 1 0 0 1 00.00
Sunderland (caretaker) England 1 December 2011 4 December 2011 1 0 0 1 00.00
Blackburn Rovers (caretaker) England 28 September 2012 31 October 2012 6 2 3 1 33.33
Rotherham United (caretaker) England 1 October 2015 9 October 2015 1 0 0 1 00.00
Aston Villa (caretaker) England 29 March 2016 Present 5 0 0 5 00.00
Total 67 21 11 35 31.34

References

  1. ↑ "Eric Black". www.fitbastats.com. Retrieved 11 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "Motherwell go for Black". BBC Sport. 16 October 2001. Retrieved 24 November 2007.
  3. ↑ "Black named Coventry boss". BBC Sport. 15 January 2004. Retrieved 24 November 2007.
  4. ↑ "Black moves to Blues". BBC Sport. 7 July 2004. Retrieved 24 November 2007.
  5. ↑ "Caretaker boss Black quits Blues". BBC Sport. 27 November 2004. Retrieved 27 November 2007.
  6. ↑ "Bruce sacked by Sunderland". BBC Sport. 30 November 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
  7. ↑ "Sunderland lose to Wolves". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  8. ↑ "Black leaves Sunderland". 6 December 2011. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
  9. ↑ "Eric Black to join Blackburn Rovers as Steve Kean's new assistant". BBC Sport. 19 January 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2012.
  10. 1 2 "Wigan Athletic: Eric Black returns as first team coach". BBC Sport (BBC). 4 July 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  11. ↑ "Eric Black: Rotherham United appoint First Team Coach". BBC Sport (BBC). 8 July 2015. Retrieved 8 July 2015.
  12. ↑ McCartney, Aidan (28 September 2015). "Former Coventry City boss Eric Black takes temporary charge at Rotherham United". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  13. ↑ "Aston Villa: Eric Black named as first-team coach". BBC Sport. BBC. 26 January 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  14. ↑ "Remi Garde: Aston Villa manager leaves after 147 days in charge". BBC Sport. BBC. 29 March 2016. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  15. ↑ "Eric Black's managerial career". Racing Post. Retrieved 21 December 2011.

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