Ian Porterfield
British footballer (1946–2007) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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John Ian Porterfield (11 February 1946 – 11 September 2007) was a Scottish professional footballer, and an experienced football coach who worked at both club and international level for almost 30 years. At the time of his death, he was the coach of the Armenia national football team.
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Full name | John Ian Porterfield | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1946-02-11)11 February 1946[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Dunfermline, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||
Date of death | 11 September 2007(2007-09-11) (aged 61)[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Place of death | Farnham, England | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
Cowdenbeath Royals | |||||||||||||||||
Mary Colliery Juveniles | |||||||||||||||||
Lochgelly Albert | |||||||||||||||||
Lochore Welfare | |||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
1964 | Cowdenbeath (trial) | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1964–1967 | Raith Rovers | 117 | (17) | ||||||||||||||
1967–1977 | Sunderland | 230 | (17) | ||||||||||||||
1976 | → Reading (loan) | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
1977–1979 | Sheffield Wednesday | 106 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
Total | 459 | (37) | |||||||||||||||
Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
1979–1981 | Rotherham United | ||||||||||||||||
1981–1986 | Sheffield United | ||||||||||||||||
1986–1988 | Aberdeen | ||||||||||||||||
1989–1991 | Reading | ||||||||||||||||
1991–1993 | Chelsea | ||||||||||||||||
1993–1994 | Zambia | ||||||||||||||||
1996–1997 | Zimbabwe | ||||||||||||||||
1997 | Oman | ||||||||||||||||
2000–2001 | Trinidad and Tobago | ||||||||||||||||
2002 | Kumasi Asante Kotoko | ||||||||||||||||
2003–2006 | Busan I'Park | ||||||||||||||||
2006–2007 | Armenia | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Close
As a player, Porterfield scored the only goal of the 1973 FA Cup Final as Sunderland memorably overcame the odds to beat Leeds United. He was the first manager to be sacked in the FA Premier League era, when he was fired by Chelsea. He had earlier succeeded Alex Ferguson as manager of Aberdeen in 1986.