David Moyes

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David Moyes
Personal information
Full name	David William Moyes
Date of birth	April 25, 1963
Place of birth	Glasgow, Scotland
Nickname	Moyesy, The Moyesiah
Position	Manager
Club information
Current club	Everton
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1980-1983 1983-1985 1985-1987 1987-1990 1990-1993 1993 1993-1996	Celtic Cambridge United Bristol City Shrewsbury Town Dunfermline Athletic Hamilton Academical Preston North End	24 (0) 79 (1) 83 (6) 96 (11) 105 (13) 5 (0) 143 (15)
Teams managed
1998-2002 2002-	Preston North End Everton
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

David Moyes (b. April 25, 1963 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of Everton F.C. in Liverpool. He has twice been named, in 2003 and 2005, as the 'League Managers' Association manager of the year', and is rated as one of the best young managers in English football. Moyes demands high fitness levels from all his players and is a talented motivator.

Contents 1 Career 2 Player Honours 3 Managerial Honours 4 External links

[edit] Career

After bringing Preston North End F.C. to within a game of returning to the highest level of English league football for the first time in forty years (they lost in the playoff final to Bolton Wanderers F.C.) he was hired to take charge of Everton F.C., then barely staying in the FA Premier League, and turned them around to finish towards the top of the table in 2002/2003.

Moyes quickly established a great rapport with the fans at Goodison Park, referring to Everton as "The People's Club" soon after arriving. This phrase has been adopted as a semi official title for the club.

He stated "It's a great honour, something which I could only dream about, you start out in your career as a player and you try to get the top, I consider a move to Everton as getting as close to the top as you possibly can"

He oversaw the debut of Wayne Rooney however, Rooney would leave Everton for Manchester United F.C. after the abysmal 2003/04 season, leading many pundits and experts to tip them as a favorite for relegation. Due in no small part to Moyes, Everton confounded virtually all of the experts in 2004/05 by staying near the top of the table for most of the season. They eventually finished fourth, assuring them entry into the UEFA Champions League competition. Moyes famously celebrated the feat by sipping champagne during a live interview on Sky Sports.

After an uneventful career as a player (he was a journeyman centre half with Celtic, Preston North End and Shrewsbury Town), Moyes' managerial style has been praised by several pundits, and great things are expected for him and Everton in future years if he can build upon the success achieved in the 2004-05 season.

However, the club made a disappointing start to the 2005-06 season: exiting from European competition at the first hurdle and languishing in the league table. Nevertheless, after becoming the first team to take points off Chelsea in that season, the season improved steadily. He was named the Premiership Manager of the Month for January 2006 during a long unbeaten run in the league, and the club eventually finished in eleventh place. Indeed, after astute signings and a positive pre-season, great things were expected of the team ahead of the 2006/2007 season.

Certainly most commentators would agree that, as Moyes approaches his fifth anniversary at Everton, he has done a quite remarkable job. The club is in a markedly better position than when he arrived - and the future of this historic club looks bright once again.

[edit] Player Honours

• Scottish youth & schools international
• Scottish Premier League championship
• English Third Division championship
• English Associate Members' Cup

[edit] Managerial Honours

LMA Manager of the Year 2004-05

[edit] External links

• David Moyes profile at the League Managers Association
• David Moyes playing statistics at soccerbase.com
• David Moyes managerial statistics at soccerbase.com

Preceded by: Gary Peters	Preston North End F.C. manager 1998-2002	Succeeded by: Kelham O'Hanlon (caretaker)
Preceded by: Walter Smith	Everton F.C. manager 2002-Present	Succeeded by: Incumbent

Everton F.C. - Current Squad
1 Wright | 2 Hibbert | 3 Naysmith | 4 Yobo | 5 Weir | 6 Arteta | 7 Van der Meyde | 8 Johnson | 9 Beattie | 10 Davies | 11 McFadden | 15 Stubbs | 16 Lescott | 17 Cahill | 18 Neville | 19 Valente | 21 Osman | 22 Vaughan | 23 Pistone | 24 Howard | 26 Carsley | 28 Anichebe | 31 Hughes | 36 Boyle | 41 Viðarsson | Manager: Moyes