31 Facts About Brian Kidd

Brian Kidd was born on 29 May 1949 and is an English football coach and former player, who was most recently assistant coach of Manchester City, alongside manager Pep Guardiola.

Under the subsequent helm of Manuel Pellegrini of Manchester City, Brian Kidd was the co-assistant manager, alongside Ruben Cousillas.

Brian Kidd, who featured as a striker, played for Manchester United, Arsenal, Manchester City, Everton, Bolton Wanderers, Fort Lauderdale Strikers and the Minnesota Strikers in his footballing career.

Brian Kidd was born in Collyhurst, Manchester, and started playing for Manchester United as a youngster whose academy he joined in August 1964.

Brian Kidd scored on his debut for Arsenal against Leicester City at Filbert Street.

Brian Kidd then scored a brace at home against Manchester City.

Altogether Brian Kidd scored 34 times for Arsenal from 90 appearances.

Brian Kidd found the back of the net a total of 13 times for Bolton where he made a total of 43 appearances at and away from Burnden Park.

Brian Kidd was then loaned out to NASL team Atlanta Chiefs in 1981.

Brian Kidd played 29 times for the chiefs, scoring on 23 occasions.

In January 1982, Brian Kidd moved on from Bolton to return to the NASL.

Brian Kidd then signed with the Fort Lauderdale Strikers and two years afterward with the Minnesota Strikers.

Brian Kidd was prolific with both teams when it came to goalscoring, but in 1984 he retired from the game.

Brian Kidd was capped twice for the England national football team with both of those appearances coming in 1970.

Brian Kidd briefly managed Preston North End for several games in 1986.

Brian Kidd then became involved in coaching young players before being brought back to Manchester United as a youth team coach by Alex Ferguson in 1988.

When Ferguson's assistant Archie Knox moved to a similar capacity at Glasgow Rangers in the summer of 1991, Brian Kidd was promoted to the role of assistant manager.

Brian Kidd helped Ferguson guide United to a Football League Cup win in 1992, the Premier League title in 1993, the double in 1994 and again in 1996, as well as another Premier League title in 1997.

Brian Kidd left United to take charge at Blackburn Rovers in December 1998, replacing Roy Hodgson who had been sacked after Blackburn's poor start to the season left them in the relegation zone.

Ferguson was angered that when Brian Kidd was his assistant manager he had questioned United's 1998 summer signing of striker Dwight Yorke.

Brian Kidd moved to Leeds United in May 2000 as youth coach but was promoted to act as Head Coach in March 2001 under David O'Leary then Terry Venables.

Brian Kidd left Leeds in May 2003 after Peter Reid was appointed manager.

Meanwhile, Brian Kidd was named as assistant to England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson in January 2003.

Brian Kidd was forced to end this role in May 2004, just weeks before Euro 2004, due to undergoing surgery for prostate cancer.

However, Brian Kidd instead accepted an offer to work as assistant to Neil Warnock at Sheffield United a few months after their promotion to the Premier League.

On 11 February 2009, Brian Kidd was appointed as the assistant to caretaker manager Paul Hart at Premier League side Portsmouth.

Brian Kidd stayed until August 2009, when he rejected a new contract offer.

Brian Kidd became Technical Development Manager at Manchester City in September 2009, before becoming assistant manager to new boss Roberto Mancini on 19 December 2009, following the sacking of manager Mark Hughes.

In February 2011, Brian Kidd said that he was willing to give Alex Ferguson "the benefit of the doubt" in the dispute that the two men had in the late 1990s.

Brian Kidd revealed that although there was no phone call from Ferguson when he was fighting prostate cancer in 2004, he was now speaking to Ferguson after matches again.

Together with Mancini and City's first team coach David Platt, Brian Kidd raced on to the pitch to celebrate Sergio Aguero's title-winning goal for City.