Colin Calderwood was born on 20 January 1965 and is a Scottish professional football manager and former player.
31 Facts About Colin Calderwood
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Colin Calderwood was capped 36 times by Scotland national football team and was part of their Euro 96 and World Cup 98 squads.
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Colin Calderwood then became manager of Nottingham Forest helping the club win promotion in 2008.
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Colin Calderwood started his career in the lower reaches of The Football League in England, with Mansfield Town.
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Colin Calderwood played 100 league games for the club, three as substitute.
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Colin Calderwood was arrested and questioned by the police with regard to the scandal, though was not ultimately charged with anything.
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Colin Calderwood was picked for the Football League representative side, playing against their Italian counterparts.
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Whilst at Tottenham Hotspur for five years Colin Calderwood played with a succession of defenders including Gary Mabbutt and Ramon Vega.
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Colin Calderwood represented his country at UEFA Euro 1996 and the 1998 FIFA World Cup, playing in all three matches at the first tournament and two matches at the second.
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Colin Calderwood was a regular under Scotland manager Craig Brown.
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Two days after the final Colin Calderwood moved on from Tottenham in March 1999, signing for Aston Villa.
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Colin Calderwood then had brief spells with Nottingham Forest and Notts County before retiring.
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Colin Calderwood's career was brought to an end by a broken leg suffered while with Nottingham Forest.
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Colin Calderwood became manager of Northampton Town on 9 October 2003.
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Colin Calderwood was appointed as manager by Nottingham Forest in May 2006.
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Colin Calderwood enjoyed an unbeaten league start to his Forest campaign and won the managerial monthly award for August 2006.
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Colin Calderwood won a manager of the month award during this run, but he decided to sell the award trophy on eBay to raise funds for presents to hospital patients in Nottingham.
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Forest were nine points short of the automatic promotion places with just four games remaining, which led Colin Calderwood to admit that automatic promotion was unlikely.
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Colin Calderwood was sacked by Forest in December 2008, as the club had secured just four wins by Christmas.
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Colin Calderwood was appointed first team coach at Newcastle United on 26 January 2009.
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On 18 October 2010, Colin Calderwood left Newcastle to become manager of Edinburgh side Hibernian.
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Colin Calderwood was sacked by Hibs on 6 November 2011, having won just 12 games out of 49.
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Colin Calderwood was appointed assistant manager at Championship club Birmingham City on 24 November 2011, working with Chris Hughton for a third time.
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When Hughton left for Premier League club Norwich City on 7 June 2012, Colin Calderwood went with him as assistant manager.
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Colin Calderwood left the club when Hughton was dismissed on 6 April 2014.
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Colin Calderwood resigned from the club on 12 November 2016 to take up a position elsewhere.
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Colin Calderwood was appointed manager at Cambridge United on 19 December 2018.
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Colin Calderwood joined the club on an initial 18-month contract.
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Colin Calderwood left with the team 18th in EFL League Two.
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Colin Calderwood remained in the role until June 2021, after assisting Blackpool's promotion to The Championship.
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Colin Calderwood returned to Northampton as assistant manager on 17 June 2021.