Edward John Ikem Newton was born on 13 December 1971 and is an English football manager and former professional footballer.
13 Facts About Eddie Newton
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Eddie Newton played in the Football League for Cardiff City, Birmingham City, Oxford United and Barnet and in the Conference National for Hayes.
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Eddie Newton earned two caps for the England U21 side.
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Cardiff fell three points short of a play-off place and Eddie Newton returned to Chelsea.
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Eddie Newton played for Chelsea in the 1994 FA Cup Final, but his foul on Denis Irwin in the second half saw him cautioned and led to Manchester United receiving a penalty which was scored by Eric Cantona.
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Eddie Newton won the Cup Winners' Cup and League Cup with the club a year later, but was thereafter hampered in his quest for a starting place by injuries and manager Gianluca Vialli's signing of French World Cup-winning midfielder Didier Deschamps.
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Eddie Newton joined Birmingham City in July 1999 on a free transfer before spending short spells at various lower-league clubs, including Oxford United and Barnet.
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On 2 July 2008 Eddie Newton was appointed assistant manager to Roberto Di Matteo at Milton Keynes Dons.
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When Di Matteo was relieved of his duties in January 2011, Eddie Newton left the club.
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On 5 March 2012 it was announced that Eddie Newton would be joining the back room staff at Chelsea, supporting Roberto Di Matteo.
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Eddie Newton currently helps to oversee the progress of Chelsea's loan players after having been assistant first team coach under Guus Hiddink in for the second half of the previous season.
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Eddie Newton was appointed assistant manager at Trabzonspor in February 2020.
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On 2 August 2020, Eddie Newton was appointed by Trabzonspor on a permanent basis, after a successful period as caretaker winning the Turkish Cup.