Frank Mohammed Sinclair was born on 3 December 1971 and is an English-born Jamaican former professional football player and manager who is a coach at EFL League Two club Doncaster Rovers.
62 Facts About Frank Sinclair
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Frank Sinclair made 756 league and cup appearances in a 25-year playing career, scoring 27 goals.
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Frank Sinclair played on loan at West Bromwich Albion between December 1991 and March 1992.
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Chelsea won the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1998, though Frank Sinclair was ruled out of the final due to injury.
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Frank Sinclair joined Championship club Burnley on a free transfer in June 2004 and served as club captain from January 2005 to summer 2006.
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Frank Sinclair joined League One side Huddersfield Town on an emergency loan in February 2007, which became a permanent transfer in the summer.
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Frank Sinclair then spent the next two seasons in the Conference with Wrexham, before playing for Hendon in November 2011 and Colwyn Bay in January 2012.
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Frank Sinclair played all three of his country's games at the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
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Frank Sinclair went on to feature twice in the 2000 CONCACAF Gold Cup and ended his international career in October 2003 after a total of 28 caps.
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Frank Sinclair was appointed as player-manager at Colwyn Bay in February 2013 and was named as Conference North Manager of the Month in April and December 2013.
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Frank Sinclair went on to serve Brackley Town as caretaker-manager in October 2015 and served as Hednesford Town manager from December 2015 to April 2016.
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Frank Sinclair later spent time as a coach at Stoke City, Radcliffe, Port Vale and Doncaster Rovers.
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Frank Sinclair is the father of fellow professional footballer Tyrese Sinclair.
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Frank Sinclair was born in the London Borough of Lambeth and grew up in Clapham.
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Frank Sinclair attended Pimlico School in Westminster and was offered trials at Chelsea, Arsenal and Wimbledon whilst he represented the West London district team.
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Frank Sinclair later joined Chelsea as an eleven-year-old, stating that supporting the club was a major influence in his decision making.
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Frank Sinclair progressed through the youth age groups, going on to sign as an apprentice in April 1988, before turning professional in May 1990.
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Frank Sinclair remained at The Hawthorns and went on to make a total of six appearances for the "Baggies", scoring once before returning to Chelsea in March 1992.
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Frank Sinclair excelled in this position the team's performances were poor and the side were involved in a relegation battle for the most of the campaign.
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Chelsea again had a disappointing league campaign, finishing in 11th-position, but Frank Sinclair went on to have his best return for the "Blues" with 47 appearances in all competitions, chipping in with further goals against Queens Park Rangers and Wimbledon.
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Frank Sinclair missed the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup final victory over VfB Stuttgart due to a calf injury, though did make five appearances in the competition.
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Frank Sinclair managed to refrain from putting through his own net against Coventry City the following Wednesday, but then scored another at home to former club Chelsea, where he beat Tore Andre Flo to the ball to smash it into his own net and lose Leicester their one-goal lead.
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Frank Sinclair was then fined two weeks wages by Leicester in September 2001 for his part in an incident at a Heathrow hotel.
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Frank Sinclair did though go on to re-establish himself in the starting eleven under new manager Dave Bassett.
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On 2 March 2002, Frank Sinclair scored the most bizarre of his own goals.
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Frank Sinclair held the Premier League records for most own goals, until his record was overtaken by Richard Dunne.
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In June 2004, Frank Sinclair joined Championship side Burnley on a free transfer, signing a one-year contract.
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Frank Sinclair struck up an impressive partnership at the centre of the defence with fellow new recruit John McGreal at the start of the season, starting in the majority of games.
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On 24 December, Frank Sinclair signed a new two-year contract extension until June 2007, with "Clarets" manager Steve Cotterill stating that "he has been an integral part of our defence".
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Frank Sinclair made a total of 40 appearances in all competitions as Burnley finished in 17th-place.
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Frank Sinclair played invariably at the start of the season and usually played in the right-back position.
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Frank Sinclair made a total of 102 appearances for Burnley, scoring only once.
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On 8 February 2007, Frank Sinclair moved to Huddersfield Town on an emergency loan deal.
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Frank Sinclair signed a one-year contract with League Two side Lincoln City on 1 July 2008, reuniting with manager Peter Jackson who originally brought him to Huddersfield Town.
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On 26 March 2009, Frank Sinclair made the surprise move to Wycombe Wanderers on loan from Lincoln City; former Leicester manager Peter Taylor was in charge at Adams Park.
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Frank Sinclair's presence helped the "Chairboys" to achieve promotion from League Two.
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Frank Sinclair left Sincil Bank after being released in May 2009.
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Frank Sinclair left the Racecourse Ground in July 2011 after failing to agree a new contract on reduced terms with manager Dean Saunders.
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Frank Sinclair signed for Hendon of the Isthmian League Premier Division on 11 November 2011, as a favour to Junior Lewis.
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Frank Sinclair was appointed player-manager at Llanelian Road on 11 February 2013.
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Frank Sinclair was eligible to represent England through birth and qualified for Jamaica through his parents who were born in the country.
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Manager Rene Simoes had called up a number of English-born players such as Deon Burton, Robbie Earle, Paul Hall, and Fitzroy Simpson in the qualification matches and wanted Frank Sinclair to join the group.
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Frank Sinclair played in the remaining two group stage games as Jamaica qualified for the knockout stage with wins over Guatemala and El Salvador.
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Frank Sinclair made a total of five appearances in the tournament.
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Frank Sinclair was included in the Jamaica squad at the 1998 FIFA World Cup held in France, making history as they became the first English-speaking Caribbean country to qualify for a World Cup.
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Frank Sinclair started in all three group matches against Croatia, Argentina and Japan.
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However, Frank Sinclair was later re-instated into the side and appeared in four qualifying matches in June and September 2001, but Jamaica failed to qualify for the World Cup after only winning two of their ten matches.
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Frank Sinclair wanted to give the younger players a chance of breaking into the team and wished to focus on his club career with Leicester City, stating that the transatlantic travel could affect his form.
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The friendly against Brazil in Leicester in October 2003 proved to be his final appearance for Jamaica, with Frank Sinclair earning a total of twenty-eight caps.
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Frank Sinclair credited his success to new signings Shelton Payne and Jamie Ellison, as well as veteran midfielder Fraser McLachlan.
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Frank Sinclair signed a new one-year contract in the summer.
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Frank Sinclair was again named as Manager of the Month after winning all five matches in December 2013.
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Frank Sinclair was named as the bookies favourite for the vacant Wrexham management post in February 2014.
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Frank Sinclair went on to work as a youth-team coach at Oldham Athletic.
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On 15 December 2015, Frank Sinclair was appointed manager of Conference North club Hednesford Town.
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Frank Sinclair began working as Stoke City's under-23 assistant manager in December 2016.
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Frank Sinclair joined Radcliffe as assistant to manager Jon Macken in September 2017.
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Frank Sinclair began coaching at Port Vale in March 2020, following an invite from assistant manager Dave Kevan.
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Frank Sinclair was appointed as the club's head of coaching development five months later, saying that "I see a key part of my role as bridging the gap between the younger players and the first team".
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Frank Sinclair joined Doncaster Rovers as an academy coach in October 2021.
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Frank Sinclair became a professional development phase coach at Doncaster in January 2023.
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In September 2005, Frank Sinclair, then living in Lostock, Bolton was found guilty of drink driving at Bolton Magistrates' Court.