Graham Cyril Rix was born on 23 October 1957 and is an English former professional football player who later became a coach and manager.
19 Facts About Graham Rix
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Graham Rix won 17 caps for England between 1980 and 1984.
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Graham Rix then managed Chelsea, Portsmouth, Oxford United, Heart of Midlothian, Central, AFC Portchester and Fareham Town.
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Originally from Doncaster, Yorkshire, Graham Rix joined Arsenal as an apprentice in 1974 and turned professional the year after.
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Graham Rix made his debut for the club against Leicester City on 2 April 1977, and marked it by scoring the opening goal.
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Graham Rix immediately became a regular on the left wing, replacing George Armstrong.
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Arsenal's form slumped in the early 1980s, though, meaning Graham Rix was unable to claim any silverware as skipper.
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Graham Rix had a spell on loan at Brentford, before being released in 1988.
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Between 1980 and 1984, Graham Rix played for the England national team, including making five appearances at the 1982 World Cup.
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Graham Rix was capped 17 times, but failed to score.
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Graham Rix became assistant manager in 1996 under new Blues boss Ruud Gullit, and continued in the same role under Gullit's successor Gianluca Vialli, winning the FA Cup in 1997, and the League Cup and Cup Winners' Cup in 1998.
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Graham Rix won the FA Cup again in 2000, before leaving the club, after a brief spell as caretaker manager following Vialli's sacking by Ken Bates.
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Graham Rix then managed Oxford United for seven months in 2004.
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In November 2005, after speculation linking him with the manager's job at Scottish Premier League club Heart of Midlothian, it was confirmed that Graham Rix would take over at Tynecastle.
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Graham Rix officially took the position of head coach on 8 November 2005.
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On 22 March 2006 Graham Rix was sacked as manager after just four months in charge, with the club citing poor results as the reason.
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On 13 August 2012, Graham Rix was named the first manager of Central FC, which was a newly formed club founded by former Trinidad and Tobago international football player Brent Sancho, that competed in the TT Pro League.
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Graham Rix subsequently claimed that there were "mitigating circumstances" in the case, saying: "I know the true story that I've never ever said".
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Graham Rix has a daughter from his first marriage with Gill.