Paul William Bracewell was born on 19 July 1962 and is an English former professional football player and manager.
15 Facts About Paul Bracewell
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Paul Bracewell was a member of the Everton side that won the League title in 1985 and 1987 as well as the European Cup Winner's Cup in 1985.
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Paul Bracewell played in the Premier League for Newcastle United and Sunderland and in the Football League with Stoke City and Fulham.
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Paul Bracewell was capped three times by England and earned thirteen England U21 caps.
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Paul Bracewell later had a spell in charge of Halifax Town but following his departure in 2001 he has not returned to management.
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Paul Bracewell has since had several coaching roles at former side, Sunderland.
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Paul Bracewell made 141 appearances for Stoke scoring six goals.
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Paul Bracewell played in four losing FA Cup Finals, the last of which came following his return to Sunderland in 1992.
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Paul Bracewell left Sunderland for the second time to join archrivals Newcastle United but returned to Wearside in 1995 and helped Sunderland gain promotion to the Premier League.
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Unable to keep down a place in the years that followed, Paul Bracewell reunited with his former Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan at Fulham in 1997.
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Paul Bracewell retired from playing football in 1999 to take up a Managerial role at Fulham.
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In September 1997, Paul Bracewell took a similar role with ambitious Division Two club Fulham, working under head coach Ray Wilkins and director of football Kevin Keegan.
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Paul Bracewell was promoted to the position of manager, and despite them competing in the top half of Division One throughout the campaign, he was dismissed on 30 March 2000 in favour of the more experienced Jean Tigana, who achieved promotion to the Premier League a year later.
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Paul Bracewell left his role with Sunderland on 17 June 2017.
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Paul Bracewell is currently an elite development coach at Tottenham Hotspur's academy and a consultant for the Grow Football app.