Steven John Pressley was born on 11 October 1973 and is a Scottish professional football manager and former player who played as a centre back.
34 Facts About Steven Pressley
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Steven Pressley was most recently the manager of Carlisle United.
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Steven Pressley captained the Hearts side that won the 2006 Scottish Cup Final, and made 32 appearances for Scotland.
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Steven Pressley served as an assistant manager to George Burley while Burley was manager of Scotland.
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Steven Pressley moved to League One side Coventry City in March 2013, but was dismissed in February 2015.
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Steven Pressley has since managed Fleetwood Town, Cypriot club Pafos and Carlisle United.
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Steven Pressley was born in Elgin, Moray, and was an Aberdeen fan in childhood.
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Steven Pressley helped Dundee United to get promotion to the Premier Division in his first season.
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Steven Pressley was captain when the team beat VfB Stuttgart, Bordeaux and Basel in European matches.
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Steven Pressley acted as a spokesman for the playing squad in response to the various controversies affecting the club under the ownership of Vladimir Romanov.
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On 27 October 2006, Steven Pressley led a press conference, flanked by fellow internationals Craig Gordon and Paul Hartley, announcing that there was "significant unrest in the Hearts dressing room" following majority shareholder Vladimir Romanov's most recent comments.
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Steven Pressley was then absent from the Hearts squad to face Falkirk on 13 November 2006 and he had been reportedly stripped of the captaincy.
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Steven Pressley made his Celtic debut on 2 January 2007 against Kilmarnock and then returned to Tynecastle as stand-in Celtic captain on 14 January.
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Steven Pressley scored his first competitive goal for Celtic against Inverness Caledonian Thistle in the fifth round of the Scottish Cup, later scoring his only league goal against Hearts on 29 April 2007.
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Steven Pressley featured in the Celtic team that won the Scottish Cup, making him the first player to do so with three clubs.
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Steven Pressley is the most capped Scottish player at Hearts surpassing the record of 29 caps held by Bobby Walker.
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Steven Pressley made his debut in 2000 against World and European champions France.
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Steven Pressley was sent off in what proved to be his last appearance for Scotland, a UEFA Euro 2008 qualifier against Ukraine on 11 October 2006.
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Steven Pressley served a two-match ban following the red card, which gave Stephen McManus the chance to step up to the international fold.
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Steven Pressley retired from international football in February 2008 when he was named as Scotland's assistant coach, but continued to play club football until his official retirement in June 2009.
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Steven Pressley was Hearts' captain, and club captain, under Burley during his short reign at Tynecastle.
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Steven Pressley was in the process of sitting his UEFA pro licence.
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Steven Pressley left his post as Scotland assistant coach in September 2009, following the country's unsuccessful World Cup qualifying campaign.
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Steven Pressley was announced as the new manager of League One side Coventry City on 8 March 2013.
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Steven Pressley took over the position from Mark Robins, who resigned to join Huddersfield Town.
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Steven Pressley signed a four-year contract with Coventry City in September 2014.
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Steven Pressley was appointed manager of Fleetwood Town on 6 October 2015, replacing Graham Alexander.
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Steven Pressley resigned as manager of Fleetwood Town on 26 July 2016.
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Steven Pressley was appointed manager of Cypriot First Division club Pafos in February 2018.
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Steven Pressley was appointed manager of English League Two club Carlisle United on 16 January 2019.
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Carlisle had been in sixth place in League Two when Steven Pressley took over, but they finished outside the promotion playoffs in 11th place.
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Steven Pressley then made a large number of changes to the squad during the 2019 summer transfer window.
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Steven Pressley was dismissed by the board on 13 November 2019, with the team in 19th place.
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On 10 May 2021, it was announced that Steven Pressley would take up the role of Head of Individual Development at Brentford on 1 July 2021.