Global InformationPaul Lambert information
 Lambert managing Aston Villa in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paul Lambert[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 August 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.81 m)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1985–1986 | St Mirren | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1993 | St Mirren | 227 | (14) |
| 1993–1996 | Motherwell | 103 | (6) |
| 1996–1997 | Borussia Dortmund | 44 | (1) |
| 1997–2005 | Celtic | 193 | (14) |
| 2005–2006 | Livingston | 7 | (0) |
| Total | 574 | (35) | |
| International career | |||
| 1990 | Scottish League XI | 1 | (0) |
| 1991–1992 | Scotland U21 | 5 | (2) |
| 1995–1996 | Scotland B | 2 | (0) |
| 1995–2003 | Scotland | 40 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2005–2006 | Livingston | ||
| 2006–2008 | Wycombe Wanderers | ||
| 2008–2009 | Colchester United | ||
| 2009–2012 | Norwich City | ||
| 2012–2015 | Aston Villa | ||
| 2015–2016 | Blackburn Rovers | ||
| 2016–2017 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | ||
| 2018 | Stoke City | ||
| 2018–2021 | Ipswich Town | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Paul Lambert (born 7 August 1969) is a Scottish professional football manager and former player, who was most recently the manager of Ipswich Town.
Lambert played as a midfielder and won the Scottish Cup in 1987 with St Mirren as a 17-year-old, the UEFA Champions League with Borussia Dortmund and all the Scottish domestic honours with Celtic. In his international career, Lambert earned 40 caps for Scotland and played in the 1998 FIFA World Cup finals.
Lambert achieved success managing in England's lower divisions and guided Norwich City into English football's Premier League with successive promotions in 2009–10 and 2010–11. After keeping Norwich in the Premier League in 2011–12, he managed Aston Villa for three seasons. Lambert was appointed Blackburn Rovers manager in November 2015, before leaving the club in May 2016. Lambert became head coach of Wolverhampton Wanderers in November 2016 but was dismissed at the end of the season.[3]
Lambert was appointed manager of Stoke City in January 2018, but he was unable to prevent relegation to the Championship and left the club soon afterwards. Lambert became manager of Ipswich Town in October 2018, but he was unable to prevent relegation to League One, and later left the club in February 2021 after failing to mount a promotion challenge.
- ^ The Bell's Scottish Football Review 2005/06. Cre8 Publishing. 2005. p. 34. ISBN 978-0-95485-561-1.
- ^ "Paul Lambert". Goal.com. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- ^ "Paul Lambert departs Wolves". Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 30 May 2017.