Paul Heckingbottom

Paul Heckingbottom
Personal information
Date of birth	17 July 1977 (age 48)
Place of birth	Barnsley, England
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Sheffield United (manager)
Youth career
1993–1995	Manchester United
Senior career*
Years	Team
1995–1999	Sunderland
1997–1998	Scarborough (loan)
1998–1999	Hartlepool United
1999–	Darlington (loan)
1999–2002	Darlington
2002–2003	Norwich City
2003–2004	Bradford City
2004–2006	Sheffield Wednesday
2006–2008	Barnsley
2007–2008	Bradford City (loan)
2008–2009	Bradford City
2009–2010	Mansfield Town
2010	Gateshead
2010–2011	Gateshead
2011–2012	Harrogate Town
Total
Managerial career
2015	Barnsley (caretaker)
2016	Barnsley (caretaker)
2016–2018	Barnsley
2018	Leeds United
2019	Hibernian
2021	Sheffield United (interim)
2021; 2021-	Sheffield United U23; Sheffield United
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul Heckingbottom (born 17 July 1977) is an English football coach and former player who is currently the head coach of Sheffield United. Heckingbottom played as a defender for several English clubs, including Sunderland, Scarborough, Hartlepool United, Darlington, Norwich City, Bradford City, Sheffield Wednesday, Barnsley and Mansfield Town.

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Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sunderland	1996–97^[1]	FA Premier League	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	1997–98^[1]	First Division	0	0	—		0	0	—		0	0
	1998–99^[2]	First Division	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	Total		0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
Scarborough (loan)	1997–98^[1]	Third Division	29	0	0	0	—		1^[a]	0	30	0
Hartlepool United (loan)	1998–99^[2]	Third Division	5	1	—		—		—		5	1
Darlington (loan)	1998–99^[2]	Third Division	10	0	—		—		—		10	0
Darlington	1999–2000^[3]	Third Division	45	1	3	1	2	0	4^[b]	0	54	2
	2000–01^[4]	Second Division	18	1	1	0	2	0	2^[a]	0	23	1
	2001–02^[5]	Third Division	42	3	4	0	0	0	2^[a]	0	48	3
	Total		115	5	8	1	4	0	8	0	135	6
Norwich City	2002–03^[6]	First Division	15	0	0	0	1	0	—		16	0
Bradford City	2003–04^[7]	First Division	43	0	1	0	1	0	—		45	0
Sheffield Wednesday	2004–05^[8]	League One	38	4	0	0	1	0	3^[c]	0	42	4
	2005–06^[9]	Championship	4	0	1	2	0	0	—		5	2
	Total		42	4	1	2	1	0	3	0	47	6
Barnsley	2005–06^[9]	League One	18	1	—		—		3^[c]	0	21	1
	2006–07^[10]	Championship	31	0	1	0	0	0	—		32	0
	2007–08^[11]	Championship	—		—		—		—		—
	Total		49	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	53	1
Bradford City	2007–08^[11]	League Two	44	0	1	0	1	0	1^[a]	0	47	0
	2008–09^[12]	League Two	9	0	1	0	1	0	1^[a]	0	12	0
	Total		53	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	59	0
Mansfield Town	2009–10^[13]^[14]	Conference Premier	11	1	3	0	—		1^[d]	0	15	1
Gateshead (loan)	2009–10^[13]	Conference Premier	15	0	—		—		—		15	0
Gateshead	2010–11^[15]^[16]	Conference Premier	21	0	0	0	—		1^[d]	0	22	0
Gateshead	Total		36	0	0	0	—		1	0	37	0
Career total			398	12	16	3	9	0	19	0	442	15

Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	P	W	D	L	Win %
Barnsley (caretaker)^[17]	12 February 2015	25 February 2015	3	2	0	1	066.67
Barnsley^[18]	6 February 2016	6 February 2018	105	37	28	40	035.24
Leeds United^[17]	6 February 2018	1 June 2018	16	4	4	8	025.00
Hibernian^[17]	13 February 2019	4 November 2019	32	11	12	9	034.38
Sheffield United (interim)^[17]	13 March 2021	27 May 2021	11	3	0	8	027.27
Sheffield United^[17]	25 November 2021	Present	97	49	18	30	050.52
Total			264	106	62	96	040.15

Career statistics