Paul Ince

Paul Ince (born 21 October 1967) is an English former footballer. He has played for the England national team. Ince was most recently manager of Reading. He has also managed Macclesfield Town, Milton Keynes Dons, Blackburn Rovers, Notts County, and Blackpool.

Paul Ince

Ince in 2006
Personal information
Full name	Paul Emerson Carlyle Ince[1]
Date of birth	(1967-10-21) 21 October 1967 (age 58)[2]
Place of birth	Ilford, London, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2]
Position(s)	Midfielder[1]
Youth career
1982–1986	West Ham United
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1989	West Ham United	72	(7)
1989–1995	Manchester United	206	(25)
1995–1997	Inter Milan	54	(10)
1997–1999	Liverpool	65	(14)
1999–2002	Middlesbrough	93	(7)
2002–2006	Wolverhampton Wanderers	115	(10)
2006	Swindon Town	3	(0)
2007	Macclesfield Town	1	(0)
Total		609	(73)
International career
1989	England U21	2	(0)
1992	England B	1	(0)
1992–2000	England	53	(2)
Managerial career
2006–2007	Macclesfield Town
2007–2008	Milton Keynes Dons
2008	Blackburn Rovers
2009–2010	Milton Keynes Dons
2010–2011	Notts County
2013–2014	Blackpool
2022–2023	Reading
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition^[3][4][5][6]

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
West Ham United	1986–87	First Division	10	1	2	0	0	0	—		1[c]	0	13	1
	1987–88	First Division	28	3	1	0	2	0	—		1[c]	0	32	3
	1988–89	First Division	33	3	7	1	7	3	—		2[c]	1	49	8
	1989–90	Second Division	1	0	—		—		—		—		1	0
	Total		72	7	10	1	9	3	—		4	1	95	12
Manchester United	1989–90	First Division	26	0	7	0	3	2	—		—		36	2
	1990–91	First Division	31	3	2	0	6	0	7[d]	0	1[e]	0	47	3
	1991–92	First Division	33	3	3	0	7	0	3[d]	0	1[f]	0	47	3
	1992–93	Premier League	41	5	2	0	3	0	1[g]	0	—		47	5
	1993–94	Premier League	39	8	7	1	5	0	4[h]	0	1[e]	0	56	9
	1994–95	Premier League	36	5	6	0	0	0	5[h]	0	1[e]	1	48	6
	Total		206	24	27	1	24	2	20	0	4	1	281	28
Inter Milan	1995–96	Serie A	30	3	5	0	—		0	0	—		35	3
	1996–97	Serie A	24	7	4	2	—		10[g]	1	—		38	10
	Total		54	10	9	2	—		10	1	—		73	13
Liverpool	1997–98	Premier League	31	8	1	0	4	0	4[g]	0	—		40	8
	1998–99	Premier League	34	6	2	1	2	1	3[g]	1	—		41	9
	Total		65	14	3	1	6	1	7	1	—		81	17
Middlesbrough	1999–2000	Premier League	32	3	0	0	3	1	—		—		35	4
	2000–01	Premier League	30	2	3	0	2	0	—		—		35	2
	2001–02	Premier League	31	2	4	1	1	0	—		—		36	3
	Total		93	7	7	1	6	1	—		—		106	9
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2002–03	First Division	37	2	3	1	2	0	—		3[i]	0	45	3
	2003–04	Premier League	32	2	1	0	2	0	—		—		35	2
	2004–05	Championship	28	3	2	0	1	1	—		—		31	4
	2005–06	Championship	18	3	2	0	0	0	—		—		20	3
	Total		115	10	8	1	5	1	—		3	0	131	12
Swindon Town	2006–07	League Two	3	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	3	0
Macclesfield Town	2006–07	League Two	1	0	—		—		—		—		1	0
Total			609	72	64	7	50	8	37	2	11	2	771	91

1. Includes FA Cup, Coppa Italia
2. Includes Football League Cup
3. Appearance(s) in Full Members' Cup
4. Appearances in European Cup Winners' Cup
5. Appearance in FA Charity Shield
6. Appearances in European Super Cup
7. Appearances in UEFA Cup
8. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
9. Appearances in First Division play-offs

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[3][7]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
England	1992	3	0
	1993	9	2
	1994	3	0
	1995	1	0
	1996	10	0
	1997	9	0
	1998	9	0
	1999	4	0
	2000	5	0
Total		53	2

Managerial statistics

As of match played 10 April 2023^[8]

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record
			P	W	D	L	Win %
Macclesfield Town	23 October 2006	25 June 2007	35	14	8	13	040.0
MK Dons	25 June 2007	21 June 2008	55	33	12	10	060.0
Blackburn Rovers	21 June 2008	16 December 2008	21	6	4	11	028.6
MK Dons	6 July 2009	8 May 2010	56	23	9	24	041.1
Notts County	27 October 2010	3 April 2011	29	10	6	13	034.5
Blackpool	18 February 2013	21 January 2014	42	12	15	15	028.6
Reading	20 February 2022	11 April 2023	58	18	11	29	031.0
Total			296	116	65	115	039.2

Honours

As a player

Manchester United

• Premier League: 1992–93, 1993–94^[2]
• FA Cup: 1989–90, 1993–94^[9]
• Football League Cup: 1991–92^[9]
• FA Charity Shield: 1990 (shared), 1993,^[10] 1994^[11]
• European Cup Winners' Cup: 1990–91^[9]
• European Super Cup: 1991^[9]

Wolverhampton Wanderers

• Football League First Division play-offs: 2003^[12]

England

• Tournoi de France: 1997^[13]

Individual

• West Ham United Hammer of the Year: 1988–89^[14]
• Sir Matt Busby Player of the Year: 1992–93^[15]
• Premier League Player of the Month: October 1994^[2]
• PFA Team of the Year: 1992–93 Premier League,^[16] 1993–94 Premier League,^[17] 1994–95 Premier League^[17]
• Domestic Team of the Decade – Premier League 10 Seasons Awards (1992–93 to 2001–02)^[18]

As a manager

Milton Keynes Dons

• Football League Two: 2007–08^[19]
• Football League Trophy: 2007–08^[20]

Individual

• Championship Manager of the Month: August 2013^[21]
• League Two Manager of the Month: December 2006, October 2007, December 2007, April 2008^[22]