Steve Bruce

Steve Bruce (born 31 December 1960) is an English football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of Championship club West Bromwich Albion.^[3] He was born in Corbridge, Northumberland. Bruce was best known for playing for Manchester United where he was captain.

Steve Bruce

Bruce managing Sunderland in 2011
Personal information
Full name	Stephen Roger Bruce[1]
Date of birth	(1960-12-31) 31 December 1960 (age 64)[1]
Place of birth	Corbridge, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2]
Position(s)	Centre-back[1]
Youth career
1977–1979	Gillingham
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1979–1984	Gillingham	205	(29)
1984–1987	Norwich City	141	(14)
1987–1996	Manchester United	309	(36)
1996–1998	Birmingham City	72	(2)
1998–1999	Sheffield United	10	(0)
Total		737	(81)
International career
1979–1980	England Youth	8	(0)
1987	England B	1	(0)
Managerial career
1998–1999	Sheffield United
1999–2000	Huddersfield Town
2001	Wigan Athletic
2001	Crystal Palace
2001–2007	Birmingham City
2007–2009	Wigan Athletic
2009–2011	Sunderland
2012–2016	Hull City
2016–2018	Aston Villa
2019	Sheffield Wednesday
2019–2021	Newcastle United
2022	West Bromwich Albion
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Gillingham	1979–80[4]	Third Division	40	6	0	0	4	2	—		—		44	8
	1980–81[5]	Third Division	41	4	1	0	4	3	—		—		46	7
	1981–82[6]	Third Division	45	6	5	1	2	0	—		3[a]	1	55	8
	1982–83[7]	Third Division	39	7	2	0	5	1	—		—		46	8
	1983–84[8]	Third Division	40	6	6	1	0	0	—		0	0	46	7
	Total		205	29	14	2	15	6	—		3	1	237	38
Norwich City	1984–85[9]	First Division	39	1	5	1	9	3	—		—		53	5
	1985–86[10]	Second Division	42	8	1	0	4	2	—		6[b]	0	53	10
	1986–87[11]	First Division	41	3	3	0	4	0	—		4[c]	0	52	3
	1987–88[12]	First Division	19	2	—		3	1	—		—		22	3
	Total		141	14	9	1	20	6	—		10	0	180	21
Manchester United	1987–88[13]	First Division	21	2	3	0	—		—		—		24	2
	1988–89[13][14]	First Division	38	2	7	1	3	1	—		3[d]	1	51	5
	1989–90[13]	First Division	34	3	7	0	2	0	—		—		43	3
	1990–91[13]	First Division	31	13	3	0	7	2	8[e]	4	1[f]	0	50	19
	1991–92[13]	First Division	37	5	1	0	7	1	5[g]	0	—		50	6
	1992–93[13]	Premier League	42	5	3	0	3	0	2[h]	0	—		50	5
	1993–94[13]	Premier League	41	3	7	0	9	2	4[i]	2	1[f]	0	62	7
	1994–95[13]	Premier League	35	2	5	2	1	0	6[i]	0	1[f]	0	48	4
	1995–96[13]	Premier League	30	1	5	0	2	0	2[h]	0	—		39	1
	Total		309	36	41	3	34	6	27	6	6	1	417	52
Birmingham City	1996–97[15]	First Division	32	0	3	1	4	0	—		—		39	1
	1997–98[16]	First Division	40	2	3	0	2	0	—		—		45	2
	Total		72	2	6	1	6	0	—		—		84	3
Sheffield United	1998–99[17]	First Division	10	0	0	0	1	0	—		—		11	0
Career total			737	81	70	7	76	18	27	6	19	2	929	114

1. Appearances in Football League Group Cup
2. Appearances in Football League Super Cup
3. Appearances in Full Members' Cup
4. Appearances in Football League Centenary Trophy
5. Appearances in European Cup Winners' Cup
6. Appearance in FA Charity Shield
7. Four appearances in European Cup Winners' Cup, one in European Super Cup
8. Appearances in UEFA Cup
9. Appearances in UEFA Champions League

Managerial statistics

As of match played 8 October 2022

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record					Ref.
			P	W	D	L	Win %
Sheffield United	2 July 1998	17 May 1999	55	22	15	18	040.0	[18]
Huddersfield Town	24 May 1999	16 October 2000	66	25	16	25	037.9	[18]
Wigan Athletic	4 April 2001	29 May 2001	8	3	2	3	037.5	[18]
Crystal Palace	31 May 2001	2 November 2001	18	11	2	5	061.1	[18]
Birmingham City	12 December 2001	23 November 2007	269	100	69	100	037.2	[19]
Wigan Athletic	26 November 2007	3 June 2009	68	23	17	28	033.8	[18]
Sunderland	3 June 2009	30 November 2011	98	29	28	41	029.6	[18]
Hull City	8 June 2012	22 July 2016	201	82	44	75	040.8	[18][20]
Aston Villa	12 October 2016	3 October 2018	102	46	25	31	045.1	[18]
Sheffield Wednesday	1 February 2019	15 July 2019	18	7	8	3	038.9	[18]
Newcastle United	17 July 2019	20 October 2021	97	28	28	41	028.9	[18]
West Bromwich Albion	3 February 2022	10 October 2022	32	8	12	12	025.0	[18]
Total			1,032	384	266	382	037.2

Honours

Player

Norwich City

• Football League Cup: 1984–85^[21]
• Football League Second Division: 1985–86^[22]

Manchester United

• Premier League: 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96^[23]
• FA Cup: 1989–90,^[24] 1993–94, 1995–96^[25]
• Football League Cup: 1991–92^[25]
• FA Charity Shield: 1990 (shared),^[25][26] 1993,^[25] 1994^[25]
• European Cup Winners' Cup: 1990–91^[27]
• European Super Cup: 1991^[25]

Individual

• Premier League 10 Seasons Awards Domestic Team of the Decade^[28]
• PFA Team of the Year: Division Two (1985–86), Division Three (1982–83, 1983–84)^[29]
• Gillingham Player of the Season: 1979–80,^[30] 1981–82^[31]
• Norwich City Player of the Season: 1984–85^[32]
• Birmingham City Player of the Season: 1997–98^[33]

Manager

Birmingham City

• Football League Championship runner-up: 2006–07^[34]
• Football League First Division play-offs: 2002^[35]

Hull City

• FA Cup runner-up: 2013–14^[36]
• Football League Championship runner-up: 2012–13^[37]
• Football League Championship play-offs: 2016^[38]

Individual

• Premier League Manager of the Month: April 2021^[39]

Bibliography

• Bateson, Bill; Sewell, Albert (1992). News of the World Football Annual 1992/93. Harper Collins. ISBN 0-85543-188-1.
• Brown, Tony (2003). The Definitive Gillingham F.C.: A Complete Record. Soccerdata. ISBN 1-899468-20-X.
• Bruce, Steve (1994). Heading for Victory: An Autobiography. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 0-7475-1780-0.
• Eastwood, John; Davage, Mike (1986). Canary Citizens. Almeida Books. ISBN 0-7117-2020-7.
• Ponting, Ivan (2000). Manchester United: The Red Army. Hamlyn. ISBN 0-600-60178-1.
• Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.