Don Givens

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Don Givens

Full name	Daniel Joseph Givens
Date of birth	August 9, 1949 (1949-08-09) (age 58)
Place of birth	Limerick, Ireland
Height	5ft 11 ins
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	Republic of Ireland
Youth clubs
1966-1969	Manchester United
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1969-1970 1970-1972 1972-1978 1978-1981 1981 1981-19?? 19??-19??	Manchester United Luton Town Queens Park Rangers Birmingham City → Bournemouth (loan) Sheffield United Neuchâtel Xamax	008 (1) 083 (19) 242 (77) 49 (10) 005 (4) 0011 (3) 00149 (34)
National team
1969-1981	Republic of Ireland	056 (19)
Teams managed
1993-1997 1997-2000 2000- 2002 2007-2008	Neuchâtel Xamax (youth coach) then (coach) Arsenal (youth coach) Republic of Ireland U21 Republic of Ireland (caretaker) Republic of Ireland (caretaker)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Daniel Joseph "Don" Givens (born 9 August 1949 in Limerick, Ireland) is a football player and coach, and the current Republic of Ireland U21 team manager. Givens is also caretaker manager of the Senior team following the departure of manager Steve Staunton. He was part of the FAI's three man selection committee in helping to select the new Ireland manager.

1 Club Career
2 International Career
3 Coaching Career
4 Honours as Player
5 Managerial stats
6 External links

[edit] Club Career

A centre forward, Givens started his career at Manchester United where he played just 5 games before moving to Luton Town. He played for Queens Park Rangers for many years, before his career took him to Birmingham City, Bournemouth, Sheffield United and Neuchâtel Xamax.

[edit] International Career

Givens made 56 appearances for the senior team between 1969 and 1982, scoring 19 goals, including a record four goal haul against Turkey, and becoming his country's leading goalscorer for a period.

[edit] Coaching Career

Short after Givens stopped playing he became coach at Neuchatel as youthcoach but he quickly replaced Uli Stielike as head coach. Givens save the club of eventual relegation but Xamax's Board signs with its former coach Gilbert Gress for the following season. In 1997 Givens joined the youth setup at Arsenal under Irish team-mate Liam Brady. He remained in the post for three years, overseeing an FA Premier Academy League U18 win in his first season, before being appointed Republic of Ireland Under 21 manager in 2000.

In November 2002, he briefly became caretaker manager of the senior squad following Mick McCarthy's sacking, managing the team for a goalless draw against Greece. His tenure ended with Brian Kerr's appointment as manager in January 2003. He was once again appointed as caretaker manager in October 2007 following the departure of Steve Staunton as Republic of Ireland manager and was in charge for the remaining European Championship qualifiers.

Givens is currently preparing his U-21 team for the 2009 UEFA Championship qualifying group competition against Portugal, England, Bulgaria and Montenegro.

[edit] Honours as Player

National League "A" (Swiss Champion) 1987.

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Republic of Ireland national football team – Managers

Harris (193?–??*) • Lacey (193?–??*) • Livingstone (1951–53) • Stevenson (1953–55) • Carey (1955–67) • Cantwell (1967) • Hurley (1967–69) • Meagan (1969–71) • Tuohy (1971–73) • Thomas (1973**) • Giles (1973–80) • Kelly (1980**) • Hand (1980–85) • Charlton (1986–95) • McCarthy (1996–2002) • Givens (2002**) • Kerr (2003–2005) • Staunton (2006–07) • Givens (2007–08**) Trapattoni (2008–)

* =Between 1924 and 1936 the team was known as the Irish Free State
**=In a caretaker role

[edit] Managerial stats

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
Team	Nat	From	To	G	W	L	D	Win %
Xamax Neuchatel		? 1993	May 10, 1994	36	13	6	13	36.11
Republic of Ireland		November 6, 2002	January 27, 2003	1	0	0	1	00.00
Republic of Ireland		October 24, 2007	13 February 2008	2	0	1	1	00.00