Michael Appleton
Michael Antony Appleton (born 4 December 1975) is an English former professional footballer and current manager of Football League Championship side Blackburn Rovers.
As a player he was a midfielder who played from 1994 to 2003, his playing career being cut short by a serious knee injury. He played as a professional for Manchester United, Lincoln City, Grimsby Town and Preston North End. He had been the assistant head coach at West Bromwich Albion, one of the teams he had served as a player. He was also their caretaker manager after Roberto Di Matteo was placed on gardening leave. On 10 November 2011, he was appointed the manager of Portsmouth, and just under a year later he became manager of Blackpool. After just over two months as Blackpool manager he quit the Seasiders to become manager of Blackburn Rovers.
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