Gareth John Evans (born 14 January 1967) is an English

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player and coach. He played for

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Rotherham United Rotherham United Football Club, nicknamed The Millers, is a professional football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . The club's colours were initially yellow and black, but changed to red and white around 1 ...

, Hibernian,

Stoke City Stoke City Football Club is a professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which competes in the . Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, it changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke ...

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, Airdrie and

Alloa Athletic Alloa Athletic Football Club is a Scottish association football semi-professional club based in the town of Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Formed as Alloa in 1880, the football club shortly changed its name to Alloa Association, and then to Alloa Ath ...

. Evans has been the caretaker manager of Hibernian and

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, and was head coach of the Scotland women's under-19 national team for four years.

Career

Evans was born in

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and played for his local club

making ten appearances for the "Sky Blues" in two seasons before dropping down to the Third Division to play for

. At

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Evans played 39 times in 1986–87 scoring 11 goals as the "Millers" finished in a mid-table position of 14th however a poor season under

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and Dave . saw Rotherham relegated to the Fourth Division. With Rotherham heading for relegation Evans moved to Scottish

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side Hibernian. It was at

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where Evans enjoyed the most success in his career where he spent nine seasons. In total he played 301 matches for Hibs scoring 37 goals helping the

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side to lift the

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. In the 1990–91 season Evans spent time out on loan at

where he played seven times scoring twice, which came in a 1–0 win over

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and in a 2–1 defeat against

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in the

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. In the same season he also played twice for

. After leaving Hibernian in 1996 Evans continued to play in Scotland, initially signing for

. He then joined

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in 1998 and

in 2000.

Managerial career

After ending his playing career in 2004, he joined the Alloa Athletic coaching staff. He eventually became assistant manager, before taking a similar position at

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, where he assisted former Hibs teammate Michael O'Neill. Evans then moved back into full-time football in 2007 by accepting the position of

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coach at Hibs. Following the departure of John Hughes on 4 October 2010, Evans was appointed caretaker manager at Hibernian alongside fellow coach Alistair Stevenson. Evans left Hibernian in November 2011, as new manager

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assembled his coaching staff.

appointed Evans as first team coach in July 2012. After John Hughes left Livingston to manage

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in November, Evans and Richie Burke were placed in caretaker charge of the team. Evans left the club on 28 February 2013. Evans was appointed as Scotland women's under-19 national coach in June 2013. He left this position in August 2017. He was appointed as Head of Youth by Hibernian Football Club on 24 September 2018.

Career statistics

As a player

Source: :A. The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the

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As a manager

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Evans, Gareth 1967 births Airdrieonians F.C. (1878) players Alloa Athletic F.C. players Coventry City F.C. players English footballers Hibernian F.C. non-playing staff Hibernian F.C. players Living people Northampton Town F.C. players Partick Thistle F.C. players Rotherham United F.C. players Scottish Football League players Stoke City F.C. players English Football League players Footballers from Coventry Association football forwards Livingston F.C. non-playing staff English football managers