Scott Paul Green (born 15 January 1970) is an English football manager and former professional footballer who is the manager of Finnish club

Pallo-Iirot Pallo-Iirot (abbreviated P-Iirot) is a football club from Rauma in Finland. The club was formed in 1930 and their home ground is at the Äijänsuon stadion. The men's first team currently plays in the Kakkonen. The Chairman of Pallo-Iirot is ...

. As a player, he was a defender who notably played in the

Premier League The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...

for

Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers Football Club () is a professional football club based in Horwich, Bolton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in . The club played at Burnden Park for 102 years from 1895 after moving from their original home at Pike's ...

. He also played in the

Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, the league is the oldest such competition in the world. It was the top-level football league in Engla ...

with

Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic Football Club () is an English professional association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England. The team competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1932, ...

and

Wrexham Wrexham ( ; cy, Wrecsam; ) is a city and the administrative centre of Wrexham County Borough in Wales. It is located between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley, near the border with Cheshire in England. Historically in the count ...

as well as non-league sides Telford United and

Ashton United Ashton United Football Club is a football club in Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England. They are currently members of and play at Hurst Cross. History The club was founded in 1878 as Hurst Football Club and the earliest known match ...

. Following retirement, Green managed Ashton United before having spells as a youth coach at both

Yeovil Town Yeovil Town may refer to: * Yeovil Town F.C., an English football team based in Yeovil, Somerset * Yeovil Town L.F.C. Bridgwater United Women's Football Club are an English women's association football club based in Bridgwater, Somerset who wer ...

and

Portsmouth Portsmouth ( ) is a port and city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. The city of Portsmouth has been a unitary authority since 1 April 1997 and is administered by Portsmouth City Council. Portsmouth is the most dens ...

Playing career

As a schoolboy, Green spent time at Walsall, West Brom and Wolverhampton Wanderers before Derby County took him on trial as a centre-forward where he would do two year apprenticeship and two-year professional. He ultimately failed to play a single game for Derby but would have a successful loan spell in 1989 with Finnish side

Euran Pallo Euran Pallo (abbreviated EuPa) is a football club from Eura, Finland. The club was formed in 1954 and their home ground is at the Euran Wembley. The men's first team currently plays in the Kolmonen (Third Division). Background Euran Pallo wa ...

, scoring 23 goals in 17 matches. In 1990, Green signed for Bolton Wanderers for £50,000, making his début against Shrewsbury Town. scoring his first goal against Bristol City at Burnden Park. He would help Wanderers reach the play-offs that season, and made an appearance in the 1991 play-off final at Wembley against Tranmere. In 1993 Green would help Bolton Secure Promotion to the First Division by beating Preston North End on the final day of the season 1–0 at Burnden Park to secure automatic promotion. In 1994, Green switched to full-back helping Bolton achieve promotion to the Premier League and also played in the

1995 Football League Cup Final The 1995 Football League Cup Final was a football match played between Liverpool and Bolton Wanderers on 2 April 1995 at Wembley Stadium, London. It was the final match of the 1994–95 Football League Cup, the 35th staging of the Football Le ...

against

Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...

. Green joined

for £300,000 in June 1997, scoring on his début in a 5–2 win over

Wycombe Wanderers Wycombe Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. The team compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system. They play their home ...

on the opening day of the 1997/98 season. Now a regular fixture at right-back, he was part of the side that would win the

Football League Trophy The English Football League Trophy, known for sponsorship purposes as the Papa Johns Trophy after restaurant chain Papa John's Pizza, is an annual English association football knockout competition open to all clubs in EFL League One and EFL Leag ...

at Wembley in 1999 as an unused substitute. A virtual ever present in the first half of Wigan's First Division Championship winning season, he would be allowed to leave the club for Wrexham in 2003 where Green would also play a big part in gaining promotion with Wrexham to Division one. Green's second spell at Wrexham in 2005 would see him gain another medal in the Johnstone's Paint Trophy at the Millennium Stadium.

Coaching career

Green's first managerial job came in charge of

where he spent 18 months in charge from 2006 to 2007. On 15 October 2018, Green was appointed as manager of Finnish club

after spells at Preston North End

and

Honours

;Bolton Wanderers: 1993 Promotion to Division 1 1995 Promotion to Premier League 1997 Promotion to Premier League 1995 League cup Runners up ;Wigan Athletic: 1999 Winner LDV Trophy 2003 Promotion to Championship ;Wrexham: 2003 Promotion to League 1 2005 Winners of Johnstone paint Trophy

References

External links

* 1970 births Living people English footballers English expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Finland Derby County F.C. players Bolton Wanderers F.C. players Wigan Athletic F.C. players Wrexham A.F.C. players Telford United F.C. players Premier League players Sportspeople from Walsall Yeovil Town F.C. non-playing staff Association football utility players Ashton United F.C. players Ashton United F.C. managers English expatriate sportspeople in Finland English football managers {{England-footy-defender-1970s-stub