Shaun Teale (born 10 March 1964 in

Southport Southport is a seaside town in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside, England. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 90,336, making it the eleventh most populous settlement in North West England. Southport lies on the Iris ...

) is an English football manager and former professional

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. He played as a defender from 1983 until 2004 and was notably part of the

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winning team of Aston Villa in 1994.He also played in the Football League for AFC Bournemouth,

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, Preston North End and Carlisle United, the Scottish Premier League for Motherwell. As well as having a spell in Hong Kong with Sing Tao he has played at a Non-league level for Weymouth,

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and Northwich Victoria before moving into management with the two latter clubs, as well as having a spell in charge of Chorley.

Playing career

He was a central defender who joined AFC Bournemouth from non-league Weymouth for £50,000 in 1989. He spent three seasons at Bournemouth before moving to Aston Villa in July 1991. He helped them finish runners-up in the

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in 1993 and win the Football League Cup a year later, before losing his place in the first team to

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. He moved from Villa to join

for £500,000 in the summer of 1995. He made his Tranmere debut on 12 August 1995 against

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and played in 29 league games for Tranmere in his first season with them. Whilst with Rovers he had loan spells with Preston North End and

Sing Tao SC Sing Tao Sports Club () is a now defunct Hong Kong football club which was dissolved after the 1998–99 season. The club was established by Aw Hoe (), a director of '' Sing Tao Daily'' in 1940. The first team made their first appearance in the ...

, before signing for Motherwell in August 1998. Teale moved from Motherwell to Carlisle United on a free transfer in February 2000, playing 20 games for the Cumbrian club. He then went on to join

, playing for them until the age of 40, before moving into non-league coaching and management.

Managerial career

Teale was appointed manager of

, a team in the

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. Whilst he was there, the side won the 2003 FA Trophy, in the final of which he played. Teale left Burscough six weeks after the Trophy win, and has since managed Northwich Victoria, a

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team in the 2003/04 season. Teale left Northwich at the end of the 2003/04 season. Between February 2005 and August 2006, Teale managed

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side Chorley, before leaving to run his pub and restaurant business in

. It was announced on 8 March 2013 he applied for the

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with

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Personal life

Between 2008 and 2009, Teale was the owner of the Farmer's Arms pub in

. On 3 September 2010, it was announced that Teale had come out of retirement to sign for Southport and District Sunday League Premier Division side The Herald.

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