Christopher William Gerard Hughton is a former professional footballer. He played for Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United and Brentford. Hughton won 53 caps for the Republic of Ireland between 1979 and 1991. In 1979, he became the first mixed race player to represent the nation. He was sacked as manager of Norwich City in April 2014 following a poor run of results. In 2017, he led Brighton & Hove Albion to promotion to the Premier League. In May 2019, he was appointed as the new manager of Nottingham Forest.
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Christopher William Gerard Hughton is a former professional footballer. He played for Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United and Brentford. Hughton won 53 caps for the Republic of Ireland between 1979 and 1991. In 1979, he became the first mixed race player to represent the nation. He was sacked as manager of Norwich City in April 2014 following a poor run of results. In 2017, Hughton led Brighton & Hove Albion to promotion to the Premier League for the first time in the club’s history. In May 2019, he was appointed as the new manager of Nottingham Forest. He is the son of an Irish mother and a Ghanaian father, becoming the first ever mixed-race player to play for the Irish national team. He made his professional debut aged 20, playing as a left back for Tottenham. He retired from playing in 1993 at the age of 34 due to a knee injury. He served as coach and then assistant manager for Tottenham from 1993 to 2007. He joined Newcastle United as first team coach in 2008, and, following their relegation, became caretaker manager. In his time at Spurs, he served under 11 different managers: Keith Burkins, Doug Livermore, Douglas Livermore and Ray Clemence. He also served on the board of Tottenham on two separate occasions. He has been awarded a testimonial, staged on 29 May 1995 at Lansdowne Road, London. He won the FA Cup with Tottenham in 1981 and 1982, and the 1984 UEFA Cup with the club in 1984. He helped Brentford win the Third Division title in the 1991–92 season.
He led Birmingham City to fourth place in the league in June 2012, before being sacked in May 2013. He was appointed as Nottingham Forest manager in October 2020. His first game in charge of the club will be a friendly against Manchester City on Saturday, October 14. He will also be awarded a testimonial on May 29, 2019. He previously played as a part-time footballer in 1977, and trained as a lift engineer in 1977. He signed to become a full-time professional footballer in July 1979, and made his first team debut that year in the second round of the 1979–80 League Cup against Manchester United. He left Tottenham in 1990 after 13 years, playing 398 games for the club, scoring 19 goals. He spent two seasons at West Ham, making 43 appearances in all competitions without scoring, and helped them win promotion from Division Two in 1991. He then spent two years at Brentford, before retiring in 1993 due to an injury. In November 1990, he signed for West Ham as cover for the injured Julian Dicks, then signed on a permanent basis by manager Billy Bonds on a free transfer. From June 1993 to October 2007, he served as a coach at Tottenham, initially in charge of the reserve team, then the first team, and then the reserve side in 1999, being promoted to first team two years later. In 1999, he also served as caretaker boss of Tottenham for two separate seasons.
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