John Philliben

Football player infobox
playername = John Philliben
fullname = John Philliben
height = height|ft=5|in=10
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1964|3|14|df=y
cityofbirth = Stirling
countryofbirth = Scotland
currentclub =
position = Defender
years = 1980–1984
1984–1987
1986
1986–1998
1998–2000
clubs = Stirling Albion
Doncaster Rovers
→ Cambridge United (loan)
Motherwell
Stirling Albion
Career
caps(goals) = 109 (1)
071 (1)
006 (0)
302 (7)
039 (0)
527 (9)
nationalyears =
nationalteam = Scotland under-18
nationalcaps(goals) =
manageryears = 1998–2000
managerclubs = Stirling Albion

John Philliben (born 14 March 1964 in Stirling) is a Scottish former professional football player and manager.

A schoolboy international, Philliben started his career at Stirling Albion. In 1982, he was part of the Scotland under-18 side which won the European Under-19 Championship. [cite news|url=http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/sport.cfm?id=1388952004|title=When Smith made Scots Euro kings|publisher=The Scotsman|date=2004-12-04] He earned a £70,000 transfer to Doncaster Rovers in March 1984, becoming the club's record signing [cite web|url=http://www.doncasterrovers.co.uk/players/NtoR/Philliben,John.htm|title=John Philliben|publisher=Doncaster Rovers FC|accessdate=2008-09-04] and went on to spend three years there, spending some time on loan to Cambridge United in 1986.

Philliben returned to Scotland in 1987 with Motherwell, where he spent ten years. In 1991, he helped them on their way to victory in the Scottish Cup, playing in the 4-3 win against Dundee United. In 1998, Philliben left Motherwell and returned to first club Stirling Albion as player/manager, although he quickly returned on 2008-07-25 for his testimonial match against West Ham United. [cite web|url=http://www.motherwellfc.org/news/may98.html|title=Motherwell FC News - May 1998|date=1998-05-23|publisher=MotherwellFC.org|accessdate=2008-09-04] Philliben spent two years in charge at Forthbank but could only guide the side to mid-table finishes and was sacked in 2000. After returning to Motherwell as coach, Philliben was placed temporarily in charge with Miodrag Krivokapic after Billy Davies' sacking. Although then chief executive Pat Nevin said he had "not harmed his chances" of being appointed on a permanent basis, [cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/scot_prem/1573490.stm|title=Motherwell in no hurry|date=2001-10-01|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=2008-09-04] Eric Black was appointed instead.

As of May 2005, Philliben was working outside of football as a driving instructor in his native Stirling. [cite news|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/article520082.ece|title=Caught in Time: Scotland are European youth champions, 1982|last=White|first=Neil|date=2005-08-05|publisher=Sunday Times|accessdate=2008-09-04]

Honours

cotland

*sport honours|European Under-18 Championship|1|1982

Motherwell

*sport honours|Scottish Cup|1|1990-91

References

External links

*soccerbase|9224
* [http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/player/johnphilliben.htm Independent profile]