Stuart Pearce

Who is Stuart Pearce?

Stuart Pearce MBE is an English football manager and former player. He was the manager of the England national under-21 team from 2007 to 2013 and also managed the Great Britain Olympic football team at the 2012 Olympics.

As a player, Pearce appeared for Wealdstone, Coventry City, Newcastle United, West Ham United and Manchester City, but is best known for his spell at Nottingham Forest, where he regularly captained the team and became the club's most capped International, turning out 78 times for England between 1987 and 1999 and also captained the team. He retired as a player in 2002 while at Manchester City. He remained with the club as a coach under Kevin Keegan's managership until being promoted to the manager's job, which he held from 2005 to 2007.