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Alan Curbishley
Personal information
Full name	Llewellyn Charles Curbishley
Date of birth	November 8, 1957 (age 49)
Place of birth	Forest Gate, London, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Nickname	Curbs
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	West Ham United
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1975–1979 1979–1983 1983–1984 1984–1987 1987–1990 1990–1993	West Ham United Birmingham City Aston Villa Charlton Athletic Brighton & Hove Albion Charlton Athletic	085 0(5) 130 (11) 036 0(1) 063 0(6) 116 (13) 028 0(0)
National team
1978	England U21	001 0(0)
Teams managed
1991–2006 2006–	Charlton Athletic West Ham United
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Llewellyn Charles Curbishley (born 8 November 1957 in Forest Gate, East London), more commonly known as Alan Curbishley, is a former professional footballer and the current manager of West Ham United.^[1]

He began his football playing career with West Ham United, joining them as an apprentice in 1973 and becoming a full professional in 1975. In 1979 he joined Birmingham City, staying with them until 1983 when he joined local rivals Aston Villa.

In 1984 he began his first period at Charlton Athletic, which ended in 1987 with a move to Brighton & Hove Albion. In 1990 he returned to Charlton as player/coach under the management of Lennie Lawrence and would stay there until 2006. When Lawrence left in 1991 Curbishley became joint manager of the club, with Steve Gritt, and took sole command from 1995 when he presided over the revival of the club's fortunes, and their consolidation into the Premier League. On 10 September 2005 he celebrated his 600th game in charge of the team with a 1-0 victory at one of his old clubs, Birmingham.

With the announcement that Sven-Göran Eriksson would step down as England manager after the 2006 FIFA World Cup, media reports named Curbishley as amongst the favourites to succeed him.^[2] On 12 March 2006, several British Sunday newspapers reported that Curbishley had been interviewed for the job of England manager by the Football Association. He announced his resignation as manager of Charlton Athletic on 29 April 2006, prompting speculation that this was a move designed to improve his chances of landing the England job. This speculation was later proven false, when Steve McClaren was announced as England's head coach on 4 May 2006.

Days before the end of the 2005-06 season, Charlton Athletic announced that Alan Curbishley's contract would not be renewed,^[3] and he managed his 729th and final game as manager of Charlton away to Manchester United on 7 May 2006. Curbishley's side lost 4-0.

After a short spell away from the game, which was augmented by work as a television pundit, Curbishley returned to management on 13 December 2006 when he was appointed the new manager of West Ham United.^[1]

Curbishley's first signing as West Ham manager was Luís Boa Morte for an undisclosed amount, which was rumoured to be around £5,000,000.^{[citation needed]}

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	L	D	Win %
Charlton Athletic		24 July 1991	8 May 2006	720	274	259	187	38.05
West Ham United		13 December 2006	Present	17	4	9	4	23.52

• Alan Curbishley management career stats at Soccerbase

Preceded by Lennie Lawrence	Charlton Athletic manager 1991-2006 (co-manager with Steve Gritt 1991-1995)	Succeeded by Iain Dowie
Preceded by Alan Pardew	West Ham Utd manager 2006-	Succeeded by Incumbent

West Ham United F.C. - Current Squad

1 Carroll | 2 Neill | 3 Konchesky | 4 Gabbidon | 5 Ferdinand | 6 McCartney | 7 Dailly | 8 Sheringham | 9 Ashton | 10 Harewood | 11 Etherington | 12 Cole | 13 Boa Morte | 14 Pantsil | 15 Benayoun | 17 Mullins | 18 Spector | 19 Collins | 20 Reo-Coker | 21 Green | 22 Stokes | 23 Walker | 24 Noble | 25 Zamora | 27 Davenport | 29 Bowyer | 30 Tomkins | 31 Štěch | 32 Tévez | 33 Quashie | 35 Upson | 37 Kepa | Manager: Curbishley