His full name is Ian Scott Holloway,
he is an English former football player and current manager of Crystal Palace, and
he was born in March 12, 1963. Holloway played as midfielder and started his
playing career with Bristol Rovers in 1981, and then he moved to Wimbledon,
Brentford, Torquay United, and then he came again to Bristol, Queen’s Park
Rangers, and back to Bristol Rovers where he became player-manager of the team
in 1999. So he managed a lot of team Queen’s Park Rangers, Plymouth Argyle,
Leicester City, and Blackpool, to start then with Crystal Palace.
His nickname is Ollie; he has an
Autobiography about himself entitled Ollie. He is well famous between his fans
for his Bristol accent.
Playing career of Ian Holloway:
Holloway started his playing
career with Bristol Rovers as an apprentice, and then he became professional to
make his league debut the same year of 1981. He played midfield in the right side;
he played with Bristol for four seasons to move then to Wimbledon in July 1985.
He stayed at Wimbledon for one
year to be sold to Brentford where he played for a year, He joined in 1987
Torquay United on loan, where he played 5 times. Holloway returned back to
Bristol after two years in London in August 1987.
He flourished for four seasons
where he played at Twerton Park. then he was appointed by Francis to play at
QPR in 1991 in the First Division, where he played 5 season at QPR, in more
than 150 games , then he returned to Bristol as third time in August 1996,
where Holloway played there as manager and player.
Managerial career of Ian
Holloway:
Bristol Rovers:
Holloway was appointed as manager
of Bristol, where he led them in the first season to the 17th place
in the Division 2. The next season 1998-1999 the team finished the season in
the 13th place. Then he
retired from playing to concentrate only on coaching the team, where he led
them to the 7th place.
Queens Park Rangers:
Holloway signed with QPR in
February 2001; his task was saving the team from relegation and keeping it in the
Division 1. Holloway failed and the team relegated to the third level. It was
the worst end for the team in 34 years. Holloway did not surrender and rebuild
his team, so in 2004 the team was promoted to Division 2, finishing in the
second place behind Plymouth Argyle.
He was sacked by the team in
February 6, 2006.
Plymouth Argyle:
Holloway signed with Plymouth
Argyle in June 28, 2006. But in November 21, 2007 he was sacked by the board.
Leicester City:
He moved to Leicester City making
his first win in the league and beating Bristol City 2-0.
But he relegated form the
Championship in 2008 according to a lot of problem between him and the chairman
of the club. So the club and Holloway parted company by mutual consent in May 23,
2008.
Blackpool:
Holloway appointed after one year
from rest with Blackpool in August 8, 2009. He succeeded in guiding the team to
the primer league. He was only second manager who led Blackpool to promote to
the primer league.
Holloway led the team after that
to the victory in the South West Challenger Cup during the annual preseason tournament.
They lost their status in the primer league for the season 2010-2011.
Crystal Palace:
Holloway signed with Crystal
Palace in November 3, 2012, and he remained the manager of the team until this moment,
he led them to promote to the primer league for the season 2013-2014, by
beating Watford 1-0.
Personal Life of Ian Holloway:
Ian Holloway married from
Bristolian Kim who suffered from lymphatic cancer, Holloway knew her when he
was 14 years old, so he loves her so much, and he served for taking care of
her. They have four children, three of them deaf, Holloway tried hard to teach
them and he communicates with them by Sign Language.
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