- Iain Dowie
Iain Dowie, (born January 9 1965 in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England), is a football manager and coach, and former professional football player and Northern Ireland international. He was appointed manager of Coventry City on 19 February 2007.
- Michael Mifsud
Michael Mifsud is a professional footballer currently playing for Football League Championship side Coventry City, where he plays as a striker. He is a member of the Malta national team and has previously played for Sliema Wanderers, Kaiserslautern and Lillestrøm. He was voted Maltese Sports Person of the Year in 2001 and 2003. His foremost attribute is his electric pace, which is undoubtedly aided by his physique; he is only 1.64 m tall.
- Gordon Strachan
Gordon David Strachan OBE (born 9 February 1957, in Edinburgh) is a retired Scottish football player, and is now a football manager. He is currently manager of Celtic. During his largely successful playing career he played for Dundee (1974-1977), Aberdeen (1977-1984), Manchester United (1984-1989), Leeds United (1989-1995) and Coventry City (1995-1997). He also won 50 international caps for Scotland and is a member of the Scotland Football Hall of Fame.
- Gary McAllister
Gary McAllister MBE (born 25 December, 1964, in Motherwell) is a Scottish former professional footballer and manager. He began his playing career at Motherwell, scoring 8 goals in 70 appearances, until his fine performance in the 1985 Scottish Cup semi-final against Celtic caught the eye of Leicester City manager Gordon Milne. He signed for the English club, along with Motherwell team-mate Ally Mauchlen, for a combined fee of £250,000 in 1985.
- Peter Taylor
Peter Thomas Taylor, (July 2 1928 - October 4 1990), was an English football goalkeeper who played for Port Vale, Coventry City, Middlesbrough and Nottingham Forest. More notably, he was a very successful coach at Derby County and Forest alongside Brian Clough. It was as a reserve goalkeeper at Middlesbrough that he first met Clough (and it was he who spotted Clough's potential as a forward and helped him break into the first team).
- Leon Best
Leon Best born 19 September 1986 is an English born footballer, with Coventry City. He is a powerful, tall striker who is good at holding up the ball and whose pace makes him a major threat on the break. As a young player, Leon started his career at Notts County before being signed as a trainee by then Premiership club Southampton. He made his professional debut against Newcastle on his 18th birthday in 2004. A loan spell at Q.P.R. followed later in the 2004-05 season.
- Stephen Hughes
Stephen John Hughes is an English footballer. He currently plays for Coventry City. Hughes started out at Arsenal, where he made 79 appearances (42 of them as substitute) between 1995 and 2000. Unable to break into the first team under Arsène Wenger, he went on loan to Fulham in 1999, where he only played four games. He returned to Arsenal but was sold to Everton for £3 million on March 7 2000.
- Dele Adebola
Bamberdele "Dele" Adebola (born June 23, 1975 in Lagos) is a Nigerian footballer, who currently plays as a striker for Coventry City.
- Darren Huckerby
Darren Carl Huckerby (born April 23, 1976 in Nottingham, England), is a professional footballer who has played for Lincoln City, Millwall (on loan), Newcastle United, Coventry City, Leeds United, Manchester City, Nottingham Forest (on loan), and now Norwich City. He won an England 'B' cap in 1998 against Chile 'B' at The Hawthorns. Huckerby spent a three month loan spell with Norwich before signing for them permanently in December 2003, for a fee of around £750,000.
- Kevin Kyle
Kevin Kyle is a Scottish football striker. He currently plays for English club Coventry City. After breaking into the Sunderland first team in the 2003-2004 season he ended up finishing as their joint top goal scorer with 16 goals. He missed most of the 2004-2005 season owing to a hip injury and his recovery was aided by visits to Bayern Munich doctor Hans-Wilhelm Müller-Wohlfarth. He returned to first team action in February 2006, …
- Lee Carsley
Lee Carsley is a professional football player for Everton, and who represents the Republic of Ireland internationally (his grandmother is from Dunmanway, Co.Cork). He was acquired by the Merseyside club for £1,950,000 from Coventry City in 2002. Prior to playing for Coventry, Carsley also played at Blackburn Rovers (top scorer for the club in 1999/2000) and Derby County. Carsley enjoyed mixed fortunes during his first two seasons at the club, …
- Steve Ogrizovic
Steve Ogrizovic (born September 12, 1957 in Mansfield), was a goalkeeper who played for Coventry City F.C. from 1984 to 2000. He has the record at Coventry City for the most appearances as a player at 601 and he played in the winning FA Cup team in 1987. He is also one of the very few players to have scored direct from a goal kick, the goal coming in 2-2 draw at Sheffield Wednesday F.C. on October 121986 (this was the only goal that Ogrizovic ever scored as a professional).
- Jay Tabb
Jay Tabb (born February 21, 1984) is a professional footballer, currently playing for Coventry City in England. He is a versatile player who can play on either wing, in central midfield, and occasionally centre forward (he has regularly played in the centre forward position for the Republic of Ireland Under-21 team). He is a skillful, combative player with a good first touch and shows composure in front of goal.
- Gary McSheffrey
Gary McSheffrey, is an English football player, currently playing for Birmingham City in the English Premiership. McSheffrey started his career for his home town club Coventry City, where he won England U-21s honours. During his time at Coventry he spent loan spells at Luton Town and Stockport County. He plays either on the left of midfield or as a striker.
- Michael Doyle
Michael Doyle (born 8 July 1981) is an Irish football (soccer) midfielder. He joined Coventry City in the spring of 2003, following his release by Celtic. The tenacious central midfielder was signed by Gary McAllister after a successful trial, having been recommended by McAllister's assistant Eric Black who worked with Doyle at Celtic. Doyle made his debut against Peterborough United in the League Cup in August 2003, …
- Dion Dublin
Dion Dublin (born 22 April 1969 in Leicester) is an English footballer currently with Norwich City. He was capped four times for England. Dublin started his career and made his name as a goal-scoring centre forward but in recent years has shown his versatility by becoming an accomplished defender. He previously played for Norwich City, Cambridge United, Manchester United, Coventry City, Millwall, Aston Villa, Leicester City and Celtic.
- David Thompson
David Anthony Thompson (born September 12, 1977 in Birkenhead Beechwood Estate, England) is an English football player currently without a club. During his career Thompson has played for Liverpool F.C., Coventry City F.C., Blackburn Rovers F.C., Wigan Athletic F.C., Portsmouth and Bolton Wanderers.
- Barry Ferguson
Barry Ferguson is an Irish professional football player for Shamrock Rovers F.C. in Dublin. He signed for the club from city rivals Bohemians in January 2007, having spent just one season with the Dalymount outfit. Barry began his football career with Home Farm before moving to Coventry City. Although he never made a competitive first team appearance for City, Barry did have brief spells in the lower divisions with Colchester United, Hartlepool United and Northampton Town.
- Elliott Ward
Elliott Ward (born January 19, 1985 in Harrow) is an English professional football player. Ward, a central defender, currently plays for Coventry City. Ward came up through the youth system of West Ham United, making his debut for the Under-17 side before joining the first team in August 2003. In 2004, Ward went out for two loan spells, at Peterborough United and Bristol Rovers in July and December 2004 respectively.
- Peter Reid
Peter Reid (born June 20, 1956 in Whiston, Knowsley, Lancashire (Now Merseyside) is an English former professional football player, manager and pundit. In his playing career Reid played for Bolton Wanderers, Everton and QPR, as well as representing his country, after which he managed Manchester City, Sunderland, Leeds and Coventry. He currently works as a TV pundit and as a football agent.
- David McNamee
David McNamee is a Scottish professional footballer currently playing for Coventry City. McNamee, a versatile defender, started his career with Paisley club St Mirren where his impressive performances alerted English Premiership club Blackburn Rovers who signed him 1999. His £300,000 transfer to England, however, was unsuccessful and in 2002, having failed to make a single first team appearance for the Ewood Park club, …
- Andy Marshall
Andrew Marshall (born 14 April 1975 in Bury, England is a professional footballer. He is a goalkeeper and is currently on the books of Coventry City. He has played for the England Under-21sNorwich City, Bournemouth, Gillingham, Ipswich Town and Millwall. He is married to an ex-model and law graduate. Marshall began his career as a trainee with Norwich City. He made his first successful team debut on 27 December 1994 as a substitute in an away match at Nottingham Forest, …
- Richard Money
Richard Money (born on 13 October 1955 in Lowestoft, England) is current manager of the English League 2 side Walsall. Prior to managing Walsall, he was manager of the Australian football club the Newcastle United Jets in the inaugural season of the A-League. He played as a defender for Liverpool and Fulham among others, during the 70's and 80's and was capped by the England B-team. He has also managed Scunthorpe United in the early 1990s, …
- Don Hutchison
Donald Oliver Hutchison (born 9 May 1971 in Gateshead, UK) is a football player. He plays in either midfield or attacking positions. He is currently without a club, after leaving Coventry City. He has earned 26 caps for the Scottish national team. Hutchison started his career at Hartlepool United as a trainee, but was quickly spotted by the big guns and moved to Liverpool in 1990. He is one of a small group of players that have played for both Liverpool and Everton.
- Jay Bothroyd
Jay Bothroyd (born May 5 1982 in Islington, England) is an English football player who is currently playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers as a forward. He is of Guyanese Descent. Having initially been on the books at Arsenal, he was bought as an eighteen-year-old by Coventry City, after throwing his shirt at the bench after the 2000 Premier League Youth Cup final against West Ham United after being substituted. In the three years he played for Coventry, …
- Dean Kiely
Dean Lawrence Kiely (born October 10 1970 in Salford, England) is an Irish goalkeeper, currently playing for West Bromwich Albion. He won eight caps for the Republic of Ireland, but was usually on the bench as their substitute 'keeper. He retired from international football in 2004. Kiely boasts an impressive career record of 219 clean sheets in his 672 appearances as of January 30th 2007. He his currently tutoring young star Luke Sanders.
- Luke Steele
Luke Steele is an English football player. He is a goalkeeper currently playing for Coventry City on loan from West Bromwich Albion. Steele signed for Manchester United from Peterborough United on June 8, 2002 for £500,000. He went to school at Arthur Mellows Village College, Glinton, Peterborough, where he is still involved in various charity events. He was loaned to Coventry City during the 2004-05 season, …
- Stephen Bywater
Stephen Michael Bywater, (born June 7 1981 in Manchester), is an English football player who plays as a goalkeeper for Derby County.
- Marcus Hall
Marcus Hall, (born in Coventry 24 March 1976), is a former England Under 21 football player, who currently plays football for Coventry City. He has played for the club for most of his career, coming through the ranks to make his debut in 1994. He left the club briefly for Nottingham Forest and Southampton, yet only played once for both clubs combined. He then spent 3 seasons at Stoke City but returned to Highfield Road after only 2 years away from his home town club.
- Julian Gray
Julian Raymond Gray is an English football player, currently playing for Coventry City. He began his career with Arsenal as a trainee. After a few seasons he made the switch across London to join Crystal Palace for £500,000 in 2000. He is an attacking left winger and can also play as an auxiliary striker and lately has been learning full back duties so he can help out by playing in defence.
- Richie Partridge
Richard Joseph "Richie" Partridge (born September 12, 1980 in Dublin, Ireland) is an Irish footballer currently playing for Chester City of League Two. A former Republic of Ireland Under-21 international winger, he was released by Liverpool F.C. at the back of the 2004-05 season. Partridge suffered many injuries during his spell at Liverpool and was unable to break into the first team.
- Ellery Cairo
Ellery Cairo (born August 3 1978 in Rotterdam, Netherlands) is a Dutch footballer, currently playing for Coventry City. He also played for Feyenoord Rotterdam, Excelsior Rotterdam, FC Twente and SC Freiburg. He is a speedy midfield player with pace to burn and has enjoyed a couple of international call ups in which he did not feature in any of the games. Cairo was signed by Coventry City on 30 June 2007 on a free transfer from Hertha Berlin.
- Tommy Miller
Tommy Miller is an English/Scottish footballer who plays for Ipswich Town Miller started his career at Ipswich but was released as a 15 year old and was taken on by Hartlepool United where he made 160 appearances and scored 44 goals. He was signed back to Ipswich in 2001 by manager George Burley for £750,000. He then spent 4 years at Ipswich, scoring 15 goals in 39 appearances in the 2004-05 season and helping them to an unsuccessful Championship play off appearance.
- Gary Breen
Gary Patrick Breen (born December 12, 1973 in Hendon, London), is an Irish footballer. He currently plays for Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers. He has previously played for Maidstone United, Gillingham, Peterborough United, Birmingham City, Coventry City, West Ham United and Sunderland; he has also played for the Republic of Ireland on over 60 occasions. In the 2002 World Cup he scored a surprise goal in Ireland's first-round match against Saudi Arabia, …
- Eddie Johnson
Edward Johnson (born September 20, 1984 in Chester) is an English football player. He is a forward, but can also play in midfield. He started his career as a schoolboy at Crewe Alexandra but later signed for Manchester United as a junior player. He made his full debut for United on October 28, 2003 against Leeds United.
- Richard Shaw
Richard Shaw (born 11 September 1968 in Brentford) is an English professional football player, he currently plays for Millwall. Shaw started his career at Crystal Palace, coming up through their youth system. He enjoyed a brief loan spell to Hull City before becoming a major part of the first team, playing in the final of the 1990 FA Cup. Crystal Palace were a Yo-yo-club at the time, hence Shaw experienced several promotions and relegations in his time at the club.
- Stuart Fleetwood
Stuart Fleetwood (born 23 April 1986 in Gloucester) is a Welsh footballer who is currently playing for English Conference side Forest Green Rovers. He has also played for Wales at U21 level. Fleetwood started his career at Cardiff City at the age of 12, and made just 12 first team appearances in two and a half seasons as a professional. Midway through the 2005-06 season he fell out of favour at Cardiff and sparked interest from several clubs.
- Isaac Osbourne
Isaac Osbourne, (born June 22 1986), is an English footballer currently playing for Coventry City. He is also the older brother of Aston Villa midfielder Isaiah Osbourne. During the 2002-2003 season, Osbourne found his way into the first team at only sixteen years of age. He was awarded the 'Young Player of the Year Award' in 2005; previous winners of the award include Gary McSheffrey and Chris Kirkland. During the early months of the 2005-2006 season, …
- Youssef Safri
Youssef Safri (born January 3, 1977) is a Moroccan international football player who, as of 2006 is playing for Norwich City. Safri had played for Coventry City from 2001 to 2004 where he made his name in the English game after a transfer from Raja Casablanca of Morocco. This time was not without controversy however. Just days after Sunderland finalised a settlement of a transfer dispute with Glasgow Celtic, …
- Daniel Nardiello
Daniel Anthony Nardiello (born October 22, 1982 in Coventry, England) is an English-born Welsh football player. He currently plays for Queens Park Rangers and wears the number 8 shirt. His father, Donato Nardiello, was a winger at West Bromwich Albion and Coventry City in the late 1970's and won two caps for Wales.