Nigel Vaughan
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| Nigel Vaughan | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nigel Mark Vaughan | |
| Date of birth | May 20, 1959 | |
| Place of birth | Caerleon, Wales | |
| Playing position | Midfield | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Retired | |
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1976–1983 1983–1987 1986–1987 1987–1990 1990–1992 |
Newport County Cardiff City → Reading (loan) Wolverhampton Wanderers Hereford United |
224 (32) 149 (42) 5 (1) 93 (10) 13 (1) |
| National team | ||
| 1982–1984 | Wales | 10 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Nigel Mark Vaughan (born 20 May 1959 in Caerleon) is a former Wales international footballer. He gained ten international caps during his career.
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[edit] Club career
Vaughan began his career at Newport County where he played over 200 games for the club during the most successful period in the clubs long history. Vaughan was part of the team that won promotion and the Welsh Cup and in the subsequent season reached the quarter-final of the 1981 European Cup Winners Cup.
In September 1983 he joined Cardiff City as part of a five man swap deal between the two clubs. Cardiff players John Lewis, Tarki Micallef and Linden Jones joined Newport in exchange for Vaughan and Karl Elsey moving the other way. He made his debut for the Bluebirds in a 3-0 home defeat against Barnsley and went on to not miss a game for the rest of the season. He finished as top scorer for Cardiff in the next two seasons but couldn't stop them from suffering two relegations in the two years and dropping down to division four.
Not wanting to play division four football he left Cardiff to join Wolverhampton Wanderers for £12,000 and made his debut for Wolves against Cardiff when he came off the bench to score in a 3-2 win for the Bluebirds. Vaughan played his part in successive promotion sides, winning the 4th and 3rd division championships. He also won the Sherpa Van Throphy in 1990. He later moved on to play for Hereford United.
[edit] International career
Vaughan made his debut for Wales on 12 December, 1982 as a 77th minute substitute for Peter Nicholas in a 4-4 draw with Yugoslavia. He made his final appearance for Wales on 17 October, 1984 in a 3-0 defeat to Spain.[1]
In addition to his ten full international caps, he also achieved 2 under 21's and 2 youth caps.
[edit] After retirement
In June 2006 he was appointed head of youth development at Shrewsbury Town where he has overseen the development of players such as Wales international David Edwards and England goalkeeper Joe Hart.[2][3]
[edit] References
- Hayes, Dean (2006). The Who's Who of Cardiff City. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-8598-3462-0.
- ^ "Wales international results 1980-1989" rsssf.com Retrieved on 1 April, 2009
- ^ "Management" shrewsburytown.com Retrieved on 1 April, 2009
- ^ "Vaughan goal to seal up Town net" Shropshire Star Retrieved on 1 April, 2009
