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My Take
What I admire about Alan Curbishley isn't the playing career across West Ham, Villa and the rest, but the quiet stubbornness of his management. Steering Charlton from 1991 to 2006 to become the club's second-longest-serving manager is, to me, far harder than any flashy short-term success. He's the kind of unglamorous, build-it-brick-by-brick figure English football quietly runs on. No grand proclamations, no headline-chasing transfers, just steady, professional craftsmanship at an unfashionable club. I have a real soft spot for managers who measure their worth in seasons survived rather than soundbites, and Curbishley is exactly that breed.
Overview
Llewellyn Charles "Alan" Curbishley (born 8 November 1957) is an English former football player and manager. He played as a midfielder for West Ham United, Birmingham City, Aston Villa, Charlton Athletic and Brighton & Hove Albion. He became manager of Charlton Athletic in 1991 and held the role until 2006, becoming the second-longest-serving manager of the club.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Alan Curbishley
- Name (Japanese)
- アラン・カービシュリー
- Reading
- あらん・かーびしゅりー
- Born
- November 8, 1957 (age 68)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Scorpio / Rooster
- Origin
- Forest Gate, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 178 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- association football player / association football coach / sports commentator
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.