Steve Bruce

**Steve Bruce** (born 31 December 1960) is an English football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of Championship club West Bromwich Albion. He was born in Corbridge, Northumberland. Bruce was best known for playing for Manchester United where he was captain.

## Playing statistics

|rowspan="2"|Club|rowspan="2"|Season|colspan="3"|League|colspan="2"|FA Cup|colspan="2"|League Cup|colspan="2"|Europe|colspan="2"|Other|colspan="2"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|rowspan="6"|Gillingham|1979–80|Third Division|40|6|0|0|4|2|—|—|44|8|||
|1980–81|Third Division|41|4|1|0|4|3|—|—|46|7|||||
|1981–82|Third Division|45|6|5|1|2|0|—|3|1|55|8||||
|1982–83|Third Division|39|7|2|0|5|1|—|—|46|8|||||
|1983–84|Third Division|40|6|6|1|0|0|—|0|0|46|7||||
|rowspan="5"|Norwich City|1984–85|First Division|39|1|5|1|9|3|—|—|53|5|||
|1985–86|Second Division|42|8|1|0|4|2|—|6|0|53|10||||
|1986–87|First Division|41|3|3|0|4|0|—|4|0|52|3||||
|1987–88|First Division|19|2|—|3|1|—|—|22|3||||||
|rowspan="10"|Manchester United|1987–88|First Division|21|2|3|0|—|—|—|24|2||||
|1988–89|First Division|38|2|7|1|3|1|—|3|1|51|5||||
|1989–90|First Division|34|3|7|0|2|0|—|—|43|3|||||
|1990–91|First Division|31|13|3|0|7|2|8|4|1|0|50|19|||
|1991–92|First Division|37|5|1|0|7|1|5|0|—|50|6||||
|1992–93|Premier League|42|5|3|0|3|0|2|0|—|50|5||||
|1993–94|Premier League|41|3|7|0|9|2|4|2|1|0|62|7|||
|1994–95|Premier League|35|2|5|2|1|0|6|0|1|0|48|4|||
|1995–96|Premier League|30|1|5|0|2|0|2|0|—|39|1||||
|rowspan="3"|Birmingham City|1996–97|First Division|32|0|3|1|4|0|—|—|39|1|||
|1997–98|First Division|40|2|3|0|2|0|—|—|45|2|||||
|Sheffield United|1998–99|First Division|10|0|0|0|1|0|—|—|11|0||||

## Managerial statistics

|rowspan="2"|Team|rowspan="2"|From|rowspan="2"|To|colspan="5"|Record|rowspan="2"||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|align=left|Sheffield United|align=left|2 July 1998|align=left|17 May 1999|||||
|align=left|Huddersfield Town|align=left|24 May 1999|align=left|16 October 2000|||||
|align=left|Wigan Athletic|align=left|4 April 2001|align=left|29 May 2001|||||
|align=left|Crystal Palace|align=left|31 May 2001|align=left|2 November 2001|||||
|align=left|Birmingham City|align=left|12 December 2001|align=left|23 November 2007|||||
|align=left|Wigan Athletic|align=left|26 November 2007|align=left|3 June 2009|||||
|align=left|Sunderland|align=left|3 June 2009|align=left|30 November 2011|||||
|align=left|Hull City|align=left|8 June 2012|align=left|22 July 2016|||||
|align=left|Aston Villa|align=left|12 October 2016|align=left|3 October 2018|||||
|align=left|Sheffield Wednesday|align=left|1 February 2019|align=left|15 July 2019|||||
|align=left|Newcastle United|align=left|17 July 2019|align=left|20 October 2021|||||
|align=left|West Bromwich Albion|align=left|3 February 2022|align=left|10 October 2022|||||

### Player

**Norwich City**
- Football League Cup: 1984–85
- Football League Second Division: 1985–86

**Manchester United**
- Premier League: 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96
- FA Cup: 1989–90, 1993–94, 1995–96
- Football League Cup: 1991–92
- FA Charity Shield: 1990 (shared), 1993, 1994
- European Cup Winners' Cup: 1990–91
- European Super Cup: 1991

**Individual**
- Premier League 10 Seasons Awards Domestic Team of the Decade
- PFA Team of the Year: Division Two (1985–86), Division Three (1982–83, 1983–84)
- Gillingham Player of the Season: 1979–80, 1981–82
- Norwich City Player of the Season: 1984–85
- Birmingham City Player of the Season: 1997–98

### Manager

**Birmingham City**
- Football League Championship runner-up: 2006–07
- Football League First Division play-offs: 2002

**Hull City**
- FA Cup runner-up: 2013–14
- Football League Championship runner-up: 2012–13
- Football League Championship play-offs: 2016

**Individual**
- Premier League Manager of the Month: April 2021

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Steve Bruce
- **image**: Steve Bruce.jpg
- **caption**: Bruce managing Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderland in 2011
- **fullname**: Stephen Roger Bruce
- **birth place**: Corbridge, England
- **position**: Centre-back
- **youthyears1**: 1977–1979
- **youthclubs1**: Gillingham F.C., Gillingham
- **years1**: 1979–1984
- **clubs1**: Gillingham F.C., Gillingham
- **caps1**: 205
- **goals1**: 29
- **years2**: 1984–1987
- **clubs2**: Norwich City F.C., Norwich City
- **caps2**: 141
- **goals2**: 14
- **years3**: 1987–1996
- **clubs3**: Manchester United F.C., Manchester United
- **caps3**: 309
- **goals3**: 36
- **years4**: 1996–1998
- **clubs4**: Birmingham City F.C., Birmingham City
- **caps4**: 72
- **goals4**: 2
- **years5**: 1998–1999
- **clubs5**: Sheffield United F.C., Sheffield United
- **caps5**: 10
- **goals5**: 0
- **totalcaps**: 737
- **totalgoals**: 81
- **nationalyears1**: 1979–1980
- **nationalteam1**: England national under-18 football team, England Youth
- **nationalcaps1**: 8
- **nationalgoals1**: 0
- **nationalyears2**: 1987
- **nationalteam2**: England national football B team, England B
- **nationalcaps2**: 1
- **nationalgoals2**: 0
- **manageryears1**: 1998–1999
- **managerclubs1**: Sheffield United F.C., Sheffield United
- **manageryears2**: 1999–2000
- **managerclubs2**: Huddersfield Town A.F.C., Huddersfield Town
- **manageryears3**: 2001
- **managerclubs3**: Wigan Athletic F.C., Wigan Athletic
- **manageryears4**: 2001
- **managerclubs4**: Crystal Palace F.C., Crystal Palace
- **manageryears5**: 2001–2007
- **managerclubs5**: Birmingham City F.C., Birmingham City
- **manageryears6**: 2007–2009
- **managerclubs6**: Wigan Athletic F.C., Wigan Athletic
- **manageryears7**: 2009–2011
- **managerclubs7**: Sunderland A.F.C., Sunderland
- **manageryears8**: 2012–2016
- **managerclubs8**: Hull City A.F.C., Hull City
- **manageryears9**: 2016–2018
- **managerclubs9**: Aston Villa F.C., Aston Villa
- **manageryears10**: 2019
- **managerclubs10**: Sheffield Wednesday F.C., Sheffield Wednesday
- **manageryears11**: 2019–2021
- **managerclubs11**: Newcastle United F.C., Newcastle United
- **manageryears12**: 2022
- **managerclubs12**: West Bromwich Albion F.C., West Bromwich Albion