Please answer the following question: What key details about chris hughton can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: christopher william gerard '' chris '' hughton -lrb- born 11 december 1958 -rrb- is a former professional football player and current manager of brighton & hove albion . in 1979 , he became the first mixed race player to represent the republic of ireland . after making his professional debut aged 20 , hughton spent most of his playing career with tottenham hotspur as a left back , leaving in 1990 after 13 years . after relatively brief spells with west ham united and brentford , hughton retired from playing in 1993 aged 34 . he earned 53 caps representing the republic of ireland national football team , scoring one goal and starting in all three of ireland 's games at uefa euro 1988 in west germany . from 1993 to 2007 , hughton served as coach and then assistant manager for tottenham . he joined newcastle united as first team coach in 2008 , and , following their relegation , became caretaker manager . he led newcastle back to the premier league in his first season in charge , along the way breaking a number of records and securing the permanent managerial position . he was sacked as manager by mike ashley the following december , with his side 12th in the table . hughton managed birmingham city for a single season , leading them to 4th place in the league , before joining norwich in june 2012 . norwich sacked hughton in april 2014 .
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- managerclubs is newcastle norwich city brighton & hove albion united -lrb- caretaker -rrb- newcastle united birmingham city- caps is 297 32 32- nationalyears is 1979 -- 1991- birth date is 11 december 1958- clubs is west ham united brentford- nationalcaps is 53- currentclub is brighton & hove albion -lrb- manager -rrb-- caption is hughton 2015 while manager of brighton & hove albion in- height is 1.70 m ftin on- nationalgoals is 1- nationalteam is republic of ireland- birth place is forest gate , england- position is full back- fullname is christopher william gerard hughton- image size is 270- totalgoals is 12- manageryears is 2008 2014 2014 -- 2009 -- 2010 2011 -- 2012 2012 --- years is 1990 -- 1992 1992 -- 1993- totalcaps is 361- image is lewes -rrb- . jpg 0 bha 0 18 july 2015-1173 -lrb- 19874711811- goals is 12 0 0