nationalcaps manageryears birth_date currentclub years youthyears caps goals nationalyears image name fullname caption birth_place nationalteam height totalcaps totalgoals nationalgoals youthclubs clubs position managerclubs article_title
1 2 2012 -- 16 november 1962 arsenal -lrb- assistant manager -rrb- 1978 2000 -- 1980 1982 1988 -- 1999 1999 -- 1978 -- 1980 183 9 287 21 6 0 5 0 1994 1994 steve bould 2014.jpg steve bould stephen andrew bould bould as arsenal 's assistant manager in 2014 stoke-on-trent , england england b england 6 4 500 11 1 0 stoke city stoke sunderland city → torquay united -lrb- loan -rrb- arsenal centre-back arsenal -lrb- assistant -rrb- steve bould

steve bould

stephen andrew `` steve '' bould -lrb- born 16 november 1962 -rrb- is an english former professional footballer and assistant manager of premier league side arsenal .
as a player he was a defender from 1980 until 2000 .
bould began his football career with his hometown club stoke city where he gained a reputation as an impressive young defender .
after spending seven seasons with the potters , and becoming one of english football 's most coveted centre-backs , he moved to arsenal in 1988 .
at highbury he formed a formidable back line with tony adams , nigel winterburn and his former stoke team-mate lee dixon and ended up with nine major honours to his name .
he left the gunners in 1999 and ended his playing career with sunderland .
since his playing career has ended bould has worked at the successful arsenal academy as head youth team coach at arsenal .
he was promoted to assistant manager at the start of the 2012 -- 13 season replacing the long serving pat rice .
