SOCCER PLAYER

Steve Bruce

1960 - Today

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Stephen Roger Bruce (born 31 December 1960) is an English professional football manager and former player who was a centre-back in a twenty-year playing career. He was most recently the head coach of EFL League One club Blackpool. Born in Corbridge, Northumberland, Bruce was a promising schoolboy footballer but was rejected by several professional clubs. He was on the verge of quitting the game altogether when he was offered a trial with Gillingham. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia. Steve Bruce is the 5,352nd most popular soccer player (down from 3,732nd in 2024), the 5,217th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,152nd in 2019) and the 302nd most popular British Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Steve Bruce ranks 5,352 out of 21,273. Before him are Andrey Zhelyazkov, Hany Ramzy, Eren Derdiyok, Francesco Coco, Alex Stepney, and Ippei Saga. After him are Anders Limpar, Roland Wohlfarth, Grzegorz Krychowiak, Mokhtar Naili, Jean-Alain Boumsong, and Christian Corrêa Dionisio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Steve Bruce ranks 477. Before him are Andrea Anastasi, Anne Dorval, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Maurane, Günter Hermann, and Vyacheslav Bykov. After him are Robertas Žulpa, Avram Glazer, Anett Pötzsch, Guido Bontempi, Bill Prady, and Komi Sélom Klassou.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Steve Bruce ranks 5,219 out of 8,785. Before him are John Pulman (1923), William Gemmell Cochran (1909), Neil Innes (1944), George Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll (1823), David Bedford (1937), and Alex Stepney (1942). After him are Allan Williams (1930), Henry Lawes (1595), Archie Cochrane (1909), Laura Haddock (1985), Hugh Huxley (1924), and Pat Rice (1949).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In United Kingdom

Among soccer players born in United Kingdom, Steve Bruce ranks 302. Before him are David Pegg (1935), Emile Heskey (1978), Howard Kendall (1946), Gary McAllister (1964), Alex Miller (1949), and Alex Stepney (1942). After him are Pat Rice (1949), Jesse Lingard (1992), Paul Mariner (1953), Jadon Sancho (2000), Alexander Hall (1880), and Matthew Taylor (1981).

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