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Bruce Rioch (born
September
6, 1947) is a
former
football player and coach. He played for
Luton Town,
Aston Villa,
Everton
and
Derby County, where he won a
League Championship medal. He also won 24 caps for
Scotland.
After retiring as a player, he moved into management, having the most success
with
Bolton Wanderers, where he led the team to promotion from the old Division
Three to the
Premiership. Rioch left Bolton for
Arsenal
in 1995, but lasted
just over a year at the London club, before being sacked. He then joined
QPR as assistant coach, and then
Norwich City and
Wigan Athletic as manager. After leaving Wigan in February 2001, he spent
four and a half years away from management, working as a scout for friends at
other clubs. He maintained that he would return to management should he "get
offered the right job by the right people". He was appointed as head coach of
Danish club
Odense BK
in June 2005.
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