About Paul Lambert
Paul Lambert (born 7 August 1969) is a Scottish professional football manager and former player. Lambert played as a midfielder and won the Scottish Cup in 1987 with St Mirren as a 17-year-old, the UEFA Champions League with Borussia Dortmund and all the Scottish domestic honours with Celtic. In his international career, Lambert earned 40 caps for Scotland and played in the 1998 FIFA World Cup. Lambert had success managing Wycombe Wanderers. After a short spell managing Colchester United, he guided Norwich City into the English Premier League with successive promotions in 2009–10 and 2010–11. After keeping Norwich in the Premier League in 2011–12, he managed Aston Villa for three seasons. Lambert was appointed Blackburn Rovers manager in November 2015, before leaving the club in May 2016. Lambert became head coach of Wolverhampton Wanderers in November 2016 but was dismissed at the end of the season. Lambert was appointed manager of Stoke City in January 2018, but he was unable to prevent relegation to the Championship and left the club soon afterwards. Six years after leaving Norwich, Lambert became manager of fellow East Anglia club Ipswich Town in October 2018. He was unable to prevent Ipswich's relegation to League One, and left the club in February 2021 after failing to mount a promotion challenge. Lambert won the club's Supporters Player of the Year, while he was also shortlisted for the SPFA Players' Players award in 1996.
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