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James Fowler (born 26 October 1980) is a Scottish professional football coach and former player.

James Fowler

Personal information
Date of birth	(1980-10-26) 26 October 1980 (age 41)
Place of birth	Stirling, Scotland
Position(s)	Defensive Midfielder / Full-Back
Club information
Current team	Kilmarnock Women (head coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–2014	Kilmarnock	409	(10)
2014	→ Cowdenbeath (loan)	10	(0)
2014–2015	Queen of the South	8	(1)
Total		427	(11)
National team
2000	Scotland U21	2	(0)
2007	Scotland B	1	(0)
Teams managed
2014–2016	Queen of the South
2019	Sunderland (caretaker)
2021	Kilmarnock (caretaker)
2021–2022	Kilmarnock (caretaker)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

As a player, Fowler spent fourteen years of his career with Kilmarnock, making over 400 league appearances, and represented Scotland internationally at under-21 and B levels.

Towards the end of his playing career, Fowler signed with Queen of the South as a player/coach. He was soon afterwards appointed team manager, and held this position until April 2016. He then assisted Jack Ross at St Mirren and Sunderland, before returning to Kilmarnock in November 2019.

Playing career

Club

Fowler graduated from the Kilmarnock youth setup. He played in a variety of different positions for Kilmarnock, with the longest continual spell being spent at right back. On 18 March 2012, he played in the 2012 Scottish League Cup Final, which Kilmarnock won 1–0 against Celtic.[1] Fowler was granted a testimonial by Kilmarnock, which was played against Sheffield Wednesday on 8 August 2012.[2] Fowler holds the record for the most games played in now disbanded Scottish Premier League with 401 appearances.

On 17 January 2014, Fowler moved to Scottish Championship club Cowdenbeath on a one-month loan deal.[3] He was released by Kilmarnock at the end of the 2013–14 season.

International

Fowler was capped twice in 2000 by the Scotland under-21 team. In February 2007, Fowler was rewarded for his development with a late call up to the Scotland B squad against Finland. He played the last 25 minutes in a 2–2 draw at Rugby Park, his club's home ground.

Coaching career

Fowler signed for Queen of the South as first team player-coach on 27 June 2014.[4] He was appointed caretaker manager of the club in September 2014 after Jim McIntyre moved to Ross County[5] and later that month was appointed manager on a permanent basis.[6] On 30 March 2015 he agreed a contract extension until 30 May 2016.[7] Fowler departed Queens on 18 April 2016, two days after a 2–2 draw away to Alloa Athletic and with only two league matches of the 2015–16 season remaining.[8]

On 14 July 2016 Fowler joined Scottish League Two side Stirling Albion as a player-coach, having previously been on trial. He moved to St Mirren in October 2016, becoming assistant manager to Jack Ross.[9] Fowler held this position until May 2018, when he and Ross both moved to Sunderland.[10]

Fowler was appointed "head of football operations" at Kilmarnock in November 2019, giving him responsibility for recruitment and scouting.[11] He became caretaker manager after Alex Dyer left the club in January 2021,[12][13][14][15] and again when Tommy Wright left in December.[16]

In June 2022, Fowler left his role as Head of Football Operations at Kilmarnock due to an internal restructuring.[17][18]

Managerial statistics

As of 4 January 2022^[update]

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Queen of the South		9 September 2014	18 April 2016	76	30	14	32	039.47
Sunderland (caretaker)		8 October 2019	17 October 2019	0	0	0	0	!—
Kilmarnock (caretaker)		30 January 2021	8 February 2021	2	0	0	2	000.00
Kilmarnock (caretaker)		18 December 2021	4 January 2022	2	1	1	0	050.00

• includes games as a caretaker before permanent appointment.

Honours

Kilmarnock

• Scottish League Cup: 2012

In October 2016 he was inducted into the Kilmarnock 'Hall of Fame' alongside other well-known former players such as Tommy McLean, Ray Montgomerie and Stuart McLean.[19]

External links

• James Fowler at Soccerbase

References

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James Fowler (Stirling, 28 ottobre 1980) è un dirigente sportivo, allenatore di calcio ed ex calciatore scozzese, di ruolo centrocampista o difensore, Direttore Area Professionale del Kilmarnock.

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