{{short description|Welsh footballer and manager}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}} {{Use British English|date=February 2017}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Simon Haworth | image = | fullname = Simon Owen Haworth<ref name="hugman">{{Hugman | 8573 | Simon Haworth | accessdate = 26 November 2017}}</ref> | height = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1977|03|30}} | birth_place = [[Cardiff]], Wales | currentclub = | position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]] | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]] | years1 = 1995–1997 | years2 = 1997–1998 | years3 = 1998–2002 | years4 = 2002–2005 | clubs1 = [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]] | clubs2 = [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]] | clubs3 = [[Wigan Athletic F.C.|Wigan Athletic]] | clubs4 = [[Tranmere Rovers F.C.|Tranmere Rovers]] | caps1 = 35 | caps2 = 11 | caps3 = 117 | caps4 = 79 | goals1 = 8 | goals2 = 0 | goals3 = 44 | goals4 = 31 | totalcaps = 242 | totalgoals = 83 | nationalyears1 = | nationalyears2 = | nationalyears3 = 1997–1998 | nationalteam1 = [[Wales national under-21 football team|Wales U21]] | nationalteam2 = Wales B | nationalteam3 = [[Wales national football team|Wales]] | nationalcaps1 = 12 | nationalcaps2 = 1 | nationalcaps3 = 5 | nationalgoals1 = | nationalgoals2 = | nationalgoals3 = 0 | manageryears1 = 2013–2014 | managerclubs1 = [[Eagley F.C.|Eagley]] | manageryears2 = 2016–2018 | managerclubs2 = [[Clitheroe F.C.|Clitheroe]] | manageryears3 = 2018–2022 | managerclubs3 = [[Stalybridge Celtic F.C.|Stalybridge Celtic]] }} '''Simon Owen Haworth''' (born 30 March 1977) is a Welsh former [[Association football|footballer]] who played as a [[Striker (association football)|striker]]. He won five caps for the [[Wales national football team]] during his career. He was since moved into football club management.
==Club career== Born in [[Cardiff]], Haworth began his career at [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]] on a Youth Training Scheme and broke into the first team due to an injury crisis during the 1995–1996 season.<ref>{{Cite book | title = The Who's Who of Cardiff City | first = Dean | last = Hayes | publisher = Breedon Books | year = 2006 | page=86 | location=Derby | isbn= 978-1-85983-462-6}}</ref> He fully established himself the following year which led to him nearly signing for [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]] only for the move to break down at the last minute. But after he earned his first cap for [[Wales national football team|Wales]] he moved to [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]] for £500,000, a record fee received for a player by Cardiff at the time, but struggled to find form for the club, scoring just once against [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] in the [[Football League Cup|League Cup]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-coca-cola-cup--kendall-furious-as-everton-capitulate-to-coventry-1236231.html |title=Coca-Cola Cup – Kendall furious as Everton capitulate to Coventry |work=[[The Independent]] |date=16 October 1997 |access-date=11 October 2012}}</ref> and subsequently moved to [[Wigan Athletic F.C.|Wigan Athletic]] for £750,000, a record signing for the club at the time.
He managed to show his ability for Wigan and helped them to win the [[Football League Trophy]] in the 1998–99 season.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cockneylatic.co.uk/match-reports/1998-1999/1399-wigan-athletic-1-millwall-0 |title=Auto Windscreens Shield Final – Sunday 18th April 1999 |publisher=cockneylatic.co.uk |access-date=17 June 2019}}</ref> He was the first Wigan player to score at their new [[JJB Stadium]] (doing so in a game against Scunthorpe United) and also one of the last Wigan players to score at the 'old' Wembley Stadium before it was demolished in 2000 - a memorable goal against Gillingham in the Division 2 Play-off final.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.wiganlatics.co.uk/page/DWStadium/0,,10429,00.html |title = The DW Stadium |publisher = wiganlatics.co.uk |date = 7 August 1999 |access-date = 19 April 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090726003856/http://www.wiganlatics.co.uk/page/DWStadium/0%2C%2C10429%2C00.html |archive-date = 26 July 2009 |df = dmy-all }}</ref> Eventually leaving the club in February 2002 he joined [[Tranmere Rovers F.C.|Tranmere Rovers]], linking up with former strike partner [[Stuart Barlow]] again. During the 2003–04 season he suffered a double fracture in his right leg which ruled him out for around eight months. He attempted a comeback in November 2004 but was in considerable pain due to his leg not being fully healed.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/t/tranmere_rovers/4362683.stm |title=Haworth career is in the balance |publisher=[[BBC Sport]] |date=18 March 2005 |access-date=20 December 2009}}</ref> He decided to call an end to his football career to concentrate on his business ventures.
==International career==
Haworth made his debut for [[Wales national football team|Wales]] on 27 May 1997 coming on as a substitute for goalscorer [[John Hartson]] in a 1–0 victory over [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]]. He went on to earn four more caps for Wales, against [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]], [[Jamaica national football team|Jamaica]], [[Malta national football team|Malta]], and [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesw/wal-intres90.html |title=Wales – International Results 1990–1999 |website=[[RSSSF]] |access-date=23 April 2009}}</ref> He was also called up for a friendly against [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] in February 2002, however he stayed on the bench.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2002/1816173.stm |title=Giggs shows Veron the way |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=13 February 2002 |access-date=13 March 2015}}</ref> Haworth was also called up to the [[Wales national football team|Wales squad]] in May 2003 to play [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]] but withdrew through injury.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/internationals/wales/3043571.stm |title=Howarth adds to Wales woes |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=20 May 2003 |access-date=7 September 2015}}</ref>
==Management career== On 12 June 2014, [[Shrewsbury Town F.C.|Shrewsbury Town]] confirmed Haworth had joined the club's coaching staff.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.football-league.co.uk/league2/news/20140612/simon-haworth-joins-shrewsbury-town-coaching-staff_2293326_3900209|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140613172721/http://www.football-league.co.uk/league2/news/20140612/simon-haworth-joins-shrewsbury-town-coaching-staff_2293326_3900209|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 June 2014|title=Simon Haworth joins Shrewsbury Town coaching staff|publisher=The Football League|date=12 June 2014|access-date=12 June 2014}}</ref>
===Clitheroe=== On 29 April 2016, he was appointed as the manager of [[Clitheroe F.C.|Clitheroe]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/clitheroefc/news/new-manager-signs-for-clitheroe-fc-1607174.html|title=New manager signs for Clitheroe FC! |publisher=Clitheroe FC |date=29 April 2016|access-date=29 April 2016}}</ref>
===Stalybridge Celtic=== In May 2018 he moved to [[Stalybridge Celtic F.C.|Stalybridge Celtic]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://nonleaguedaily.com/stalybridge-celtic-appoint-haworth-as-manager/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511151024/http://nonleaguedaily.com/stalybridge-celtic-appoint-haworth-as-manager/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=11 May 2018|title=Stalybridge Celtic appoint Haworth as manager |publisher=Non League Daily |date=11 May 2018|access-date=3 September 2018}}</ref> staying at the club until May 2022.<ref>{{cite web |title=Stalybridge Seek New Boss After Haworth Resigns |url=https://www.thenpl.co.uk/stalybridge-seek-new-boss-after-haworth-resigns-70537 |publisher=Northern Premier League |access-date=7 May 2022 |date=6 May 2022}}</ref>
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