Graham Alexander

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Graham Alexander (born 10 October 1971) is a professional football manager and former player who manages EFL Championship club Preston North End. In a lengthy playing career, he represented Scunthorpe United, Luton Town, Preston North End and Burnley. Born in England, he made 40 international appearances for Scotland. For most of his career, Alexander played as a specialist at right-back, but was also deployed as a defensive midfielder early on in his career. He is the eighth-oldest player to score in Premier League history. He was also a penalty kick specialist. On 16 April 2011, in Burnley's win over Swansea City in a Championship match, Alexander became only the second outfield player in English football history to have made 1,000 professional appearances, after Tony Ford. He is third on the list of footballers in England by number of league appearances. Alexander was appointed manager of Fleetwood Town in December 2012. He won the 2013–14 League Two play-offs and promotion to League...

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