May 12 (Reuters) - Factbox on Kenny Dalglish who signed a three-year contract as Liverpool manager on Thursday.
Born March 4, 1951 in Glasgow, Scotland.
EARLY CAREER
Dalglish joined Celtic in 1967 and after establishing
himself in the first team he went on to win four Scottish league
titles.
He made his debut for Scotland in 1971 and scored his first
goal for his country a year later in a 2-0 victory over Denmark.
LIVERPOOL
Dalglish signed for Bob Paisley's Liverpool in 1977 as a
replacement for Kevin Keegan for a then British record fee of
440,000 pounds.
He made his debut, wearing what became his famous number
seven shirt, in the season-opening Charity Shield against
Manchester United. He followed that by scoring seven minutes
into his league debut.
He became known to Liverpool fans as "King Kenny" and went
on to score 172 goals in 515 appearances for the club.
Dalglish was a central figure in a successful period for
Liverpool in which they won five league titles, three European
Cups and five domestic cups between 1978 and 1985.
On the international stage, he made 102 appearances for his
country, making him still the most capped Scotland player. He
also holds the joint scoring record of 30 goals with Denis Law.
PLAYER/MANAGER
Dalglish became player-manager at Liverpool following the
Heysel stadium disaster in 1985 and enjoyed instant success,
winning the club's first league and cup double in his first
season in charge.
His iconic status was cemented during his six years as
manager with the club winning three domestic league titles and
two FA Cups.
HILLSBOROUGH
Dalglish was manager of Liverpool at the time of the
Hillsborough stadium disaster in 1989 in which 96 Liverpool fans
were crushed to death at an FA Cup semi-final match against
Nottingham Forest.
Dalglish was personally affected by the tragedy and left the
club on health grounds in 1991 following a 4-4 draw with Everton
in a FA Cup fifth-round replay.
BLACKBURN
Dalglish returned to club management eight months after
leaving Liverpool with then second division side Blackburn
Rovers.
The club were owned by steel tycoon Jack Walker who made
large sums of money available for Dalglish to spend on players.
Dalglish guided the Lancashire club into the Premier League
in 1992 and after investing heavily on the likes of Alan Shearer
and Chris Sutton he won his fourth top flight title as a manager
in 1995.
NEWCASTLE AND CELTIC
Dalglish joined Newcastle as manager in 1997 and guided them
to second place in the Premier League that season.
The following campaign, however, he finished 13th and
despite reaching the FA Cup final where they were beaten by
Arsenal, he was sacked.
He joined Celtic in 1999 initially as director of football
but was appointed manager following the sacking of John Barnes.
He guided the club to the Scottish League Cup final where they
beat Aberdeen 2-0 but left the club shortly after.
RETURN TO LIVERPOOL
He returned to Anfield in the summer of 2009 to work as an
academy and club ambassador.
He applied for the job as manager following the sacking of
then boss Rafael Benitez but was overlooked in favour of Roy
Hodgson.
Hodgson struggled to win over the fans and was sacked in
January following a string of disappointing results.
Dalglish was initially appointed manager until the end of
the season with Liverpool languishing in the bottom half of the
table.
The Scot galvanised the club and oversaw an impressive run
of results with Liverpool winning 10 and losing only three of
his 16 Premier League games in charge.
Liverpool are currently fifth in the Premier League,
occupying a Europa League qualifying spot, with two games of the
season left to play.
Born March 4, 1951 in Glasgow, Scotland.
EARLY CAREER
Dalglish joined Celtic in 1967 and after establishing
himself in the first team he went on to win four Scottish league
titles.
He made his debut for Scotland in 1971 and scored his first
goal for his country a year later in a 2-0 victory over Denmark.
LIVERPOOL
Dalglish signed for Bob Paisley's Liverpool in 1977 as a
replacement for Kevin Keegan for a then British record fee of
440,000 pounds.
He made his debut, wearing what became his famous number
seven shirt, in the season-opening Charity Shield against
Manchester United. He followed that by scoring seven minutes
into his league debut.
He became known to Liverpool fans as "King Kenny" and went
on to score 172 goals in 515 appearances for the club.
Dalglish was a central figure in a successful period for
Liverpool in which they won five league titles, three European
Cups and five domestic cups between 1978 and 1985.
On the international stage, he made 102 appearances for his
country, making him still the most capped Scotland player. He
also holds the joint scoring record of 30 goals with Denis Law.
PLAYER/MANAGER
Dalglish became player-manager at Liverpool following the
Heysel stadium disaster in 1985 and enjoyed instant success,
winning the club's first league and cup double in his first
season in charge.
His iconic status was cemented during his six years as
manager with the club winning three domestic league titles and
two FA Cups.
HILLSBOROUGH
Dalglish was manager of Liverpool at the time of the
Hillsborough stadium disaster in 1989 in which 96 Liverpool fans
were crushed to death at an FA Cup semi-final match against
Nottingham Forest.
Dalglish was personally affected by the tragedy and left the
club on health grounds in 1991 following a 4-4 draw with Everton
in a FA Cup fifth-round replay.
BLACKBURN
Dalglish returned to club management eight months after
leaving Liverpool with then second division side Blackburn
Rovers.
The club were owned by steel tycoon Jack Walker who made
large sums of money available for Dalglish to spend on players.
Dalglish guided the Lancashire club into the Premier League
in 1992 and after investing heavily on the likes of Alan Shearer
and Chris Sutton he won his fourth top flight title as a manager
in 1995.
NEWCASTLE AND CELTIC
Dalglish joined Newcastle as manager in 1997 and guided them
to second place in the Premier League that season.
The following campaign, however, he finished 13th and
despite reaching the FA Cup final where they were beaten by
Arsenal, he was sacked.
He joined Celtic in 1999 initially as director of football
but was appointed manager following the sacking of John Barnes.
He guided the club to the Scottish League Cup final where they
beat Aberdeen 2-0 but left the club shortly after.
RETURN TO LIVERPOOL
He returned to Anfield in the summer of 2009 to work as an
academy and club ambassador.
He applied for the job as manager following the sacking of
then boss Rafael Benitez but was overlooked in favour of Roy
Hodgson.
Hodgson struggled to win over the fans and was sacked in
January following a string of disappointing results.
Dalglish was initially appointed manager until the end of
the season with Liverpool languishing in the bottom half of the
table.
The Scot galvanised the club and oversaw an impressive run
of results with Liverpool winning 10 and losing only three of
his 16 Premier League games in charge.
Liverpool are currently fifth in the Premier League,
occupying a Europa League qualifying spot, with two games of the
season left to play.
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