Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)

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AGE: 48

BORN: September 3, 1974, in Welsh village of Llwynypia, Mid Glamorgan ROB PAGE began his profession­al career as a defender with Watford in 1993 before going on to play for Sheffield United, Cardiff, Coventry, Huddersfie­ld and Chesterfie­ld. HONOURS

- Second Division title with Watford 1997/1998

- Promotion from First Division with Watford via play-offs in 1999. INTERNATIO­NAL CAREER

WON the first of his 41 caps in 1996 and played until 2005 when he described captaining Wales to a 2-0 victory over Hungary as the pinnacle of his internatio­nal career. MANAGEMENT

- July 2014 appointed as Port Vale assistant manager

- September 2014 caretaker boss at Port Vale then given the job full-time - May 2016 leaves Vale to become Northampto­n manager

- January 2017 becomes first team coach at Nottingham Forest after being sacked by the Cobblers

- March 2017 takes over as Wales Under-21 boss

- August 2019 promoted to join Ryan Giggs’ staff as first team coach - November 2020 becomes Wales interim head coach

- April 2021 assumes the role of Wales’ national team manager for Euros where his side reach the last 16 - June 2022 Wales beat Ukraine 1-0 to qualify via a play-off for their first World Cup finals since 1958 - September 2022 Page signs new four-year contract to manage Wales after reaching Qatar.

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