Ian Evatt

Ian Evatt
Personal information
Full name Ian Ross Evatt
Date of birth (1981-11-19) 19 November 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth Coventry, England
Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[1]
Position(s) Central defender
Team information
Current team
Bolton Wanderers (manager)
Youth career
Derby County
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2003 Derby County 34 (0)
2001Northampton Town (loan) 11 (0)
2003–2005 Chesterfield 84 (9)
2005–2007 Queens Park Rangers 27 (0)
2006–2007Blackpool (loan) 25 (0)
2007–2013 Blackpool 205 (9)
2013–2018 Chesterfield 148 (4)
Total 534 (22)
Managerial career
2018 Chesterfield (caretaker)
2018–2020 Barrow
2020– Bolton Wanderers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ian Ross Evatt (born 19 November 1981) is an English professional football manager and former player. He is the manager of Bolton Wanderers. He also owns shares in Football Ventures (Whites) Ltd, the company that own Bolton Wanderers, making him one of minority owners of the club itself.[2]

Evatt began his career as a central midfielder, but was later converted to a central defender.

He began his professional career in 1999 at Derby County, and he also played for Northampton Town (on loan), Chesterfield (in two spells), Queens Park Rangers and Blackpool.

As a player, he gained promotion with Blackpool (from League One to the Championship in 2006–07, and from the Championship tier to the Premier League in 2009–10) and with Chesterfield (from League Two to League One, as champions, in 2013–14). As a manager, he won promotion with Barrow from the National League to League Two in 2019–20 and with Bolton from League Two to League One in 2020–21 as well as winning the EFL Trophy with Bolton.

  1. ^ "Premier League Player Profile". Premier League. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
  2. ^ The Bolton News: "Bolton Wanderers owners committed to financial support, says Neil Hart - It was revealed in documents at Companies House recently that both Hart and first team manager Ian Evatt had been made minority shareholders in Football Ventures."

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