Eric Nixon

Quick Facts

Full Name	Eric Nixon
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Oct 4, 1962(1962-10-04)
Age	62
Birthplace	Manchester
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Libra

Eric Nixon Biography

Eric Nixon is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on October 4, 1962 in Manchester, England, United Kingdom.

Born in Manchester, Nixon began his career in August 1982 at Non-League club Curzon Ashton from Ashton-under-Lyne in Greater Manchester. On 10 December 1983, he signed for Manchester City for a transfer fee of £1,000. He made 84 appearances in five years at the club, and was sent out on loan five times. And it was with four of those loan spells in the 1986–87 season that he achieved the rare distinction of playing for a club in all four divisions of the Football League in a single season. Nixon walked into Manchester City’s stadium, Maine Road and asked for a trial. In August 1986 he went on loan to Wolverhampton Wanderers, who were then in the Fourth Division, making sixteen league appearances. This was followed by short spells on loan at Bradford City, who were then in the Second Division, in November 1986, and Southampton, who were then in the First Division, in December 1986. The following month he went out on loan again, this time to Carlisle United, who were then in the Third Division, where he made sixteen league appearances.

Nixon signed for Tranmere Rovers permanently for a fee of £60,000 on 26 July

1988. In nine years at Prenton Park Nixon made 432 appearances, including 333 league appearances, and was with the club during their rise from the Fourth Division to the First Division play-offs in 1992–93. In the 1988–89 season he kept 25 clean sheets, which still stands as a club record for the most clean sheets in a season.

Eric Nixon Net Worth

Eric Nixon is one of the richest Association Football Player from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Eric Nixon 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Eric Walter Nixon (born 4 October 1962) is an English former professional footballer who played as goalkeeper. His career spanned 22 years, thirteen of which were spent at Tranmere Rovers. He played for thirteen different clubs and made over 500 league appearances before his retirement in 2004.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Nixon’s final club was Sheffield Wednesday, for whom he signed on a free transfer on 1 July 2003, and where he was used as a goalkeeping coach, making one league appearance – on 27 September 2003 against Grimsby Town. His spell with the club was spent coaching three days a week, and spending two days back at Tranmere Rovers coaching.

Facts & Trivia

Farzin Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Eric Nixon celebrates birthday on October 4 of every year.

Nixon now holds both a UEFA goalkeeping coaching A licence and a UEFA football coaching A licence. On 10 February 2006, Nixon gave up his coaching responsibilities with Tranmere Rovers because of knee problems and also to attend a personal-fitness coaching course before opening a health and fitness studio in Prenton, before moving to Dubai, where he worked as a personal fitness trainer.