Ian Woan

(Ian Simon Woan )

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1967 (58 years old)
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Heswall, England

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Assistant Coach

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Coaching

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White

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Nottingham Forest

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Ian Simon Woan (born 14 December 1967) is an English professional football coach and former player who is the assistant manager of Premier League side Nottingham Forest.

As a player, he was a left winger who notably played in the Premier League for Nottingham Forest, where he overall played a decade at the City Ground, winning two promotions and playing in the UEFA Cup. He also had brief spells in the Football League with Barnsley, Swindon Town and Shrewsbury Town, as well as time in Major League Soccer with Columbus Crew and Miami Fusion before finishing his career with lower-league stateside team Syracuse Salty Dogs although in 2007 he briefly came out of retirement with Hucknall Town. Prior to his professional career he had played in Wales with Caernarfon Town and Newtown and with non-league sides Heswall and Runcorn.

Following retirement, Woan returned to Swindon Town as a youth team coach before joining Rushden & Diamonds as a first team coach. He returned to Forest as a youth team coach in 2007 before joining Portsmouth, where in 2009 he took over as caretaker manager. He has since held the role of assistant manager at Watford before joining Burnley. He parted company with Burnley on 15 April 2022. On 30 January 2023, Woan was appointed assistant manager of Everton. He held this position until 9 January 2025.

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