Graham Alexander

Who is Graham Alexander?

Graham Alexander is a former professional footballer. He is the manager of Fleetwood Town.

For most of his career, Coventry-born Alexander played as a specialist at right back, but was also deployed in defensive midfield, as he did early on in his career with Scunthorpe. He is the fourth oldest player to score in Premier League history. He was also a penalty kick specialist. On 16 April 2011, in Burnley's win over Swansea City in a Championship match, Alexander became only the second outfield player in English football history to have made 1,000 professional appearances, after Tony Ford. He is fifth on the List of footballers in England and Scotland by number of league appearances.