Scottish professional football manager and former player David Moyes are presently in charge of West Ham United. He predominantly played center-back for many teams throughout his playing career, including Celtic, Cambridge United, Bristol City, Shrewsbury Town, Dunfermline Athletic, and Preston North End. At the age of 22, Moyes began his managing career with Preston North End after being motivated by his father’s perseverance. By the time he transferred from Preston to Everton, he had played in 234 games and recorded 113 victories, 58 draws, and 63 defeats. He was also well-known for his ability to inspire his teammates. Before heading to Manchester United as Sir Alex Ferguson’s replacement, he enjoyed a successful run as Everton’s manager, a job he held for more than ten years. Nevertheless, despite his efforts, the team struggled, and he was fired after only 10 months. Later in his career, he briefly oversaw the Premier League team Sunderland as well as La Liga club Real Sociedad.
Early Childhood & Life
David Moyes Sr. and Joan Moyes welcomed David William Moyes into the world on April 25, 1963, in Glasgow, Scotland. His father was a teacher at Anniesland College and a member of Drumchapel Amateurs, where he also oversaw the football squad.
David’s Sports Career
In 1978, David Moyes spent a half-season with the BV youth squad of the Icelandic club. After that, from 1978 to 1980, he played for Drumchapel Amateur in Scotland for two seasons.
His senior career began in 1980 at Celtic, where he received a championship medal. He was harassed by Roy McDonough, a teammate at Cambridge United, because of his religious convictions, which led him to leave for Bristol City in 1985.
He played for Shrewsbury Town from 1987 to 1990, scoring 11 goals in 96 games. From 1990 to 1993, he scored 13 goals in 105 games for Dunfermline Athletic. He came to Preston North End in 1993 after a brief time at Hamilton Academical, where he finished his playing days in 1999.
Career in Management
David Moyes prepared for management positions during the overwhelming portion of his playing career. Beginning at age 22, he took coaching badges and researched the methods of the coaches he played for. In January 1998, he took over as manager of the struggling Division Two team Preston North End, succeeding Gary Peters.
He led the team to the Division Two play-offs the next season, where they lost to Gillingham in the semi-finals, and not only prevented relegation at the end of the 1997–98 campaign. By winning the Division Two championship and securing promotion to Division One the following season, he helped the club advance.
Even though Preston missed out on promotion to the Premier League by losing to Bolton Wanderers in the finals by a score of 3-0, he led them to the Division One play-offs while using the same team in 2000–01. Even so, he renewed his contract with the team for five years a month later, but before the end of the following campaign, he left to become Everton’s manager.
He joined Everton on March 14, 2002, when the team was actually in danger of going down, but he was able to avert it by playing well all season. Everton’s seventh-place league finish the following year earned him his first LMA Manager of the Year award.
The following year, despite a shaky start and a public altercation with striker Duncan Ferguson at the team’s practice facility, he finished 17th and escaped relegation with 39 points. The next year, Everton unexpectedly finished in fourth place thanks to new signing Tim Cahill’s 15 goals, and Moyes won his second LMA Manager of the Year award.
Everton suffered early relegation and failed to advance past the qualifying stage of the European championship in the 2005–06 season, but he was able to secure 11th place with a number of fresh signings. They finished sixth in the league standings in 2006–07 after completing another record transfer for Andrew Johnson and had a highly successful season in 2007–08, during which Everton advanced to the Football League Cup semifinals.
Numerous new players were also brought in for the 2008–09 campaign, most notably Marouane Fellaini for a club record £15 million. Fellaini assisted the team in making their first FA Cup final appearance since 1995.
David Moyes was voted “Premier League Manager of the Month” in January 2010, however, Everton missed the European league for the first time in four years later that year.
After Alex Ferguson retired at the end of the 2012–13 season, Moyes assumed control of Manchester United in May as his contract with Everton came to an end. He made history on August 11, 2013, when he defeated Wigan Athletic 2-0 in the FA Community Shield, becoming the first manager of Manchester United to do it.
David Moyes had a difficult season with United, who finished lower than expected in the Premier League and were eliminated from the FA Cup in the third round despite a strong start in the Champions League. Only 10 months after joining United, he was fired in April 2014, ending the third-shortest managerial tenure in the club’s history.
When Real Sociedad was struggling and occupying the 15th slot in the standings in November 2014, he was hired as the club’s manager. After winning 3-0 against Elche and 1-0 against Barcelona, he received praise, but the next season’s poor start led to his resignation in November 2015.
He took over as Sunderland’s manager in July 2016, however, he left the position in May 2017 after the team was demoted to the EFL Championship for the first time in 10 years. He became West Ham United’s manager on November 7, 2017, and as the fourth Premier League manager, he has since won 200 games and 500 games in the league.
Recognition & Achievements
David Moyes won the Football League Third Division for Preston North End, the Associate Members’ Cup for Bristol City, and the Scottish League Premier Division for Celtic as a player. He won the Football League Second Division with Preston North End in 1999–2000 and the FA Community Shield for Manchester United in 2013.
In 2002–03, 2004–05, and 2008–09, he won the LMA Manager of the Year award three times. He also won the Premier League Manager of the Month award ten times.
Personal Legacy & Life
Pamela Moyes, David Moyes’ childhood sweetheart, is his wife. The couple has a son named David Jr. who also attended college in Preston and a daughter named Lauren who went to Archbishop Temple School.
Estimated Net Worth
Scottish professional soccer manager and former player David Moyes have a $25 million dollar net worth. In April 1963, David Moyes was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He was a center-back who spent his youth playing for Drumchapel Amateurs and IBV Vestmannaeyjar.
Trivia
In his book, English player Wayne Rooney alleged that David Moyes had ejected him from Everton. As a result, Moyes filed a libel lawsuit against Rooney. After Rooney apologized to him, the dispute was resolved outside of court.
In his book, English player Wayne Rooney alleged that David Moyes had ejected him from Everton. As a result, Moyes filed a libel lawsuit against Rooney. After Rooney apologized to him, the dispute was resolved outside of court.