Steven Schumacher
English footballer and coach (born 1984)
Steven Thomas Schumacher (born 30 April 1984) is an English football manager and former professional footballer. He is the head coach of EFL Championship club Bolton Wanderers.
He graduated from the youth sides at Everton, and during his playing career his clubs included Bradford City, Crewe Alexandra, Bury, Fleetwood Town, Stevenage and Southport. He also had loan spells early in his career with Carlisle United and Oldham Athletic.
He started his coaching career as caretaker at Southport and later managed Plymouth Argyle. With Plymouth, Schumacher won the League One title in 2022–23. He left for Stoke City in 2023 and then on to Bolton Wanderers in 2025.
Playing career
Everton
Born in Liverpool, Schumacher attended Cardinal Heenan Catholic High School and began his career at Everton after starting out in apprenticeship there and was captain of the England Under 19s while he was playing in the club's youth team. Along with Wayne Rooney, Schumacher featured in Everton's eight-game run to the 2002 FA Youth Cup.
He was unable to break into the first team, however, and as a result went out to a couple of minor loan spells to get first team experience.
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