Skysports.com looks back at the career to date of new Sunderland manager Steve Bruce.
Former Manchester United defender takes charge on Wearside
Skysports.com looks at the career to date of new Sunderland manager Steve Bruce.
1960: Born Northumberland, 31st December.
1979: Makes first-team debut for Gillingham against Blackpool. Gains an England 'B' cap and eight England youth caps.
1984: August - Moves from Gillingham to Norwich for £125,000. Scores own goal on home debut in 3-3 draw with Liverpool.
1985: Member of Norwich team which wins the Milk Cup with 1-0 victory over Sunderland but suffers relegation to Division Two.
1986: Norwich win Second Division title.
1987: May - Norwich finish fifth in Division One.
December - Joins Manchester United for £800,000.
1990: United beat Crystal Palace 1-0 in a replay to win FA Cup.
1991: Wins European Cup Winners' Cup after 2-1 victory over Barcelona.
1992: Wins League Cup after 1-0 win over Nottingham Forest.
1993: Wins Premier League title.
1994: Wins championship and United beat Chelsea 4-0 in FA Cup final to take the domestic double.
1995: United finish second in league and are beaten 1-0 by Everton in FA Cup final.
1996: United crowned champions but Bruce misses 1-0 FA Cup final win over Liverpool.
June - Moves on free transfer to Birmingham.
1998: Joins Sheffield United as player-manager.
1999: February - Withdraws his players from the pitch during an FA Cup tie at Arsenal over a row in which Bruce claimed the ball should have been returned after being kicked out due to an injury. Arsenal win the game 2-1 but offer Sheffield United a replay, which they lose 2-1 again.
May - Resigns over lack of resources.
May - Joins Huddersfield as manager.
2000: October - Dismissed after one win in 11 games.
2001: April - Joins Wigan.
May 29 - Leaves Wigan.
May 31 - Joins Crystal Palace.
November - Leaves Palace having been placed on 'gardening leave' by Selhurst Park chairman Simon Jordan following interest from Birmingham.
December - Joins Birmingham.
2002: Birmingham beat Norwich 1-0 in the play-off final to win promotion to the Premiership.
2003: Birmingham finish 13th in their first season in the Premiership.
2004: Birmingham finish 10th.
June 29 - Signs five-year contract with Birmingham.
September - Turns down the chance to join Newcastle as successor to Sir Bobby Robson. Birmingham reward him with an improved five-year contract.
2006: March - With Birmingham floundering in the relegation zone, they are also emphatically dumped out of the FA Cup after a humiliating 7-0 home defeat by Liverpool in the quarter-final.
April 29: A 0-0 draw at home to Newcastle on the same day as Portsmouth win at Wigan sees Birmingham relegated to the Championship.
Oct: Fans turn on Bruce after a 1-0 defeat to Norwich sees the club slip to ninth in the Championship.
2007: May 6 - A 1-0 defeat at Preston allows Sunderland to win the Coca-Cola Championship title but Birmingham were already guaranteed promotion back to the Premier League.
October 18 - Bolton are refused to permission to speak to Bruce as they seek to replace sacked manager Sammy Lee.
November 16 - Birmingham give permission for Wigan to speak to Bruce about succeeding the sacked Chris Hutchings.
November 18 - Appointed Wigan manager, with his new club paying £3million in compensation. Deal is briefly put on hold but is completed on November 23.
2008: January 11 - Wigan sign little-known Honduran Wilson Palacios for a small fee.
May 3 - Wigan secure their Premier League survival with a 2-0 win at Aston Villa.
2009: January 21 - Wigan sell Palacios to Tottenham for £12million, and also sell striker Emile Heskey to Aston Villa for £3.5million after running the risk of losing him for nothing in the summer. Bruce signs Colombian striker Hugo Rodallega.
May 24 - Wigan finish 11th in Premier League.
June 2 - Introduced as Sunderland manager, signing a three-year contract.
