Paul Fitzpatrick

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title: "Paul Fitzpatrick" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1965-births", "living-people", "footballers-from-liverpool", "english-men's-footballers", "men's-association-football-defenders", "liverpool-f.c.-players", "tranmere-rovers-f.c.-players", "bolton-wanderers-f.c.-players", "bristol-city-f.c.-players", "carlisle-united-f.c.-players", "preston-north-end-f.c.-players", "leicester-city-f.c.-players", "birmingham-city-f.c.-players", "bury-f.c.-players", "hamilton-academical-f.c.-players", "northampton-town-f.c.-players", "shenzhen-f.c.-players", "leicester-united-f.c.-players", "forest-green-rovers-f.c.-players", "corby-town-f.c.-players", "gresley-rovers-f.c.-players", "workington-a.f.c.-players", "english-football-league-players", "scottish-football-league-players", "southern-football-league-players", "northern-premier-league-players", "expatriate-men's-footballers-in-china"] description: "English footballer (born 1965)" topic_path: "technology/web" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Fitzpatrick" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary English footballer (born 1965) ::

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Field	Value
name	Paul Fitzpatrick
fullname	Paul James Fitzpatrick
height
position	Central defender
birth_date
birth_place	Liverpool, England
youthyears1
youthyears2
years1	1985–1986
years2	1986–1988
years3	1988–1991
years4	1988
years5	1991–1993
years6	1993
years7	1993
years8	1993–1994
years9	1994
years10	1994
years11	199?–1995
years12	1995–199?
years13	–
years14	1997–1999
years15	1999–????
totalcaps	232
totalgoals	18
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| name = Paul Fitzpatrick | image = | caption = | fullname = Paul James Fitzpatrick | height = | position = Central defender | birth_date = | birth_place = Liverpool, England | death_date = | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = Liverpool | youthyears2 = | youthclubs2 = Tranmere Rovers | years1 = 1985–1986 | clubs1 = Bolton Wanderers | caps1 = 14 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 1986–1988 | clubs2 = Bristol City | caps2 = 44 | goals2 = 7 | years3 = 1988–1991 | clubs3 = Carlisle United | caps3 = 109 | goals3 = 4 | years4 = 1988 | clubs4 = → Preston North End (loan) | caps4 = 2 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 1991–1993 | clubs5 = Leicester City | caps5 = 27 | goals5 = 4 | years6 = 1993 | clubs6 = Birmingham City | caps6 = 7 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 1993 | clubs7 = → Bury (loan) | caps7 = 9 | goals7 = 1 | years8 = 1993–1994 | clubs8 = Hamilton Academical | caps8 = 18 | goals8 = 1 | years9 = 1994 | clubs9 = Northampton Town | caps9 = 2 | goals9 = 1 | years10 = 1994 | clubs10 = Shenzhen FC | caps10 = | goals10 = | years11 = 199?–1995 | clubs11 = Leicester United | caps11 = | goals11 = | years12 = 1995–199? | clubs12 = Forest Green Rovers | caps12 = | goals12 = | years13 = – | clubs13 = Corby Town | caps13 = | goals13 = | years14 = 1997–1999 | clubs14 = Gresley Rovers | caps14 = | goals14 = | years15 = 1999–???? | clubs15 = Workington | caps15 = | goals15 = | totalcaps = 232 | totalgoals = 18 Paul James Fitzpatrick (born 5 October 1965) is an English former professional footballer who scored 17 goals in 218 appearances in the Football League playing for Bolton Wanderers, Bristol City, Carlisle United, Preston North End, Leicester City, Birmingham City, Bury and Northampton Town.

Life and career

Fitzpatrick was born in Liverpool. When he left school, he joined Liverpool as a trainee, and, still as a junior, spent some time with Tranmere Rovers before signing for Bolton Wanderers in March 1985. After 18 months and 14 league games, Fitzpatrick, a central defender, joined Bristol City, where he spent two years, playing in about half City's games. He was Player of the Season in the 1989–90 season as the club narrowly failed to reach the play-offs. A season later, Fitzpatrick moved up two divisions to join Leicester City, where he played 27 league games in a year and a half before embarking on a tour of the lower reaches of the Football League with Birmingham City, Bury and Northampton Town and a few months in the Scottish First Division (second tier) with Hamilton Academical. and Workington.

Honours

Individual

• PFA Team of the Year: 1989–90 Fourth Division

References

References

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8. (20 August 1999). "Workington 1 Flixton 0". Sale & Altrincham Messenger.
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