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Eric Black

Scottish footballer and manager (born 1963)
Person Human Q2757880

Facts

17 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[6]
Date of birth
October 1, 1963
Place of birth
Bellshill
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[5]
Occupation
association football player, association football coach
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[12]
Coach of sports team
Aston Villa F.C.[15]
Country for sport
Scotland[13]
Different from
Eric Black[14]
Family name
Black[9]
Given name
Eric[10]
Member of sports team
FC Metz, Aberdeen F.C., Scotland men's national football team, Scotland national under-21 football team
Number of matches played/races/starts
+1[11]
Position played on team / speciality
forward[7]
Sport
association football[8]
Total goals in career
+0[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en Eric Black ar إيريك بلاك ja エリック・ブラック ru Эрик Блэк uk Ерік Блек zh 埃里克·布拉克 zh 艾力·伯蘭克 zh 艾域·布歷克 zh 艾歷·布歷克
🔖 Identifiers · 15
EU-Football.info player ID
2039
FC Metz player ID
black-eric
FIFA player ID (archived)
159994
FootballDatabase.eu person ID
18509
Freebase ID
/m/0g82gb
Kicker.de player ID
eric-black
National-Football-Teams.com player ID
20098
Playmakerstats.com player ID
78944
Prabook ID
3263679
Soccerbase manager ID
1750
Soccerbase player ID
709
Trading Card Database name ID
75033
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Transfermarkt manager ID
1701
Transfermarkt player ID
131030
WorldFootball.net person ID (old)
eric-black

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🔗 Connections
Member of sports team 4
Scotland men's national football team, Aberdeen F.C., FC Metz, Scotland national under-21 football team
Occupation 2
association football player, association football coach
Coach of sports team 1
Aston Villa F.C.
Country for sport 1
Scotland
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Family name 1
Black
Given name 1
Eric
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Place of birth 1
Bellshill
Position played on team / speciality 1
forward
Sex or gender 1
male
Sport 1
association football
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Summary

Eric Black was born on October 1, 1963[1], in Bellshill[2]. He has worked as an association football player[3] and association football coach[4].

FAQs

Where was Eric Black born?

Eric Black was born in Bellshill[2].

What did Eric Black do for work?

Eric Black worked as an association football player[3] and association football coach[4].

Related Entities

Scotland United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . Soccerbase. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [1] ↑ . Transfermarkt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [11] ↑ . UEFA.com. wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . UEFA.com. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · Nokya · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Playmakerstats.com player ID → 78944
    "Created claim: Playmakerstats.com player ID: 78944, batch #289906"
  2. 10w ago · LeoGe25 · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Position played on team / speciality → forward
    FC Metz player ID → black-eric
    Occupation → association football player, association football coach
    Number of matches played/races/starts → 1
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: FC Metz player ID: black-eric, Matched to Eric BLACK (#167376627) in FC Metz players"
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