Ryan Lowe
Ryan Thomas Lowe (born 18 September 1978) is an English football manager and former professional player, who is manager of Championship side Preston North End. His playing career, as a striker, began at Burscough in 1999 and he became a Football League player with Shrewsbury Town the following year. He played for eight league clubs in all and had three spells at Bury. In the second half of the 2010–11 season, Lowe established a Bury club record by scoring a goal in each of nine consecutive league games.
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Lowe playing for Tranmere Rovers in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ryan Thomas Lowe | ||
| Date of birth | 18 September 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9+1⁄2 in (1.77 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Preston North End (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Liverpool | |||
| 1996–1999 | Southport | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Sandon Dock | |||
| Waterloo Dock | |||
| 1999–2000 | Burscough | ||
| 2000–2005 | Shrewsbury Town | 171 | (32) |
| 2005–2006 | Chester City | 40 | (14) |
| 2006–2008 | Crewe Alexandra | 64 | (12) |
| 2008 | → Stockport County (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | Chester City | 45 | (16) |
| 2009–2011 | Bury | 90 | (49) |
| 2011–2012 | Sheffield Wednesday | 26 | (8) |
| 2012–2013 | Milton Keynes Dons | 42 | (11) |
| 2013–2014 | Tranmere Rovers | 45 | (19) |
| 2014–2016 | Bury | 53 | (15) |
| 2015–2016 | → Crewe Alexandra (loan) | 6 | (2) |
| 2016–2017 | Crewe Alexandra | 22 | (5) |
| 2017–2018 | Bury | 18 | (1) |
| Total | 626 | (184) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2017 | Bury (caretaker) | ||
| 2018–2019 | Bury | ||
| 2019–2021 | Plymouth Argyle | ||
| 2021– | Preston North End | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Lowe ended his playing career at Bury who had signed him again in January 2017, this time as player-coach. He became caretaker-manager twice in 2017–18 after first Lee Clark and then Chris Lucketti were sacked. Lowe retired from playing in March 2018 during his second caretaker appointment. In May 2018, despite their relegation to League Two, Bury offered Lowe the position of full-time manager on a two-year contract to the end of the 2019–20 season. After guiding the club to promotion back to League One, he left Bury on 5 June 2019 to take over at newly relegated Plymouth Argyle, managing them to an immediate return to League One.