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'''Paul Norman Telfer''' (born 21 October 1971) is a Scottish football coach and former professional [[Association football|footballer]].
Telfer made over 300 league appearances in the [[Premier League]] for [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]] and [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] between 1995 and 2005. He previously played over 150 times for [[Luton Town F.C.|Luton Town]]. In 2005, he signed for [[Scottish Premier League]] side [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] where he made 57 appearances in two seasons in his native country. He later went on to feature for [[AFC Bournemouth]] and [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]] before finishing his career with non-league side [[Slough Town F.C.|Slough Town]] in 2009. He was capped once by [[Scotland national football team|Scotland]] in
In 2011, he joined the coaching staff at [[Sutton United F.C.|Sutton United]] and also agreed to make a return to the playing side of the game. He has also had a spell with [[North American Soccer League (2011–2017)|North American Soccer League]] team [[Indy Eleven]] as assistant coach.
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===Leeds United===
On 8 August 2008, Telfer came out of retirement for a second time and joined [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]] on a non-contract basis after initially training with Leeds to keep fitness. He signed a one-year deal with the club at the end of August. Impressing his former teammate Gary McAlliser who was managing Leeds at the time. Telfer was expected to act as cover for right back [[Frazer Richardson]].<ref>https://www.leedsunited.com/news/team-news/10528/paul-telfer {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref>
But after some poor performances by Leeds' centre backs, Telfer found himself playing in an unfamiliar centre back role after impressing for Leeds in the position in a League Cup game against [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]]. Telfer at first put in some assured performances, but as the season went on Leeds became very vulnerable, with Telfer's lack of pace being exposed. Most notably in injury time against [[Huddersfield Town]] after Leeds conceded a goal, where Telfer's lack of pace was badly exposed. Gary McAllister was sacked in December, and new manager [[Simon Grayson]] left Telfer out of all of his first team squads during his first month at the club. On 2 February 2009, his contract was cancelled by mutual consent with Telfer saying he didn't want Leeds to spend money paying his wages whilst he wasn't going to play.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leedsunited.com/news/20090202/telfer-departs_2247585_1541536 |title=Telfer departs |date=2 February 2009 |publisher=Leeds United FC |access-date=24 May 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921030542/http://www.leedsunited.com/news/20090202/telfer-departs_2247585_1541536 |archive-date=21 September 2012 }}</ref>
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==International career==
==Coaching career==
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