By . Paul Collins . Former Aston Villa and England defender Ugo Ehiogu has been appointed Tottenham’s Under 21 coach. Ehiogu has been working at the Spurs academy on a part-time basis and will be assisted by Matthew Wells who steps up from coaching the Under 15s. New role: Ehiogu had previously been working for Tottenham on a part-time basis . International: Ehiogu celebrates scoring his only England goal - against Spain in February 2001 . Ehiogu, 41, retired from playing in 2009 having had spells at West Brom, Villa, Middlesbrough, Rangers and Sheffield United. He earned four caps for England, memorably scoring in a 3-0 win over Spain in February 2001 in what was Sven-Goran Eriksson's first game in charge. In good company: The then-Middlesbrough defender trains with the England squad in 2002 .
Ugo Ehiogu named Tottenham's Under 21 coach . Ehiogu had been working for the club on part-time basis . Retired England international made his name as defender for Aston Villa .