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5 unusual facts about football manager


David Strettle

Strettle is an aficionado of Football Manager, and sees himself as having the knack for "picking up players on the cheap and turning them into the new Rooney or Henry".

FaceGen

The most notable examples of its use are for player character creation in Tiger Woods PGA Tour (photo game face), The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and the Football Manager series.

Football manager

Football Manager, a series of football management simulation games started in 2005

Sandy Martens

Before 2012, Martens had the unique identification number of 0 in Sports Interactive's Football Manager series.

Willie Maley

William "Willie" Patrick Maley (25 April 1868 – 2 April 1958) was a Scottish football coach and former player, the first manager of Celtic Football Club, and one of the most successful managers in Scottish football history.


1981–82 Football League

They were joined by Norwich City and Watford, owned by Elton John and managed by Graham Taylor, who would begin 1982–83 as First Division members for the first time in their history.

1999–2000 Southampton F.C. season

Manager Dave Jones was given leave from his duties in January to concentrate on clearing his name in connection with child abuse charges, and former England boss Glenn Hoddle was appointed on a temporary basis.

2000–01 Southampton F.C. season

Southampton enjoyed their best form in several years after it was announced that Glenn Hoddle was replacing Dave Jones as manager on a permanent basis.

Billy McNeill

When Villa were relegated after finishing bottom of the First Division in May 1987, he stood down to make way for Graham Taylor and returned to Celtic.

Chris Bennion

He has played under three different managers at Oriel Park, Trevor Anderson, Jim Gannon and John Gill.

Football Association of Ireland

Following the respectable performance of the national team in the 2002 World Cup, the team's fortunes have subsequently declined, under the management of Mick McCarthy and his successors, first Brian Kerr, and then Steve Staunton.

Gary Connaughton

He has also represented Ireland at underage soccer winning a European Under 19 Championship medal in 1998 under the guidance of manager Brian Kerr, where he was second to first choice keeper Alex O'Reilly of West Ham United, He played one match in the tournament against France, In that same year he received a trial with Newcastle United.

Geraint Williams

David Geraint Williams, known as Geraint Williams (born 5 January 1962 in Cwmparc) is a Welsh football manager and former international footballer.

Hans-Peter Schaller

Hans-Peter Schaller (born on September 5, 1962) is an Austrian football manager that currently managed Persiba Balikpapan in the Indonesia Super League.

Huntsville Fire

The team, a charter member of the Eastern Indoor Soccer League, was originally founded as the Daytona Beach Speedkings playing at the Ocean Center in Daytona Beach, Florida, under the direction of coach Scott Cooper.

Jerko Tipurić

Jerko Tipurić (born 14 June 1960 in Konjic) is a Croatian former football defender and football manager.

Maksim Tsyhalka

Maksim and, to a lesser extent, his brother Yuri both achieved a small amount of fame and worldwide renown after they were featured in the Championship Manager / Football Manager computer game series by Sports Interactive, especially in CM 01/02.

Miles Jacobson

Miles Jacobson OBE is studio director of Sports Interactive, the team behind the Football Manager series of video games, and creators of the original Championship Manager.

Rudi Faßnacht

Rudolf "Rudi" Faßnacht (28 December 1934 in Neu-Ulm, Bavaria – 25 July 2000 in Gonesse) was a German football manager.

Sam Gleaves

Sam Gleaves was an English football manager, noted for being the secretary of Burslem Port Vale for nine years at the turn of the 20th century, from 1896 until May 1905.

Thomas H. McIntosh

He moved to Middlesbrough nine years later where new chairman Philip Bach was charged with rebuilding the club following the match-fixing scandal involving the previous chairman Thomas Gibson-Poole and manager Andy Walker.

Wilf Rostron

During the 1980–81 Watford manager Graham Taylor played Rostron as a left-back to combat Chelsea winger Clive Walker.

Zezé Moreira

Alfredo Moreira Júnior, usually known as Zezé Moreira (October 16, 1917 in Miracema - April 10, 1998 in Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian footballer and football manager that coached Brazil for some games in 1952.


see also

1992 Football League Cup Final

The final was also notable as Brian Clough's last major domestic cup final as a football manager.

Ameur

Hameur Hizem or Ameur Hizem (born 1937), Tunisian former football manager

Blagoja

Blagoja Kuleski (born 1962), retired Macedonian football player and currently a football manager

Bommer

Rudolf Bommer (born 1957), former German footballer and football manager

Brima Keita

Brima Keita is a Sierra Leonean football manager; and he is currently the manager of Sierra Leone National Premier League club, Old Edwardians F.C..

Carlos César Ramos Custódio

Carlos César Ramos Custódio also known as Carlos César (born February 27, 1943 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a football manager who last worked for Bangu.

Choi Chung-Min

Choi Chung-Min (Hangul: 최정민, Hanja: 崔貞敏, 30 August 1930 – 8 August 1983) is a retired South Korean football player and football manager.

Clifton F.C.

Russell Slade (born 10 October 1960) is an English football manager currently in charge of League One side Leyton Orient.

Coláiste Chríost Rí, Cork

Many well-known Irish names have attended the school, such as Micheál Martin, the current leader of Fianna Fáil, footballers Denis Irwin and Damien Delaney, Green Party Senator Dan Boyle, athlete Marcus O'Sullivan and world champion, Robert Heffernan and former Cork senior football manager and former allstar Billy Morgan (Gaelic footballer).

Coman Goggins

Goggins was appointed Captain for Dublin in the 2002 Senior Football Championship by the then new, Dublin Senior Football manager, Tommy Lyons.

Cullis

Kevin Cullis (born 1958), former English football manager and a convicted fraudster

David Sutton

Dave Sutton (born 1957), English footballer and football manager

Edgar Schmitt

Edgar "Euro-Eddy" Schmitt (born on 29 April 1963 in Rittersdorf) is a retired German football player and was last football manager in charge of TSV Essingen.

Edvīns Bārda

Edvīns Bārda (6 April 1900 in Riga - 28 September 1947 in Liverpool) was a Latvian footballer and manager, the elder and most popular of four football playing Bārda brothers.

Flitcroft

Garry Flitcroft (born 1972), English football manager and former professional footballer

Francisco Arcos

Francisco "Paco" Arcos Arcos (born 16 December 1974 in Ibi, Province of Alicante) is a Spanish football manager currently in charge of the physical trainer and assistant manager of Alicante CF, and coordinator of youth football at club.

Francky Dury

Francky Dury (born 11 October 1957 in Roeselare) is a Belgian former Police detective and now football manager of Zulte Waregem.

Frank Gray

Francis Tierney 'Frank' Gray (born 27 October 1954 in Castlemilk, Scotland) is a Scottish football manager and former footballer.

Gabino Amparán

Gabino Amparán Martínez (born October 9, 1968 in Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua), is a Mexican football manager.

Gheorghe Mulțescu

Gheorghe "Gigi" Mulțescu (born 13 November 1951 in Botoroaga, Romania) is a former football player, and a current football manager.

Gomes de Olivera

Mario Gomes de Oliviera (born on December 1, 1962) is a Brazilian football player and manager that currently managed Persiwa Wamena in the Indonesia Super League.

Goodier

Ted Goodier (1902–1967), English professional footballer and football manager

Guillou

Jean-Marc Guillou (born 1945), French footballer and football manager

Héctor Hugo Eugui

Héctor Hugo Eugui Simoncelli (born February 18, 1947 in Mercedes, Uruguay) is a Uruguayan football manager and former player.

Jamie Pollock

As well as being a football manager, he is co-owner of a Glass and Glazing company based in Middlesbrough near the Transporter Bridge called Polton Glass.

Jimmy Rae

James Clarkson Rae (born in Aberdeenshire) was a Scottish professional footballer and manager who most famously played for and then became manager of English Football League club Plymouth Argyle.

Jon Kenny

Kenny performed as a celebrity Gaelic football Manager in the reality series Celebrity Bainisteoir.

Josef Humpál

Josef "Pepi" Humpál (born 30 January 1918 in Olomouc, died 1 December 1984) was a footballer and football manager from the Czech Republic.

Jozef Jarabinský

Jozef Jarabinský (born 12 March 1944 in Jarabina, Czechoslovakia) is a former Czechoslovak football player and later a football manager of Slovak origin.

Julio César Moreno

Julio César Moreno Yáñez (born 27 September 1969 in Santiago, Chile) is a Football Manager.

Kiveton Park

The village is also famous as the birthplace of legendary football manager Herbert Chapman and his brother Harry, one of the greatest players to have played for Sheffield Wednesday.

Lori Sandri

Lori Paulo Sandri (born 29 January 1949 in Encantado) is a Brazilian football manager who was last active as the Manager of Portuguese club Marítimo.

Mühren

Arnold Mühren (born 1951), Dutch football manager and former footballer

Neven Maguire

John Masterson, writing in the Irish Independent, accused Liveline of "manufacturing" the fight, called the radio show a "kangaroo-court" and questioned why football manager Giovanni Trapattoni ("who had one more model than Neven in the same paper") was not equally guilty according to the feminists.

Okuka

Dragan Okuka (born 1954), Serbian football manager and a former player

Omagh

Sean McDermott - American Football manager and alumni of University of Liverpool Law School

PerfectGoal

PerfectGoal is a football manager browser game developed by Art-e-Fakten from Hannover, in cooperation with the former professional football player and world champion Gerd Müller.

Peri Sandria

Peri Sandria (born on 23 September 1969) is an Indonesian football player and manager that previously plays for Persib Bandung in the Liga Indonesia Premier Division.

Ponte San Giovanni

The city has also its own football team, A.S.D. Pontevecchio, currently playing in the Italian Serie D (fifth tier) and is the birthplace of Italian top flight football manager Serse Cosmi.

Puel

Claude Puel (born 1961), French football manager and former player

Roberto Gomez

Roberto Carlos Mario Gómez (born 1957), Argentine football manager and former football player

Sergio Rubio

Sergio Rubio Ríos (born November 27, 1956 in San Juan Teotihuacán, State of Mexico), is a Mexican football manager and former defender.

Simone Thomalla

From 2000 until 2009 she had a relationship with the German football manager Rudi Assauer.

Tamás Artner

Tamás Artner (born 25 April 1970) is a Hungarian football manager and former player, who is currently the manager of Szombathelyi Haladás.

Tiffany Chapman

She is also the daughter of former footballer and football manager Les Chapman who played around 1000 games for various clubs in the Football League.

Vestnes

Kjetil Rekdal (born 1968), a Norwegian football manager and a former footballer

Walter Wilson

Walter Bartley Wilson (1870–1954), artist and football manager at Cardiff City

Žák

Robert Žák (born 1966), Czech football manager and former player

Zoltán Szabó

Zoltan Sabo, Serbian-born Hungarian football manager and retired player