Kenny Jackett

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Kenny Jackett (born 5 January 1962 in Watford) is a former Welsh football player (born in England) who is now a manager. A skilful player, equally at home in defence or midfield, Jackett was capped 31 times for Wales. He was a loyal servant to Watford F.C., whom he later went on to manage. He is currently first team manager of Swansea City.

[edit] Playing career

Jackett broke into the Watford first team at the end of the 1979-80 season. During the 1980's he helped the team to a runners-up spot in Division One, as well as appearing in the 1984 FA Cup final. Jackett's playing career was ended prematurely when a serious injury forced his retirement in 1990, at the age of just 28.

[edit] Managerial career

Jackett began his management career in June 1996 as head coach with Watford. He succeeded Graham Taylor, who became Director of Football. In the 1996-97 season, Jackett was unable to mount a serious promotion challenge and Watford finished 13th - their lowest finish since the 1970s. During the close season he was demoted to assistant manager, with Taylor once again becoming manager. Jackett assisted Taylor in getting Watford promoted two seasons in a row, and helped the club during their 1999-2000 Premiership campaign - although they were relegated in bottom place.

When Taylor left Watford at the end of the 2000-01 Division One campaign, Jackett was released on the instruction of incoming manager Gianluca Vialli, an unpopular move with many fans of the club. He then joined Ian Holloway at Queens Park Rangers as assistant manager and contributed towards their Division Two promotion campaign, but left to take charge of Swansea in March 2004.

In Jackett's first full season in charge, Swansea were promoted from League Two, finishing in third place. A fine start to the 2005-06 League One campaign followed, putting them well on course for a second successive promotion, but Swansea slipped away from the top of the league, ending the season in sixth place and qualifying for the promotion play-offs, which they lost on penalties in the final against Barnsley. In 2006-07 the side has been hovering in and around the top 6.

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Preceded by:
Graham Taylor		 Watford Manager
1996-1997		 Succeeded by:
Graham Taylor
Preceded by:
Brian Flynn		 Swansea City Manager
2004-		 Succeeded by:
Present incumbent


Swansea City A.F.C. - Current Squad

1 Guéret | 2 Amankwaah | 3 Austin | 4 O'Leary | 5 Tate | 6 Iriekpen | 7 Britton | 8 Pratley | 9 Akinfenwa | 10 Trundle | 11 Fallon | 12 Watt | 14 Painter | 15 Williams | 16 Monk | 17 Tudur-Jones | 18 Robinson | 19 Way | 20 MacDonald | 21 Jones | 22 Lawrence | 24 Knight | 26 Oakes | 28 Butler | new Craney | Manager: Jackett
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