Ian Cathro

Ian Cathro
Personal information
Full name Ian Cathro
Date of birth (1986-07-11) 11 July 1986[1]
Youth career
Years Team
2004–2007 Forfar Athletic
2007–2009 Brechin City
Teams managed
Years Team
2008–2012 Dundee United (Youth Coach)
2012–2014 Rio Ave (Assistant Manager)
2014–2015 Valencia (Assistant Manager)
2015– Newcastle United (Assistant Coach)

Ian Cathro (born 11 July 1986) is a Scottish football coach. He is currently assistant coach with Newcastle United under Steve McClaren effectively 3 July 2015.

Playing career

Cathro played youth football for Forfar Athletic, and amateur for Brechin City.[2] He never played as a professional.[3]

Coaching career

After working as a local youth coach in Dundee, Cathro became the head of Dundee United's youth academy at the age of 22.[3] During his time with Dundee United, he also worked for the Scottish Football Association's local youth programme.[3] During his time in Dundee Cathro helped bring through a number of notable young talent working with players such as Ryan Gauld and John Souttar from a young age, Gauld has cited Cathro as one of the biggest influences on his career.[4][5]

In 2012 he became the assistant manager of Portuguese club Rio Ave.[3] In 2014 he followed Nuno, his manager at Rio Ave, to Spanish club Valencia, where he also became assistant manager.[1][6] The two had first met at an SFA coaching course in Scotland in 2009.[1][6] He resigned his Valencia post on 11 June 2015.[7] A fortnight later he agreed to join Premier League side Newcastle United as assistant to Steve McClaren, the recently appointed manager.[8]

References


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