Leigh Manson
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place of birth | Scotland | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Global | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| Queen of the South | |||
| Richmond Kickers | |||
| Gretna | |||
| Teams managed | |||
| 2013 | Philippines U-23 | ||
| 2014- | Global | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals) | |||
Leigh Manson is a Scottish football manager and the founder and current president of Nike Total Football in Japan.[1] Manson has been coaching with the sport for 20 years, he has also played in numerous clubs like the Queen of the South and Gretna in Scotland and the Richmond Kickers in the United States.[2] Since January 2014, he has been appointed as the manager of Global.[3]
Football career
Leigh Manson is the founder and president of Total Football in Japan. He was licensed as a Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) B coach with numerous awards from the Scottish Football Association.[1] He was also a part of the team's regional development of the United Kingdom national women's football team.[1]
He was a part of the training of Philippines national under-23 football team as their preparation to the 2013 Southeast Asian Games. They held their training with the squad every day for two weeks.[2]
Global
Brian Reid was replaced by Manson to coach for Global, a Philippine based football club.[3][4] He made his debut in the United Football League, the premier football league in the country[5][6] against Loyola Meralco Sparks in a 4–0 loss.[7]
Managerial statistics
As of 3 April 2014
| Team | Nat | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | ||||
| Global F.C. |  |
January 2014 | 28 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 78.57 | |
References
- 1 2 3 "Meet the Team". Total Football Japan. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- 1 2 Guerrero, Bob (20 June 2013). "Meet the Azkals U23 team’s Secret Weapon". Yahoo! Philippines. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- 1 2 "Global names Leigh Manson as new head coach". Global Football Club. 11 January 2014. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
Manson: I'm very excited by the opportunity to put my ideas on the pitch ... I know long enough Dan's vision of how he wants Global to play.
- ↑ Decena, Karl (14 January 2014). "UFL powerhouse Global appoints new Scottish coach for League competition". InterAKTV/TV5. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ↑ "About United Football League". United Football League. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
The United Football League has been at the forefront of Philippine club football since it was revamped by the Football Alliance in 2009 ... Presently, the United Football League has grown to become an eight-month-long competition, with 20 teams separated evenly into two divisions. Such has been the growth and development of the sport in the last three years that UFL clubs are now competing in regional tournaments like the AFC President's Cup and Singapore Cup.
- ↑ Jamlang, Josue (6 December 2011). "The Football Alliance: Philippine football’s miracle workers". InterAKTV/TV5. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
- ↑ Miravite, Myke (15 January 2014). "UFL: Loyola stuns Global 4-0 in titanic second-day matchup". Rappler. Retrieved 22 March 2014.