Chris O'Loughlin (football manager)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 6 August 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Union SG (sporting director) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Cliftonville | |||
| Larne | |||
| Teams managed | |||
| 2007 | Orlando Pirates (assistant) | ||
| 2008 | Supersport United (academy) | ||
| 2009 | AS Vita | ||
| 2011 | AS Vita | ||
| 2012 | Melbourne Victory (assistant) | ||
| 2013–2015 | Sint-Truiden (assistant) | ||
| 2015–2016 | Sint-Truiden | ||
| 2016–2017 | Charlton Athletic (assistant) | ||
| 2017–2018 | Sint-Truiden (assistant) | ||
| 2017 | → Sint-Truiden (caretaker) | ||
| 2018–2019 | Kortrijk (assistant) | ||
| 2019 - Present | Union Saint-Gilloise (Sporting Director) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Chris O'Loughlin (born 6 August 1978) is a professional football coach.
Career[]
O'Loughlin was born in Belfast. He played for Cliftonville reserves and Larne in his native Northern Ireland.[1]
O'Loughlin, who had lived for much of his childhood in South Africa, started his coaching career as an assistant coach with the Orlando Pirates in 2007. In 2008, he became an academy coach for Supersport United. In 2009, he was named head coach of the Democratic Republic of Congo club AS Vita[1] and brought them to the quarter final of the CAF Cup. He came back to AS Vita for the 2011 season and qualified them for the CAF Champions League. In 2012, he was named assistant coach of the Melbourne Victory by Jim Magilton. For the 2013–14 season he was appointed as assistant coach of K. Sint-Truidense V.V. to head coach Yannick Ferrera in Belgium. In June 2014 his contract was extended by the club for another season up to June 2015.[2]
O'Loughlin was appointed manager of Sint-Truiden in September 2015, after Ferrera moved to manage Standard Liège. He was replaced by Ivan Leko at the end of the 2015–16 season. He joined the coaching staff at Charlton Athletic F.C. in December 2016 and was named as first team coach until the end of the 2016–17 season.[3]
On 24 May 2019, Royale Union Saint-Gilloise confirmed, that O'Loughlin had joined the club as the new sporting director.[4]
As Sporting Director, O’Loughlin guided USG to promotion to the top tier of Belgian football in the 2020/2021 season.
References[]
- ^ a b Watson, Denise (26 November 2011). "From Cliftonville to Congo". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
- ^ "Chris O'Loughlin re-signs with STVV in Belgium". Legion Sports. Legion Sports. 11 June 2014. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ^ "Richie Barker joins Karl Robinson's backroom staff". 21 December 2016. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
- ^ WELCOME CHRIS O'LOUGHLIN !, rusg.brussels, 24 May 2019
External links[]
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Belfast
- Association footballers from Northern Ireland
- Cliftonville F.C. players
- Larne F.C. players
- NIFL Premiership players
- Football managers from Northern Ireland
- AS Vita Club managers
- Sint-Truidense V.V. managers
- British expatriate football managers
- British expatriate sportspeople in South Africa
- Expatriate football managers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- British expatriate sportspeople in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Linafoot managers
- Expatriate football managers in Belgium
- Expatriate sportspeople from Northern Ireland in Belgium
- Expatriate sportspeople from Northern Ireland in Australia
- Royale Union Saint-Gilloise non-playing staff