Emma Hayes

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Emma Hayes
OBE
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Hayes with Chelsea F.C. Women in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-10-18) 18 October 1976 (age 45)
Place of birth Camden, London, England
Club information
Current team
 Chelsea F.C. Women (manager)
Teams managed
Years Team
2001–2003 Long Island Lady Riders
2003–2006 Iona College
2006–2008 Arsenal Ladies (assistant)
2008–2010 Chicago Red Stars
2012– Chelsea Women

Emma Carol Hayes OBE (born 18 October 1976) is an English professional football manager. She is currently the manager of FA WSL club Chelsea Women.[1] She previously served as the head coach and director of football operations for Chicago Red Stars[2] of Women's Professional Soccer in the United States from 2008 until 24 May 2010.[3]

Career[]

Hayes was born in Camden, London, and attended Parliament Hill School.[4] She then studied at Liverpool Hope University, graduating in 1999. She was formerly manager of the Long Island Lady Riders between 2001 and 2003, head women's football coach at Iona College in New Rochelle between 2003 and 2006, and first team assistant coach and academy director for Arsenal Ladies between 2006 and 2008.

Hayes joined Chicago Red Stars as a manager in 2008. After she was sacked in 2010, she took up a technical director role at Western New York Flash and advised them on transfers, helping to create a team that won the 2011 Women's Professional Soccer championship. After another stint as a consultant for Washington Freedom, Hayes returned to London and worked for the family business, Covent Garden FX, a currency exchange.[5]

In August 2012, Hayes landed the Chelsea FC Women job[5] replacing Liverpool-bound Matt Beard.

2015 season[]

After narrowly missing out on the 2014 FA WSL 1 title on the final day, Hayes oversaw a huge squad overhaul that bore witness to the addition of several arrivals. Swedish shot-stopper Hedvig Lindahl and promising England centre-half Millie Bright among the new recruits.[6][7] Marija Banusic, Gemma Davison and Niamh Fahey also joined Chelsea, signing from Kristianstads, Liverpool Ladies and Arsenal Ladies respectively.[8][9][10] Later on in the season, Hayes won the race for Reading & England forward Fran Kirby for a British record fee.[11] With the agonising memories of final-day defeat still fresh in memory, Hayes guided her side to an historic league and cup double, edging the FA Cup Final thanks to a lone strike from Ji So-yun late on in the first half.[12] Later on in the season, they avenged themselves by winning The FA WSL 1 title, after hammering Sunderland at home 4–0 to secure the trophy.[13]

"[Hayes] built everything at Chelsea – from having the kit washed to having food, to having our own building, to having our own training and pitches. Now, it’s an absolute professional setup but everything's been a fight over the years to do that."

Katie Chapman, who played under Hayes at three different clubs, credits her with building Chelsea from the ground-up.[5]

In the Women's Champions League, Hayes' side reached the last 16 after defeating Glasgow City. After their 2–1 home defeat by VfL Wolfsburg, Hayes criticised The Football Association for poor fixture scheduling, insisting that the competition is "geared to French, German and Swedish teams, and until we change that or listen to clubs like Chelsea we are always going to get knocked out in the early rounds".[14]

2016 season[]

Hayes' side finished second in The FA WSL 1, five points adrift of Champions Manchester City.[15] The Blues also reached the FA Cup Final for the second consecutive year, losing 1–0 to a strong Arsenal side.[16]

Hayes was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to football.[17]

2017 season[]

Aided with addition of new players including Ramona Bachmann, Maren Mjelde, Erin Cuthbert and Crystal Dunn, Emma Hayes guided her side to finish top, in a reorganised FA WSL1, on goal difference.

The team also played the FA Cup competitions and reached the semi-final but were knocked out by Birmingham City in a penalty shoot-out.[18]

2020 season[]

Hayes sought to rebuilt the team at the conclusion of the 2017–18 season around new recruits Sam Kerr, Pernille Harder, Melanie Leupolz, Magda Eriksson, and Ann Katrin Berger having moved on some key first-team players. The 2019–20 and 2020–21 season saw her team win back-to-back WSL titles[19] in what were recording breaking years,[20] following a trophy-less 2018–19 campaign.[19] Given Chelsea's dominance in the 2020–21 season in both Europe and England,[21] some observers[weasel words] hailed them as one of the best teams ever.[19][22] Hayes became the first woman manager to reach the Champions League final in 12 years.[23] On 16 May, her Chelsea team, also playing their first-ever Champions League final, lost 4–0 to Barcelona Femeni.[24]

Hayes won the 2020–21 FA WSL Manager of the Year award.[25] Two months later, she signed a new long-term contract with Chelsea.[26]

She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to association football.[27]

Managerial statistics[]

All competitive league, cup and European games are included.

As of 16 December 2021 [28][29]
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L Win %
Chicago Red Stars  United States 2008 2010 26 6 14 6 023.08
Chelsea F.C. Women  England 2012 Present 238 161 31 46 067.65
Career total 264 167 45 52 063.26


Managerial honours[]

Chelsea Women

Individual

Personal life[]

Hayes joined Arsenal's academy but a career-ending ankle injury while on a ski trip when she was 17 cut-short her playing career. With football ruled out, Hayes took European Studies, Spanish, and Sociology at Liverpool Hope college and later a Masters degree in Intelligence and International Affairs.[5]

In 2018, Hayes was pregnant with twins, but lost one of them, Albie, 28 weeks in.[5] She gave birth to the surviving twin, Harry,[5] on 17 May 2018.[30][31]

Hayes credits Vic Akers, former Arsenal Women FC manager under whom she was part of the backroom staff when they won an unprecedented quadruple in the 2006–07 season, for being a "massive" influence on her career.[32] Speaking of her experience coaching in the United States she said though she was born in England, she was definitely made in America.[33]

Chelsea forward Fran Kirby, who suffered from severe depression after the loss of her mother early in her life and from a career-threatening illness in her late 20s, is particularly close to Hayes. Speaking of Hayes' positive influence in her life she said, "Emma's been incredible. She's been my rock; the person who made sure I was protected from everything."[34]

Accolades[]

The Best FIFA Women's Coach 2021

References[]

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  27. ^ "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N12.
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  29. ^ "Red Stars relieve Hayes of duties | Espn". espn.com. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  30. ^ "Emma Hayes: Chelsea Ladies manager gives birth to boy". BBC Sport. 17 May 2018. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021.
  31. ^ "Emma Hayes gives birth". chelseafc.com. 17 May 2018. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021.
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  34. ^ Taylor, Louise (5 September 2020). "Fran Kirby: 'The cardiologist said if I didn't slow down, I wouldn't play again'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 10 May 2021.
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