Simon Ireland

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Simon Ireland
Personal information
Full name Simon Piers Ireland
Date of birth (1971-11-23) 23 November 1971 (age 50)
Place of birth Barnstaple, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Sheffield Wednesday (coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1993 Huddersfield Town 19 (0)
1991Wrexham (loan) 5 (0)
1993 Blackburn Rovers 1 (0)
1993–1997 Mansfield Town 85 (10)
1997–1998 Doncaster Rovers 61 (2)
Boreham Wood
Teams managed
2019 Nottingham Forest (caretaker)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Simon Piers Ireland (born 23 November 1971, in Barnstaple) is a former professional footballer and current first-team coach at Sheffield Wednesday. He played as a midfielder for Huddersfield Town, Wrexham, Blackburn Rovers, Mansfield Town, Doncaster Rovers and Boreham Wood.

Coaching career[]

In January 2008, Ireland was appointed as assistant director, with responsibility for the U9-U12 age groups at Blackburn Rovers.[1] From 2010 to 2013, he worked as the U18 assistant academy manager.[2] In August 2013, he then became the U21 manager of Brighton & Hove Albion.[2] After 18 months, Ireland left to join Queens Park Rangers as the academy's new head of coaching and coach education on 14 February 2015.[3] After almost three years, he left on 18 January and a few days later, he joined the staff of Aitor Karanka at Nottingham Forest as a first team coach.[4] Ireland faced his first game as manager the following day against Reading which he lost 0–2.[5] On 15 January 2019, Martin O'Neill was appointed as the new manager and Ireland therefore continued as a member of the staff.[6]

On 6 August 2021, Ireland joined Darren Moore as a first-team coach at Sheffield Wednesday.[7]

References[]

  1. ^ Former Town winger back at Blackburn Rovers, examinerlive.co.uk, 21 January 2008
  2. ^ a b Profile at Footballdatabase, footballdatabase.eu
  3. ^ SIMON IRELAND JOINS QPR ACADEMY, qpr.co.uk, 14 February 2015
  4. ^ Simon Ireland will join Nottingham Forest in first team coaching role alongside Aitor Karanka, nottinghampost.com, 22 January 2018
  5. ^ Ireland apologises after Reading defeat, nottinghamforest.co.uk, 12 January 2019
  6. ^ Martin O'Neill confirmed as new manager of Nottingham Forest, theguardian.com, 15 January 2019
  7. ^ "Moore bolsters coaching team". Sheffield Wednesday F.C. 6 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

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