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George Knobel

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{{short description|Dutch football manager}}
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| name = George Knobel
| image = George Knobel 1977.jpg
| image_size = 250
| caption = Knobel in 1977
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1922|12|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Roosendaal]], [[Netherlands]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|05|05|1922|12|10|df=y}}
| death_place = Roosendaal, Netherlands
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| managerclubs1 = [[VV Baronie]]
| manageryears2 = 1969–1973
| managerclubs2 = [[MVV]]
| manageryears3 = 1973–1974
| managerclubs3 = [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]
| manageryears4 = 1974–1976
| managerclubs4 = [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]]
| manageryears5 = 1976–1978
| managerclubs5 = [[MVV]]
| manageryears6 = 1978–1979
| managerclubs6 = [[Beerschot A.C.|Beerschot]]
| manageryears7 = 1980
| managerclubs7 = [[Beerschot A.C.|Beerschot]]
| manageryears8 = 1980–1981
| managerclubs8 = [[Hong Kong national football team|Hong Kong]]
| manageryears9 = 1981
| managerclubs9 = [[Seiko SA|Seiko]]
| manageryears10 = 1982
| managerclubs10 = [[MVV]] (caretaker)
| manageryears11 = 1985
| managerclubs11 = [[Seiko SA|Seiko]]
| manageryears12 = 1996-2000
| managerclubs12 = [[RBC Roosendaal|RBC]]
}}

'''George Knobel''' (10 December 1922 – 5 May 2012) was a Dutch [[Association football|football]] manager.<ref>{{cite web|author=Oranje-wit |url=http://www.bndestem.nl/sport/sportalgemeen/10989096/Oud-bondscoach-George-Knobel-op-89-jarige-leeftijd-overleden.ece |title=Oud-bondscoach George Knobel op 89-jarige leeftijd overleden – Sport Algemeen – Sport – bndestem |publisher=Bndestem.nl |access-date=6 May 2012}}</ref>

Knobel was born and died in [[Roosendaal]]. He was the coach of the [[Netherlands national football team]] for 15 matches (9 wins, 1 draw, 5 losses) from 1974 to 1976. During his period the Dutch finished third at the European Championship of 1976. He also coached Dutch clubs [[AFC Ajax]] and [[MVV]], including a temporary spell from March to April 1982.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiefleeuwardercourant.nl/vw/article.do?id=NVHN-19820327-AE0027012&vw=org&lm=mvv%2Ctrainer |title=Knobel tijdelijk coach van MVV – NDC|VBK – De Krant van Toen |publisher=Archiefleeuwardercourant.nl |access-date=2014-04-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiefleeuwardercourant.nl/vw/article.do?id=NVHN-19820415-AE0023009&vw=org&lm=mvv%2Ctrainer |title=Knobel weg bij MVV – NDC|VBK – De Krant van Toen |publisher=Archiefleeuwardercourant.nl |access-date=2014-04-19}}</ref> He had a brief stint with [[Seiko SA]] in [[Hong Kong]]. {{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{WorldFootball.net|georges-knobel}}

{{UEFA Super Cup winning managers}}
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{{Netherlands-footy-bio-stub}}

George Knobel

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{{short description|Dutch football manager}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = George Knobel
| image = George Knobel 1977.jpg
| image_size = 250
| caption = Knobel in 1977
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1922|12|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Roosendaal]], [[Netherlands]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|05|05|1922|12|10|df=y}}
| death_place = Roosendaal, Netherlands
| height =
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| manageryears1 = 1966–1969
| managerclubs1 = [[VV Baronie]]
| manageryears2 = 1969–1973
| managerclubs2 = [[MVV]]
| manageryears3 = 1973–1974
| managerclubs3 = [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]
| manageryears4 = 1974–1976
| managerclubs4 = [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]]
| manageryears5 = 1976–1978
| managerclubs5 = [[MVV]]
| manageryears6 = 1978–1979
| managerclubs6 = [[Beerschot A.C.|Beerschot]]
| manageryears7 = 1980
| managerclubs7 = [[Beerschot A.C.|Beerschot]]
| manageryears8 = 1980–1981
| managerclubs8 = [[Hong Kong national football team|Hong Kong]]
| manageryears9 = 1981
| managerclubs9 = [[Seiko SA|Seiko]]
| manageryears10 = 1982
| managerclubs10 = [[MVV]] (caretaker)
| manageryears11 = 1985
| managerclubs11 = [[Seiko SA|Seiko]]
| manageryears11 = 1996-2000
| managerclubs11 = [[RBC Roosendaal|RBC]]
}}

'''George Knobel''' (10 December 1922 – 5 May 2012) was a Dutch [[Association football|football]] manager.<ref>{{cite web|author=Oranje-wit |url=http://www.bndestem.nl/sport/sportalgemeen/10989096/Oud-bondscoach-George-Knobel-op-89-jarige-leeftijd-overleden.ece |title=Oud-bondscoach George Knobel op 89-jarige leeftijd overleden – Sport Algemeen – Sport – bndestem |publisher=Bndestem.nl |access-date=6 May 2012}}</ref>

Knobel was born and died in [[Roosendaal]]. He was the coach of the [[Netherlands national football team]] for 15 matches (9 wins, 1 draw, 5 losses) from 1974 to 1976. During his period the Dutch finished third at the European Championship of 1976. He also coached Dutch clubs [[AFC Ajax]] and [[MVV]], including a temporary spell from March to April 1982.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiefleeuwardercourant.nl/vw/article.do?id=NVHN-19820327-AE0027012&vw=org&lm=mvv%2Ctrainer |title=Knobel tijdelijk coach van MVV – NDC|VBK – De Krant van Toen |publisher=Archiefleeuwardercourant.nl |access-date=2014-04-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiefleeuwardercourant.nl/vw/article.do?id=NVHN-19820415-AE0023009&vw=org&lm=mvv%2Ctrainer |title=Knobel weg bij MVV – NDC|VBK – De Krant van Toen |publisher=Archiefleeuwardercourant.nl |access-date=2014-04-19}}</ref> He had a brief stint with [[Seiko SA]] in [[Hong Kong]]. {{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{WorldFootball.net|georges-knobel}}

{{UEFA Super Cup winning managers}}
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|list1=
{{Netherlands Squad 1976 UEFA Euro}}
}}
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{{MVV managers}}
{{AFC Ajax managers}}
{{Netherlands national football team managers}}
{{K. Beerschot AC managers}}
{{Hong Kong national football team managers}}
{{Willem II managers}}
}}

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[[Category:MVV Maastricht managers]]
[[Category:AFC Ajax managers]]
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[[Category:RBC Roosendaal managers]]
[[Category:Netherlands national football team managers]]
[[Category:UEFA Euro 1976 managers]]
[[Category:Hong Kong national football team managers]]
[[Category:Dutch expatriate football managers]]
[[Category:Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belgium]]
[[Category:Expatriate football managers in Belgium]]
[[Category:Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong]]
[[Category:Expatriate football managers in Hong Kong]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Roosendaal]]
[[Category:Deaths from dementia in the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Deaths from Alzheimer's disease]]

{{Netherlands-footy-bio-stub}}

George Knobel

2023-04-01T12:00:42Z

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{{short description|Dutch football manager}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
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| name = George Knobel
| image = George Knobel 1977.jpg
| image_size = 250
| caption = Knobel in 1977
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1922|12|10|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Roosendaal]], [[Netherlands]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2012|05|05|1922|12|10|df=y}}
| death_place = Roosendaal, Netherlands
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| managerclubs1 = [[VV Baronie]]
| manageryears2 = 1969–1973
| managerclubs2 = [[MVV]]
| manageryears3 = 1973–1974
| managerclubs3 = [[AFC Ajax|Ajax]]
| manageryears4 = 1974–1976
| managerclubs4 = [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]]
| manageryears5 = 1976–1978
| managerclubs5 = [[MVV]]
| manageryears6 = 1978–1979
| managerclubs6 = [[Beerschot A.C.|Beerschot]]
| manageryears7 = 1980
| managerclubs7 = [[Beerschot A.C.|Beerschot]]
| manageryears8 = 1980–1981
| managerclubs8 = [[Hong Kong national football team|Hong Kong]]
| manageryears9 = 1981
| managerclubs9 = [[Seiko SA|Seiko]]
| manageryears10 = 1982
| managerclubs10 = [[MVV]] (caretaker)
| manageryears11 = 1985
| managerclubs11 = [[Seiko SA|Seiko]]
}}

'''George Knobel''' (10 December 1922 – 5 May 2012) was a Dutch [[Association football|football]] manager.<ref>{{cite web|author=Oranje-wit |url=http://www.bndestem.nl/sport/sportalgemeen/10989096/Oud-bondscoach-George-Knobel-op-89-jarige-leeftijd-overleden.ece |title=Oud-bondscoach George Knobel op 89-jarige leeftijd overleden – Sport Algemeen – Sport – bndestem |publisher=Bndestem.nl |access-date=6 May 2012}}</ref>

Knobel was born and died in [[Roosendaal]]. He was the coach of the [[Netherlands national football team]] for 15 matches (9 wins, 1 draw, 5 losses) from 1974 to 1976. During his period the Dutch finished third at the European Championship of 1976. He also coached Dutch clubs [[AFC Ajax]] and [[MVV]], including a temporary spell from March to April 1982.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiefleeuwardercourant.nl/vw/article.do?id=NVHN-19820327-AE0027012&vw=org&lm=mvv%2Ctrainer |title=Knobel tijdelijk coach van MVV – NDC|VBK – De Krant van Toen |publisher=Archiefleeuwardercourant.nl |access-date=2014-04-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archiefleeuwardercourant.nl/vw/article.do?id=NVHN-19820415-AE0023009&vw=org&lm=mvv%2Ctrainer |title=Knobel weg bij MVV – NDC|VBK – De Krant van Toen |publisher=Archiefleeuwardercourant.nl |access-date=2014-04-19}}</ref> He had a brief stint with [[Seiko SA]] in [[Hong Kong]]. {{Citation needed|date=July 2011}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{WorldFootball.net|georges-knobel}}

{{UEFA Super Cup winning managers}}
{{Navboxes
|title= George Knobel international tournaments
|list1=
{{Netherlands Squad 1976 UEFA Euro}}
}}
{{Navboxes
|title= George Knobel managerial positions
|list1=
{{MVV managers}}
{{AFC Ajax managers}}
{{Netherlands national football team managers}}
{{K. Beerschot AC managers}}
{{Hong Kong national football team managers}}
{{Willem II managers}}
}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Knobel, George}}
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[[Category:2012 deaths]]
[[Category:Dutch football managers]]
[[Category:MVV Maastricht managers]]
[[Category:AFC Ajax managers]]
[[Category:Beerschot A.C. managers]]
[[Category:RBC Roosendaal managers]]
[[Category:Netherlands national football team managers]]
[[Category:UEFA Euro 1976 managers]]
[[Category:Hong Kong national football team managers]]
[[Category:Dutch expatriate football managers]]
[[Category:Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Belgium]]
[[Category:Expatriate football managers in Belgium]]
[[Category:Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Hong Kong]]
[[Category:Expatriate football managers in Hong Kong]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Roosendaal]]
[[Category:Deaths from dementia in the Netherlands]]
[[Category:Deaths from Alzheimer's disease]]

{{Netherlands-footy-bio-stub}}

Mixu Paatelainen

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{{Short description|Finnish footballer and manager (born 1967)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Mixu Paatelainen
| image = Mixu Paatelainen.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Mixu Paatelainen
| fullname = Mika-Matti Petteri Paatelainen<ref name="PFA 475">{{cite book | last = Hugman | first = Barry J. | title = The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005 | publisher = Queen Anne Press | year = 2005 | page = 475 | isbn = 1-85291-665-6 }}</ref>
| height = 1.83 m
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1967|2|3}}
| birth_place = [[Helsinki]], Finland
| position = [[Striker (association football)|Striker]]
| currentclub =
| years1 = 1985–1987 | caps1 = 48 | goals1 = 18 | clubs1 = [[FC Haka|Valkeakosken Haka]]
| years2 = 1987–1992 | caps2 = 133 | goals2 = 33 | clubs2 = [[Dundee United F.C.|Dundee United]]
| years3 = 1992–1994 | caps3 = 75 | goals3 = 23 | clubs3 = [[Aberdeen F.C.|Aberdeen]]
| years4 = 1994–1997 | caps4 = 69 | goals4 = 15 | clubs4 = [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]]
| years5 = 1997–1998 | caps5 = 23 | goals5 = 0 | clubs5 = [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]]
| years6 = 1998–2001 | caps6 = 93 | goals6 = 32 | clubs6 = [[Hibernian F.C.|Hibernian]]
| years7 = 2001–2002 | caps7 = 7 | goals7 = 0 | clubs7 = [[RC Strasbourg]]
| years8 = 2002–2003 | caps8 = 24 | goals8 = 7 | clubs8 = [[Hibernian F.C.|Hibernian]]
| years9 = 2003–2004 | caps9 = 33 | goals9 = 11 | clubs9 = [[St Johnstone F.C.|St Johnstone]]
| years10 = 2004–2005 | caps10= 16 | goals10= 4 | clubs10= [[St Mirren F.C.|St Mirren]]
| years11 = 2005 | caps11= 1 | goals11= 0 | clubs11= [[Cowdenbeath F.C.|Cowdenbeath]]
| totalcaps = 522 | totalgoals = 143
| nationalyears1 = 1989–2000 | nationalteam1 = [[Finland national football team|Finland]]
| nationalcaps1 = 70 | nationalgoals1 = 18
| manageryears1 = 2005–2006 | managerclubs1 = [[Cowdenbeath F.C.|Cowdenbeath]]
| manageryears2 = 2006–2007 | managerclubs2 = [[Turun Palloseura|TPS]]
| manageryears3 = 2008–2009 | managerclubs3 = [[Hibernian F.C.|Hibernian]]
| manageryears4 = 2010–2011 | managerclubs4 = [[Kilmarnock F.C.|Kilmarnock]]
| manageryears5 = 2011–2015 | managerclubs5 = [[Finland national football team|Finland]]
| manageryears6 = 2015–2016 | managerclubs6 = [[Dundee United F.C.|Dundee United]]
| manageryears7 = 2018 | managerclubs7 = [[Ubon UMT United F.C.|Ubon UMT United]]
| manageryears8 = 2018 | managerclubs8 = [[Latvia national football team|Latvia]]
| manageryears9 = 2019–2021 | managerclubs9 = [[Hong Kong national football team|Hong Kong]]
| manageryears10 = 2022– | managerclubs10 = [[HIFK Fotboll|HIFK]]
}}

'''Mika-Matti Petteri''' '''Paatelainen''' (born 3 February 1967) is a Finnish former professional [[association football|football]] player and the head coach of [[Veikkausliiga]] club [[HIFK Fotboll|HIFK]].<ref name="HIFK ja Mixu Paatelainen sopimukseen">{{cite web |url=https://hifkfotboll.fi/2022/04/hifk-ja-mixu-paatelainen-sopimukseen/ |title=HIFK ja Mixu Paatelainen sopimukseen |publisher=HIFK Fotboll |date=17 April 2022 |access-date=17 April 2022}}</ref> He scored 18 goals in 70 appearances for the [[Finland national football team|Finnish national team]], which makes him Finland's all time [[List of Finland international footballers|thirteenth most capped player]] and [[Finnish national football team#Top goalscorers|fifth top goalscorer]]. He is the eldest of three brothers, all of whom have played professional football. Their father [[Matti Paatelainen|Matti]] was also a Finnish international.

Paatelainen had a 20-year playing career, playing for nine clubs in four countries. Most of his career was spent in the Scottish leagues, with [[Dundee United F.C.|Dundee United]], [[Aberdeen F.C.|Aberdeen]], [[Hibernian F.C.|Hibernian]], [[St Johnstone F.C.|St Johnstone]] and [[St Mirren F.C.|St Mirren]]. He also played for [[FC Haka|Valkeakosken Haka]] in Finland, [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]] and [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]] in England and [[RC Strasbourg]] in France. While at Bolton, Paatelainen became the first Finn to play in the [[Premier League]].

After retiring as a player in 2005, Paatelainen became [[Manager (association football)|manager]] of Scottish club [[Cowdenbeath F.C.|Cowdenbeath]], where he helped the club win the championship of [[Scottish Football League 2005–06|Scottish Football League Third Division]] and earn a promotion. After a season coaching in his native Finland with [[Turun Palloseura|TPS]], Paatelainen returned to Scotland as manager of Hibernian. He left that position by mutual consent after 18 months. After a year out of the game, Paatelainen was appointed manager of [[Kilmarnock F.C.|Kilmarnock]]. He was Kilmarnock manager for less than one season, but enjoyed personal success during that time. He was appointed manager of the Finland national team in March 2011, a position he held until June 2015. He was appointed as Dundee United manager in October 2015, parting company with the club in May 2016 after their relegation to the [[Scottish Championship]].<ref name="DU departure">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36201456 |title=Dundee United: Mixu Paatelainen leaves as manager |publisher=[[BBC Sport]] |date=4 May 2016 |access-date=4 May 2016}}</ref> He has subsequently managed [[Ubon UMT United F.C.|Ubon United]] in Thailand, and the national teams of [[Latvia national football team|Latvia]] and Hong Kong.

==Club career==
Paatelainen made his debut for [[FC Haka|Valkeakosken Haka]] in 1985. He played 48 league matches for Haka, scoring 18 goals. During his debut season, Haka won the [[Finnish Cup]], the only honour of the club during his time there.

In October 1987, [[Scottish Football League Premier Division|Scottish Premier Division]] club [[Dundee United F.C.|Dundee United]] signed him for a £100,000 transfer fee. He scored on his debut a day later and quickly established himself as a first team regular, scoring 11 goals in his first season, including four goals in a 7–0 rout of [[Greenock Morton F.C.|Morton]] in April 1988. Paatelainen also helped Dundee United reach the [[1988 Scottish Cup Final|Scottish Cup Final]] in May 1988, although had to settle for a runners-up medal as United lost 2–1 to [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]]. He was the club's top scorer for the following two seasons, and in total scored 47 times in 173 matches for United.<ref name="arab">{{cite web|title=Mixu Paatelainen|url=http://www.arabarchive.co.uk/player.php?id=398|website=Arab Archive|access-date=23 August 2015}}</ref>

In March 1992, he transferred to [[Aberdeen F.C.|Aberdeen]] for £400,000. During the three seasons he stayed there, he scored 23 goals in 75 matches.<ref name="arab" /> Paatelainen played in two cup finals during his time at Pittodrie, but lost to Rangers in October 1992 in the [[1992 Scottish League Cup Final|League Cup Final]] and in May 1993 lost to the same opposition in the [[2003 Scottish Cup Final|Scottish Cup Final]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Shearer Wonderland: The Autobiography|date=October 2011|publisher=Black & White Publishing|isbn=978-1845023454|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=axsjAwAAQBAJ&q=aberdeen+mixu+paatelainen+1992&pg=PT96|access-date=23 August 2015|chapter=12 - Aberdeen Ambition}}</ref><ref>[https://allybegg.com/mixu-paatelainen-we-were-so-close-its-all-about-fine-margins/ "We were so close, it’s all about fine margins"], AllyBegg.com, 28 January 2022</ref>

Paatelainen transferred in 1994 to English club [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]]. The team was promoted to the [[Premier League]] in his first season with the club, which then meant that Paatelainen became the first Finnish footballer to play in the Premier League (as the old First Division had been rebranded in 1992). He played a crucial part in the promotion triumph, putting Bolton 3–2 ahead in their playoff final clash with [[Reading F.C.|Reading]] in extra time on their way to a 4–3 victory which ended a 15-year exile from the top flight.

Paatelainen also played in the [[1995 Football League Cup Final|1995 League Cup Final]], in which Wanderers were beaten 2–1 by [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]]. He was unable to keep Bolton in the Premier League in [[1995-96 in English football|1995–96]], although they did return the next season by winning the Division One title with 100 goals and 98 points. He then played for [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]] during the 1997–98 season. He failed to score for Wolves in the league but scored four times in their [[1997-98 FA Cup|FA Cup]] run, with goals against [[Darlington F.C.|Darlington]] (two),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-quakers-quelled-by-hungry-wolves-1138819.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220515/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-quakers-quelled-by-hungry-wolves-1138819.html |archive-date=15 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Quakers quelled by hungry Wolves |work=The Independent |date=14 January 1998 |access-date=9 February 2010 | first=Simon | last=Turnbull}}</ref> [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sportinglife.com/football/premiership/wolves/reports/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/98/02/03/SOCCER_Wolves.html&TEAMHD=wolves&DIV=prem&TEAM=WOLVES&RH=Wolves&PREV_SEASON=1996 |title=Wolves 3 Charlton 0 |publisher=Sporting Life |date=3 February 1998 |access-date=9 February 2010}}</ref> and [[Wimbledon F.C.|Wimbledon]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-fa-cup-5th-round-balance-of-wolves-1144983.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220515/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-fa-cup-5th-round-balance-of-wolves-1144983.html |archive-date=15 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=FA Cup 5th Round: Balance of Wolves |work=The Independent |date=14 February 1998 |access-date=9 February 2010 | first=Stephen | last=Brenkley}}</ref> He also scored once in the [[Football League Cup|League Cup]], against [[Queens Park Rangers F.C.|Queens Park Rangers]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sportinglife.com/football/cc_championship/qpr/reports/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/97/08/13/manual_113056.html&TEAMHD=qpr&DIV=nat1&TEAM=QPR&RH=QPR&PREV_SEASON=1996 |title=QPR 0 Wolves 2 |publisher=Sporting Life |date=12 August 1997 |access-date=9 February 2010}}</ref>

After his spell in Wolverhampton, Paatelainen decided to return to Scotland in the summer of 1998; this time signing for [[Edinburgh]] club [[Hibernian F.C.|Hibernian]]. Hibs had been relegated the previous season, and Paatelainen's twelve goals in his first season helped his side get promotion back to the top division in Scotland.<ref name="hibs">{{cite news|last=Strachan|first=Colleen|title=Hibs Cult Heroes: Part One; Best Foreigners|url=http://www.scotsman.com/sport/hibs-cult-heroes-part-one-best-foreigners-1-1310887|work=The Scotsman|publisher=Johnston Publishing|access-date=23 August 2015}}</ref> He is fondly remembered by Hibernian supporters for his [[hat-trick]] in a 6–2 victory over [[Edinburgh derby]] rivals [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Heart of Midlothian]] on 22 October 2000.<ref name = "will hibs miss mixu">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/h/hibernian/8078288.stm |title=Will Hibs miss Mixu? |access-date=3 October 2010 |last=Murray |first=Keir |date=2 June 2009 |publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref> Paatelainien's appearance for Hibs in their [[2001 Scottish Cup Final]] defeat by [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] meant that he became the first player to play in the Scottish Cup final with three clubs. Despite this, Paatelainien never collected a winners medal in the competition.<ref name="FRobertson">{{cite book |last1=Robertson |first1=Forrest H. C. |title=How The Cup Was Won. The Scottish Cup Finals Story |date=2014 |publisher=PM Publications |location=Kirkcaldy |isbn=978-0-9534682-7-0 |pages=96–97 & 136–137}}</ref> Paatelainen left Hibs in 2001 to sign for French club [[RC Strasbourg|Strasbourg]]. He then returned to Hibs for one season, where he combined his playing duties with coaching the youths.<ref name="hibs" />

In 2003, he transferred to [[St Johnstone F.C.|St Johnstone]], when Hibs no longer wished to extend his contract,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/s/st_johnstone/3045317.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=20 May 2003 |title=Paatelainen is a Saint |access-date=31 October 2007}}</ref> also acting as an assistant manager. Paatelainen only stayed with St Johnstone for one season. Paatelainen then transferred to [[St Mirren F.C.|St Mirren]], where he also served as an assistant manager. This was his last club. During his playing career Paatelainen scored 143 league goals.

==International career==
Paatelainen played 70 matches for [[Finland national football team|Finland]], scoring 18 goals. He played his first international match on 9 September 1986, against [[East Germany national football team|East Germany]].<ref>[http://www.mtv3.fi/urheilu/futis/uutiset_erik.shtml/arkistot/futis/2007/04/521171?TPS TPS-luotsi Paatelaisen tavoitteena Euroopan kentät (TPS pilot Paatelainen aiming for European fields)] MTV Internet, 20 August 2007 {{in lang|fi}}</ref> One of his feats in the national team was scoring four goals in a single match against [[San Marino national football team|San Marino]], which stands as a record number of goals in one match for Finland. He retired from international football in 2000.<ref>[http://www.mtv3.fi/urheilu/arkisto.shtml/arkistot/futis/2000/08/27433 Mika-Matti Paatelainen lopettaa maajoukkueuransa (Mika-Matti Paatelainen quits in the national team)] MTV3 Internet, 6 August 2000; Retrieved 31 October 2007 {{in lang|fi}}</ref> In addition to his appearances for the senior national team, Paatelainen also played eight matches each for the [[Finland national under-21 football team|Finland under-21s]] and the [[Finland national under-19 football team|under-19s]].

==Coaching career==

===Cowdenbeath===
Having previously worked as a coach while still playing for [[St Johnstone F.C.|St Johnstone]] and [[St Mirren F.C.|St Mirren]], Paatelainen was appointed [[professional sports|full-time]] manager of [[Scottish Football League Third Division|Scottish Third Division]] [[semi-professional|part-time]] football team [[Cowdenbeath F.C.|Cowdenbeath]] in August 2005. In his first season, he guided ''the Blue Brazil'' to [[2005–06 Scottish Third Division|their first league title]] in 67 years. He signed his brothers [[Markus Paatelainen|Markus]] and [[Mikko Paatelainen|Mikko]] for the club.

===TPS===
On 21 October 2006, Paatelainen resigned as manager of Cowdenbeath to join Finnish club [[Turun Palloseura|TPS]]. He guided TPS to third place and [[UEFA Intertoto Cup]] qualification in what was to be his [[Veikkausliiga season 2007|only season in charge]].

===Hibernian===
Paatelainen was linked with the managerial vacancy at former club [[Hibernian F.C.|Hibernian]] in December 2007, and he was appointed on 10 January 2008.<ref name="Paatelainen is new Hibs manager ">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/h/hibernian/7180691.stm|publisher=BBC Sport|title=Paatelainen is new Hibs manager |date=10 January 2008 |access-date=3 October 2010}}</ref> He commented upon taking the job that he wanted to make Hibs play a bit more direct, which he later claimed was misinterpreted as him wanting to play a [[long ball]] game.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}} Paatelainen took the Hibs job at a time when they had only won one of their previous ten games and had slipped into the bottom half of the [[Scottish Premier League]]. Hibs’ results initially improved under Paatelainen and the club secured a place in the [[2007–08 Scottish Premier League|top half of the league]].<ref name = "will hibs miss mixu"/>

During the [[2008–09 in Scottish football|2008–09 season]], Paatelainen came under increasing pressure from Hibs fans<ref name = "75% fans">{{cite news |last=Black |first=Jim |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/jan/18/hibernian-scottish-premier-league |title=Ex-hero Paatalainen becoming the villain of the piece |work=[[The Observer]] |date=18 January 2009 |access-date=3 October 2010 | location=London}}</ref> due to poor results and his favouring of a [[Formation (association football)#4–3–3|4–3–3 system]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://sport.scotsman.com/football/Time-for-Hibs-to-deliver.4689849.jp |title=Time for Hibs to deliver |work=[[Edinburgh Evening News]] |date=13 November 2008 |access-date=3 October 2010}}</ref> Paatelainen eventually abandoned 4–3–3 in favour of a more orthodox [[Formation (association football)#4–4–2|4–4–2 system]].<ref name = "staying power">{{cite news |last=Gordon |first=Moira |url=http://sport.scotsman.com/football/Staying-power--An-interview.4769178.jp |title=Staying power |work=[[Scotland on Sunday]] |date=7 December 2008 |access-date=3 October 2010}}</ref> He was criticised by [[Abdessalam Benjelloun]], who accused Paatelainen of favouring outdated [[long ball]] tactics.<ref name = "staying power"/> Paatelainen responded by saying that Benjelloun was "frustrated" at not being a regular pick for club or country.<ref name = "staying power"/> A poor run of results early in 2009 led to many Hibs supporters calling for Paatelainen to be sacked,<ref name = "75% fans"/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://sport.scotsman.com/sport/Fans-justified-in-blaming-Paatelainen.5008348.jp |title=Paatelainen held culpable as Hibs toil to break out of spiral of decline |work=[[The Scotsman]] |date=24 February 2009 |access-date=3 October 2010 |last=Gibbons |first=Glenn}}</ref> but he did manage to lead the team into the [[2008–09 Scottish Premier League|top half of the league]] again. Paatelainen was also praised by the media for his tactical approach in winning the last [[Edinburgh derby]] of the season,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://sport.scotsman.com/football/Mike-Aitken-Hearts-stopped-as.5250860.jp |first=Mike |last=Aitken |title=Hearts stopped as Hibs show guts at Tynecastle |work=[[The Scotsman]] |date=9 May 2009 |access-date=3 October 2010}}</ref> but he left the job by mutual consent at the end of May after a disappointing season.<ref name = "will hibs miss mixu"/>

===Kilmarnock===
After a year out of the game, Paatelainen was appointed manager of [[Kilmarnock F.C.|Kilmarnock]] on 23 June 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/k/kilmarnock/8754914.stm |title=Mixu Paatelainen is named as the new Kilmarnock manager |publisher=BBC Sport |date=23 June 2010 |access-date=23 June 2010 | first=John | last=Barnes}}</ref> Paatelainen has earned plaudits from the Scottish media for his early work with Kilmarnock.<ref name = "revival">{{cite news |url=http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/editor-s-picks/mixu-gives-his-verdict-on-the-killie-revival-1.1067945 |title=Mixu gives his verdict on the Killie revival |work=[[Evening Times]] |last=Mitchell |first=Bert |date=12 November 2010 |access-date=13 November 2010}}</ref> In November 2010, he was linked with the [[head coach]] position of the [[Finland national football team]].<ref name = "revival"/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/k/kilmarnock/9187065.stm |title=Mixu Paatelainen content after Kilmarnock draw |publisher=BBC Sport |date=13 November 2010 |access-date=13 November 2010}}</ref> Paatelainen won the [[Scottish Premier League monthly awards|manager of the month award]] for December 2010, as Kilmarnock continued their good start with two league wins, against Hibernian and [[Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C.|Inverness CT]], and a draw at [[Celtic Park]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/k/kilmarnock/9364108.stm|title=Paatelainen lifts SPL monthly manager's award|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|date=17 January 2011|access-date=17 January 2011}}</ref> Kilmarnock offered him a long-term contract in March 2011, in an attempt to frustrate interest in Paatelainen from [[Scunthorpe United F.C.|Scunthorpe United]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/spl/kilmarnock/paatelainen-offered-new-deal-in-bid-to-ward-off-scunthorpe-1.1092765|title=Paatelainen offered new deal in bid to ward off Scunthorpe |last=MacPherson|first=Graeme|work=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]]|date=25 March 2011|access-date=26 March 2011}}</ref> The approach from Scunthorpe was rejected by Paatelainen, but soon afterwards he accepted an offer from [[Finland national football team|Finland]].<ref name = "finland coach">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/12860198.stm|last=Barnes|first=John|title=Mixu Paatelainen leaves Kilmarnock to take Finland job|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|date=31 March 2011|access-date=31 March 2011}}</ref> Despite having left Kilmarnock in March, Paatelainen won the [[SFWA Manager of the Year]] award for the 2010–11 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/13406778 |title=More awards for Izaguirre, Goodwillie and Paatelainen |work=BBC Sport |publisher=BBC |date=15 May 2011 |access-date=24 September 2015}}</ref>

===Finland national team===
Following a bad start by [[Finland national football team|Finland]] in [[UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group E|UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying]] and their decline in the [[FIFA World Rankings]] from 33 to 86, head coach [[Stuart Baxter]] was sacked.<ref>{{cite news |title=Suomi vajosi futislilliputtien joukkoon|url= http://www.hs.fi/urheilu/jalkapallo/arvokisat/artikkeli/Suomi+vajosi+futislilliputtien+joukkoon/1135261035658|work=hs.fi|publisher=HS|access-date=12 May 2011|language=fi}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Ratkaisu tyydytti kaikkia osapuolia|url=http://www.palloliitto.fi/viestinta/?num=176252|work=www.palloliitto.fi|publisher=Palloliitto|access-date=12 May 2011|language=fi|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306092337/http://www.palloliitto.fi/viestinta/?num=176252|archive-date=6 March 2012}}</ref> Paatelainen was appointed as the new Finland head coach on 31 March 2011.<ref name = "finland coach"/> His first match as a head coach was a 1–0 away win against [[San Marino national football team|San Marino]] on 3 June,<ref name="päävalmentajaksi">{{cite news|url=http://www.yle.fi/urheilu/lajit/jalkapallo/kotimaa/2011/03/paatelainen_maajoukkueen_paavalmentajaksi_2479595.html|title=Paatelainen maajoukkueen päävalmentajaksi|work=YLE Urheilu|date=31 March 2011|access-date=31 March 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110403060224/http://yle.fi/urheilu/lajit/jalkapallo/kotimaa/2011/03/paatelainen_maajoukkueen_paavalmentajaksi_2479595.html|archive-date=3 April 2011}}</ref> but Finland then suffered a 5–0 defeat by [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]] in his second game.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sport.scotsman.com/football/Zlatan-Ibrahimovic-hattrick-painful-for.6781474.jp|title=Zlatan Ibrahimovic hat-trick painful for Mixu Paatelainen|date=8 June 2011|access-date=9 June 2011|first=Massimo|last=Marzocchi|work=[[The Scotsman]]}}</ref> Both matches were part of the [[UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying Group E|UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying]] process.

Paatelainen's deal with the [[Football Association of Finland|Finnish Football Association]] extended to 2016, covering not only the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifiers but also the [[2014 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|FIFA World Cup 2014]] and the [[UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying|UEFA Euro 2016 qualifiers]].<ref name="päävalmentajaksi"/> As Finland was already eliminated from [[UEFA Euro 2012]], Paatelainen's task was to renew the national team and try to qualify for one or more of the tournaments during his projected tenure as Finland's head coach.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hs.fi/urheilu/artikkeli/Mixu+Paatelainen+Maajoukkueen+puolustuksessa+tehty+isoja+virheit%C3%A4/1135265069075 |title=Mixu Paatelainen: Maajoukkueen puolustuksessa tehty isoja virheitä |date=31 March 2011 |access-date=9 June 2011 |last=Finnish News Bureau |author-link=Suomen Tietotoimisto |work=[[Helsingin Sanomat]]}}</ref> On 14 June 2015 Paatelainen was sacked following his fourth defeat in a row during the [[UEFA Euro 2016]] qualifying campaign.

===Dundee United===
Paatelainen was announced as the new head coach of Dundee United in October 2015, having signed a contract until 2018. His first match in charge of the club was a 1–0 defeat to [[Heart of Midlothian F.C.|Hearts]] at [[Tannadice Park|Tannadice]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Mixu Paatelainen confirmed as Dundee United head coach until 2018|url=http://sport.stv.tv/football/clubs/dundee-united/1330597-mixu-paatelainen-confirmed-as-dundee-united-head-coach-until-2018/|access-date=14 October 2015|work=STV Sport|date=14 October 2015}}</ref> He was unable to prevent the side from relegation, which was confirmed by a [[Dundee derby]] defeat on 2 May 2016, and he left United two days later.<ref name="DU departure"/>

===Latvia national team===
Paatelainen was appointed head coach of the [[Latvia national football team|Latvia]] national team in May 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lff.lv/lv/zinas/nacionala-viriesu-izlase/miksu-patelainens-izjutu-ipasu-atbildibu-un-uzticibu |title=MIKSU PĀTELAINENS: IZJŪTU ĪPAŠU ATBILDĪBU UN UZTICĪBU |publisher=Latvia Football Federation |date=10 May 2018 |access-date=11 May 2018}}</ref> On 4 December, he announced that he won't continue as the head coach of the team after his contract expires at the end of the month.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sportacentrs.com/futbols/latvijas_izlase/04122018-patelainens_nolemj_neturpinat_darbu_ar_la |title=Pātelainens nolemj neturpināt darbu ar Latvijas izlasi |work=Edmunds Novickis |publisher=Sportacentrs.com |date=4 December 2018 |access-date=4 December 2018}}</ref>

===Hong Kong national team===
Paatelainen was appointed as the head coach of the [[Hong Kong national football team|Hong Kong]] representative team in April 2019 on a two-year contract, succeeding [[Gary White (footballer)|Gary White]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.scmp.com/sport/football/article/3005351/mixu-paatelainen-impressed-hong-kongs-work-ethic-he-takes-over |title=Mixu Paatelainen impressed by Hong Kong's work ethic as he takes over coaching hot seat |publisher=SCMP |date=9 Apr 2019 |access-date=9 April 2019}}</ref> After a dismal campaign having only achieved a win from twelve games in charge, Mixu's contract was not renewed.

===HIFK===

After his contract with the Hong Kong national football team was not renewed, Mixu was appointed manager of Finnish club HIFK for the 2022 season. However after the club's relegation, Mixu was sacked having only obtained a single win during the season. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/sport/football/dundee-united/3750124/former-dundee-united-boss-mixu-paatelainen-sacked-relegation/|title=Former Dundee United boss Mixu Paatelainen to leave Finnish club after more relegation heartbreak |publisher=The Courier |date=14 March 2023 |access-date=14 March 2023}}</ref>

==In popular culture==
Paatelainen's time at Bolton Wanderers led to him being mentioned in the comedy show ''[[Phoenix Nights]]'', which was set in the Bolton area.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gordon |first=Moira |url=http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/hibernianfc/Mixu-arrives--all-clued.3667503.jp?CommentPage=1&CommentPageLength=1000 |title=Mixu arrives all clued up |work=[[Scotland on Sunday]] |date=13 January 2008 |access-date=3 October 2010}}</ref> This happened when the doormen [[Max and Paddy|Max & Paddy]] drunkenly made a [[prank call]] to their boss [[Brian Potter (character)|Brian Potter]], claiming that Paatelainen worked at the [[Coroner|Coroner's office]] in [[Bolton]] and that the [[Working men's club|club]] was on fire.

==Career statistics==

===Club===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>''Rothmans Football Yearbooks'' and ''Sky Sports Yearbooks'' 1988–2011</ref><ref>''Jalkapallokirja 2008''. Suomen palloliiton julkaisu.</ref><ref>''Veikkaaja'' 2011.</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National Cup
!colspan="2"|League Cup
!colspan="2"|Continental
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[FC Haka]]||[[Mestaruussarja 1985|1985]]||rowspan="3"|[[Mestaruussarja]]||11||5||*||*||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||11||5
|-
|[[Mestaruussarja 1986|1986]]||19||6||*||*||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||19||6
|-
|[[Mestaruussarja 1987|1987]]||18||7||*||*||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||18||7
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!48||18|| || ||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||48||18
|-
|rowspan="6"|[[Dundee United F.C.|Dundee United]]||[[1987–88 Scottish Premier Division|1987–88]]||rowspan="5"|[[Scottish Premier Division]]||19||9||6||2||0||0||colspan="2"|—||25||11
|-
|[[1988–89 Scottish Premier Division|1988–89]]||33||10||6||4||3||3||3||0||45||17
|-
|[[1989–90 Scottish Premier Division|1989–90]]||31||7||2||1||2||0||3||1||38||9
|-
|[[1990–91 Scottish Premier Division|1990–91]]||20||1||1||0||2||0||3||0||26||1
|-
|[[1991–92 Scottish Premier Division|1991–92]]||30||6||2||1||3||2||0||0||35||9
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!133||33||17||8||10||5||9||1||169||47
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Aberdeen F.C.|Aberdeen]]||[[1991–92 Scottish Premier Division|1991–92]]||rowspan="3"|Scottish Premier Division||6||1||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||6||1
|-
|[[1992–93 Scottish Premier Division|1992–93]]||33||16||6||1||2||3||colspan="2"|—||41||20
|-
|[[1993–94 Scottish Premier Division|1993–94]]||36||6||3||0||2||0||3||1||44||7
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!75||23||9||1||4||3||3||1||91||28
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]]||[[1994–95 Football League|1994–95]]||[[Football League First Division|First Division]]||44||12||1||0||8||2||colspan="2"|—||53||14
|-
|[[1995–96 FA Premier League|1995–96]]||[[Premier League]]||15||1||1||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||17||1
|-
|[[1996–97 Football League|1996–97]]||First Division||10||2||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||10||2
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!69||15||2||0||9||2||colspan="2"|—||80||17
|-
|[[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]]||[[1997–98 Football League|1997–98]]||First Division||23||0||5||4||5||1||colspan="2"|—||33||5
|-
|rowspan="4"|[[Hibernian F.C.|Hibernian]]||[[1998–99 Scottish First Division|1998–99]]||[[Scottish First Division]]||26||12||2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||28||12
|-
|[[1999–2000 Scottish Premier League|1999–2000]]||rowspan="2"|[[Scottish Premier League]]||31||9||4||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||35||10
|-
|[[2000–01 Scottish Premier League|2000–01]] ||36||11||5||1||2||0||colspan="2"|—||43||12
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!93||32||11||2||2||0||0||0||106||34
|-
|[[RC Strasbourg|Strasbourg]]||[[2001–02 French Division 2|2001–02]]||[[Ligue 2|Division 2]]||7||0||*||*||*||*||1||0||8||0
|-
|[[Hibernian F.C.|Hibernian]]||[[2002–03 Scottish Premier League|2002–03]]||Scottish Premier League||24||7||3||0||2||0||colspan="2"|—||29||7
|-
|[[St Johnstone F.C.|St Johnstone]]||[[2003–04 Scottish First Division|2003–04]]||Scottish First Division||33||11||1||0||3||2||colspan="2"|—||37||13
|-
|[[St Mirren F.C.|St Mirren]]||[[2004–05 Scottish First Division|2004–05]]||Scottish First Division||16||4||0||0||1||1||colspan="2"|—||17||5
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!521||143||48||15||36||14||13||2||618||174
|}

*Asterisk (*) indicates that more matches and goals may yet emerge as cup records are investigated.

===International goals===
<ref>Yrjö Lautela & Göran Wallén (eds.): ''Rakas jalkapallo. Sata vuotta suomalaista jalkapalloa.'' Teos, Helsinki, 2007.</ref>

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{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" style=font-size:85%
!width=30| No.
!width=70| Date
!width=110| Home team
!width=110| Visiting team
!width=105| Goals
!width=75| Score
!width=70| Result
!width=260| Venue
!width=170| Competition
|-style="background-color:#FFCCCC"
|align=center| ''' 1.'''
| 11 January 1988 || {{fb|TCH}} || {{fb|FIN}} ||align=center| {{goal|14}} 1–0 [[Penalty kick (association football)|(pen.)]]||align=center| '''2–0''' ||align=center|Loss || [[Estadio Insular]], [[Maspalomas]], [[Gran Canaria]], [[Spain]] || [[Exhibition match|Friendly]]
|-style="background-color:#FFFACD"
|align=center| ''' 2.'''
| 19 October 1988 || {{fb|WAL}} || {{fb|FIN}} ||align=center| {{goal|45}} 2–2 ||align=center| '''2–2''' ||align=center| Draw || [[Vetch Field]], [[Swansea]], [[Wales]] || [[1990 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4|FIFA World Cup 1990 qualification]]
|-style="background-color:#FFCCCC"
|align=center| ''' 3.'''
| 11 January 1989 || {{fb|EGY}} || {{fb|FIN}} ||align=center| {{goal|14}} 1–1 ||align=center| '''2–1''' ||align=center|Loss || [[El-Mahalla El-Kubra]], [[Egypt]] || [[Exhibition match|Friendly]]
|-style="background-color:#CCFFCC"
|align=center| ''' 4.'''
| 11 November 1991 || {{fb|TUN}} || {{fb|FIN}} ||align=center| {{goal|43}} 0–1 ||align=center| '''1–2''' ||align=center|Win || [[Tunis]], [[Tunisia]] || [[Exhibition match|Friendly]]
|-style="background-color:#FFFACD"
|align=center| ''' 5.'''
| 13 March 1991 || {{fb|POL}} || {{fb|FIN}} ||align=center| {{goal|20}} 1–1 ||align=center| '''1–1''' ||align=center| Draw || [[Stadion Wojska Polskiego]], [[Warsaw]], [[Poland]] || [[Exhibition match|Friendly]]
|-style="background-color:#CCFFCC"
|align=center| ''' 6.'''
| 13 May 1993 || {{fb|FIN}} || {{fb|AUT}} ||align=center| {{goal|18}} 1–0 ||align=center| '''3–1''' ||align=center|Win || [[Urheilupuisto]], [[Turku]], [[Finland]] || [[1994 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA – Group 6)|FIFA World Cup 1994 qualification]]
|-style="background-color:#CCFFCC"
|align=center| ''' 7.'''
| 16 November 1994 || {{fb|FIN}} || {{fb|FRO}} ||align=center| {{goal|75}} 4–0 ||align=center| '''5–0''' ||align=center|Win || [[Helsinki Olympic Stadium]], [[Finland]] || [[UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying Group 8|UEFA Euro 1996 qualification]]
|-style="background-color:#CCFFCC"
|align=center| ''' 8.'''
|align=center| do. ||align=center| do. ||align=center| do. ||align=center| {{goal|85}} 5–0 ||align=center| do. ||align=center| Win || do. || do.
|-style="background-color:#CCFFCC"
|align=center| ''' 9.'''
| 14 December 1994 || {{fb|FIN}} || {{fb|SMR}} ||align=center| {{goal|24}} 1–0 ||align=center| '''4–1''' ||align=center|Win || [[Helsinki Olympic Stadium]], [[Finland]] || [[UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying Group 8|UEFA Euro 1996 qualification]]
|-style="background-color:#CCFFCC"
|align=center| ''' 10.'''
|align=center| do ||align=center| do. ||align=center| do. ||align=center| {{goal|30}} 2–0 ||align=center| do. ||align=center| Win || do. || do.
|-style="background-color:#CCFFCC"
|align=center| ''' 11.'''
|align=center| do. ||align=center| do. ||align=center| do. ||align=center| {{goal|86}} 3–1 ||align=center| do. ||align=center| Win || do. || do.
|-style="background-color:#CCFFCC"
|align=center| ''' 12.'''
|align=center| do. ||align=center| do. ||align=center| do. ||align=center| {{goal|90}} 4–1 ||align=center| do. ||align=center| Win || do. || do.
|-style="background-color:#CCFFCC"
|align=center| ''' 13.'''
| 26 April 1995 || {{fb|FRO}} || {{fb|FIN}} ||align=center| {{goal|75}} 0–2 ||align=center| '''0–4''' ||align=center|Win || [[Svangaskarð]], [[Toftir]], [[Faroese Islands]] || [[UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying Group 8|UEFA Euro 1996 qualification]]
|-style="background-color:#CCFFCC"
|align=center| ''' 14.'''
| 2 April 1997 || {{fb|AZE}} || {{fb|FIN}} ||align=center| {{goal|64}} 0–2 ||align=center| '''1–2''' ||align=center|Win|| [[Tofik Bakhramov Stadium]], [[Baku]], [[Azerbaijan]] || [[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|FIFA World Cup 1998 qualification]]
|-style="background-color:#CCFFCC"
|align=center| ''' 15.'''
| 5 September 1998 || {{fb|FIN}} || {{fb|MDA}} ||align=center| {{goal|63}} 3–2 ||align=center| '''3–2''' ||align=center|Win || [[Helsinki Olympic Stadium]], [[Finland]] || [[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 3|UEFA Euro 2000 qualification]]
|-style="background-color:#CCFFCC"
|align=center| ''' 16.'''
| 14 October 1998 || {{fb|TUR}} || {{fb|FIN}} ||align=center| {{goal|6}} 0–1 ||align=center| '''1–3''' ||align=center|Win || [[Ali Sami Yen Stadium]], [[Istanbul]], [[Turkey]] || [[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 3|UEFA Euro 2000 qualification]]
|-style="background-color:#FFFACD"
|align=center| ''' 17.'''
|28 April 1999 || {{fb|SLO}} || {{fb|FIN}} ||align=center| {{goal|22}} 0–1 [[Penalty kick (association football)|(pen.)]]||align=center| '''1–1''' ||align=center|Draw || [[Bežigrad Central Stadium]], [[Ljubljana]], [[Slovenia]] || [[Exhibition match|Friendly]]
|-style="background-color:#FFCCCC"
|align=center| ''' 18.'''
| 5 June 1999 || {{fb|FIN}} || {{fb|TUR}} ||align=center| {{goal|14}} 2–0 ||align=center| '''2–4''' ||align=center|Loss || [[Helsinki Olympic Stadium]], [[Finland]] || [[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 3|UEFA Euro 2000 qualification]]
|}

==Managerial statistics==
{{Updated|match played 2 October 2022}}

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!rowspan=2|Team
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!rowspan=2|From
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!{{Tooltip|G|Games managed}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Games won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Games drawn}}
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!{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
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!{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!{{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}}
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|[[Cowdenbeath F.C.|Cowdenbeath]]
|{{flagicon|SCO}}
|1 July 2005
|1 October 2006
{{WDL|51|29|7|15|for=111|against=62|diff=yes}}
|-
|[[Turun Palloseura|TPS]]
|{{flagicon|FIN}}
|1 October 2006
|10 January 2008
{{WDL|34|15|5|14|for=57|against=41|diff=yes}}
|-
|[[Hibernian F.C.|Hibernian]]
|{{flagicon|SCO}}
|10 January 2008
|29 May 2009
{{WDL|62|19|18|25|for=68|against=74|diff=yes}}
|-
|[[Kilmarnock F.C.|Kilmarnock]]
|{{flagicon|SCO}}
|23 June 2010
|31 March 2011
{{WDL|34|15|6|13|for=55|against=44|diff=yes}}
|-
|[[Finland national football team|Finland]]
|{{flagicon|FIN}}
|31 March 2011
|15 June 2015
{{WDL|44|17|9|18|for=59|against=62|diff=yes}}
|-
|[[Dundee United F.C.|Dundee United]]
|{{flagicon|SCO}}
|14 October 2015
|4 May 2016
{{WDL|30|8|4|18|for=33|against=52|diff=yes}}
|-
|[[Ubon UMT United F.C.|Ubon UMT United]]
|{{flagicon|THA}}
|13 January 2018
|22 April 2018
{{WDL|11|2|1|8|for=12|against=18|diff=yes}}
|-
|[[Latvia national football team|Latvia]]
|{{flagicon|LAT}}
|10 May 2018
|4 December 2018
{{WDL|9|1|5|3|for=5|against=10|diff=yes}}
|-
|[[Hong Kong national football team|Hong Kong]]
|{{flagicon|HKG}}
|9 April 2019
|30 June 2021
{{WDL|12|1|2|9|for=4|against=24|diff=yes}}
|-
|[[HIFK Fotboll|HIFK]]
|{{flagicon|FIN}}
|17 April 2022
|5 October 2022
{{WDL|22|1|5|16|for=17|against=61|diff=yes}}
|-
!colspan="4"|Total
{{WDLtot|309|108|62|139|for=421|against=448|diff=yes}}
|}

==Honours==
===Player===
'''Valkeakosken Haka'''
*[[Finnish Cup]]: 1985

'''Bolton Wanderers'''
*[[Football League First Division]] play-offs: [[1995 Football League First Division play-off Final|1994–95]]
*[[Football League First Division]]: [[1996–97 Football League|1996–97]]

'''Hibernian'''
*[[Scottish Football League First Division|Scottish First Division]]: [[1998–99 Scottish First Division|1998–99]]

===Manager===
'''Cowdenbeath'''
*[[Scottish Football League Third Division|Scottish Third Division]]: [[2005–06 Scottish Third Division|2005–06]]

'''Latvia'''
*[[Baltic Cup (football)|Baltic Cup]]: [[2018 Baltic Cup|2018]]

'''Individual'''
*[[List of Scottish Premier League monthly award winners|Scottish Premier League Player of the Month]]: [[2000–01 Scottish Premier League#Monthly awards|October 2000]]
*Scottish Premier League Manager of the Month: [[2007–08 Scottish Premier League#Clydesdale Bank Premier League Monthly awards|February 2008]], [[2008–09 Scottish Premier League#Monthly awards|March 2009]], [[2009–10 Scottish Premier League#Monthly awards|December 2010]]
*Scottish Premier League Manager of the Season: [[2010–11 Scottish Premier League#Clydesdale Bank Premier League Awards|2010–11]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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*{{Soccerbase}}
*[http://www.fitbastats.com/hibs/player.php?playerid=6396 Playing Stats at Hibernian] at [http://www.fitbastats.com FitbaStats]
*[http://www.fitbastats.com/hibs/manager.php?id=179 Managerial Record at Hibernian] at [http://www.fitbastats.com FitbaStats]

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Marians Pahars

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{{BLP sources|date=January 2010}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Marians Pahars
| image = Marians Pahars as Skonto coach.jpg
| image_size = 250
| caption = Pahars as the manager of [[Skonto FC|Skonto]]
| full_name = Marians Pahars
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|8|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Chornobai]], [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic|Ukrainian SSR]] (now [[Ukraine]])
| height = 1.75m
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1994 | clubs1 = [[FK Pārdaugava|Pārdaugava]] | caps1 = 17 | goals1 = 3
| years2 = 1995 | clubs2 = Skonto-Metāls | caps2 = 16 | goals2 = 4
| years3 = 1995–1998 | clubs3 = [[Skonto F.C.|Skonto]] | caps3 = 85 | goals3 = 44
| years4 = 1999–2006 | clubs4 = [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] | caps4 = 137 | goals4 = 43
| years5 = 2006–2007 | clubs5 = [[Anorthosis Famagusta FC|Anorthosis Famagusta]] | caps5 = 19 | goals5 = 4
| years6 = 2008 | clubs6 = [[Skonto F.C.|Skonto]] | caps6 = 19 | goals6 = 8
| years7 = 2009–2010 | clubs7 =[[FK Daugava (2003)|Jūrmala]] | caps7 = 2 | goals7 = 0
| totalcaps = 295 | totalgoals = 106
| nationalyears1 = 1996–2007
| nationalteam1 = [[Latvia national football team|Latvia]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Appearances for Latvia National Team|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/let-recintlp.html|access-date=8 January 2011|website=[[RSSSF]]|date=17 November 2010}}</ref>
| nationalcaps1 = 75 | nationalgoals1 = 15
| manageryears1 = 2011–2012 | managerclubs1 = [[Skonto F.C.|Skonto]]
| manageryears2 = 2013 | managerclubs2 = [[Latvia national under-21 football team|Latvia U21]]
| manageryears3 = 2013–2017 | managerclubs3 = [[Latvia national football team|Latvia]]
| manageryears4 = 2018–2019 | managerclubs4 = [[FK Jelgava|Jelgava]]
| manageryears5 = 2021 | managerclubs5 = [[A.C.N. Siena 1904|Siena]]
}}

'''Marians Pahars''' (born 5 August 1976) is a [[Latvia]]n professional [[Association football|football]] [[Manager (association football)|manager]] and a former player.<ref>{{Soccerway|marians-pahars/29662}}</ref>

As a player, he spent the majority of his career operating as a [[Striker (association football)|striker]] for [[Association football in England|English]] club [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]], where he played in the [[Premier League]] and the [[EFL Championship|Championship]], the latter of which he played during his final season for the club. Furthermore, he had two spells at [[Skonto F.C.|Skonto]] in the [[Latvian Higher League]]. He also made 75 appearances for the [[Latvia national football team|Latvia national team]], scoring 15 goals over an eleven-year period.

Having retired from football, Pahars entered a career in coaching, starting as assistant at Skonto, which resulted in his first appointment as a manager. He went on to manage Latvia at [[Latvia national under-21 football team|under-21]] and senior level, before returning to club management with [[FK Jelgava|Jelgava]].

His [[Latvian language|Latvian]] given name is ''Marians''; however, he was generally known as ''Marian'' during his career in England.

==Club career==

===Skonto===
Born in [[Chornobai]] in [[Ukrainian SSR|Ukraine]] of Latvian parents, Pahars grew up supporting [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]. When he was about 8 years old, [[Jurijs Andrejevs]], a coach from [[Skonto F.C.|Skonto]] visited his school, as a result of which Pahars decided to play football. Andrejevs was to have a major influence on Pahars’ football career.

At 18 he signed for [[Dinamo Riga|Pardaugava Riga]] moving on to Skonto Metāls and then into the [[Skonto F.C.|Skonto]] first-team in 1995. He started playing as a [[midfielder]], usually on the wings, before moving into a striker's role.

His best goal ratio came in 1995 when he scored 8 in 9 games, which he followed up with 12 in 28 games the following season, as he became a regular in the [[Latvia national football team|Latvia national team]]. In his prime he was dubbed the "Latvian [[Michael Owen]]".

In the 1998 season he scored 19 goals in 26 games for Skonto, and his progress was attracting attention from bigger clubs; he had trials with [[Salernitana Calcio 1919|Salernitana]] (Italy), [[Werder Bremen]] (Germany), and [[FC Red Bull Salzburg|Casino Salzburg]] (Austria), but he was recommended to Southampton's manager [[Dave Jones (football manager)|Dave Jones]] by [[Gary Johnson (footballer, born 1955)|Gary Johnson]] - the manager of the Latvia national team.

===Southampton===
He had a trial in a reserve team match against [[Oxford United]] on 10 February 1999 in which he scored a perfect hat-trick – a header and a goal with each foot in a 7–1 victory.

Saints agreed a fee with [[Skonto F.C.|Skonto]] of around £800,000 and despite difficulties in obtaining a work permit and objections from the PFA, these problems were overcome and he joined the Saints in March 1999, thus becoming the first Latvian to play in the [[FA Premier League]].

He finally made his debut as a 70th-minute substitute away to [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]] on 5 April 1999, with his home debut at [[The Dell (Southampton)|The Dell]] coming on 17 April, when he came off the bench to score the crucial equaliser – and almost got a winner – against [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] in a 3–3 draw. At this time Saints were desperately trying to survive in the Premier League and had gone into the final game of the season needing a win to guarantee their place for a further season. Pahars scored twice in the 2–0 win over [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] at the Dell, thus securing Saints’ status in the Premiership for the following season.

He made 33 appearances during the [[1999–2000 in English football|1999–00 season]] finishing as the club's top scorer with 13 goals. By now, [[Dave Jones (football manager)|Dave Jones]] had been replaced as manager by [[Glenn Hoddle]], who decided to move Pahars to a wide position, with the theory that he could scare the opposition, with his dribbling and pace, and provide for others as well as score himself.

After an impressive start to the [[2000–01 in English football|2000–01 season]] – finding the net six times as a striker, he returned to a deeper role, and his form slumped as a result. He was still a threat providing his teammates with opportunities, but his form was patchy and inconsistent and he only found the net three more times to take his tally for the season to 9 goals.

After an indifferent start to the following season, he came off the bench to score the winner away to [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]] on 15 September 2001. He scored at a regular rate over the next three months including the winner in a 1–0 victory over [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]] on 24 November – Saints first win in their new [[St Mary's Stadium]].

Unfortunately, after the New Year the goals dried up again but he finished the season with his best total for the Saints of 16 goals in League and [[FA Cup]]. Pahars’ 16 goals and 14 from strike partner [[James Beattie (footballer)|James Beattie]] meant that the duo had the second best strike rate in the Premiership.

In the summer of 2002, Pahars required a [[hernia]] operation, which forced him to miss the whole of pre-season and although he scored a penalty in a 1–0 home win over Everton on 11 September he never fully recovered from his injury. His early season was rather stop-start and was not helped by the suspension for receiving a red card at home to [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]] on 5 October. He then severely injured an ankle in November 2002, which kept him out for most of the rest of the season with another operation on the eve of the [[FA Cup Final 2003|FA Cup Final]] to round off a miserable [[2002–03 in English football|2002–03 season]].

The start to the [[2003–04 in English football|2003–04 season]] was again hampered by injury and comebacks for the reserves were ruined by injury recurrences. He did manage to play the closing minutes as Latvia claimed a place at [[UEFA Euro 2004|Euro 2004]]. With that as an added incentive to get himself fully fit he found himself back in the Saints starting line up for 3 successive games which all ended in victories. His first goal of the season – and in more than a year – came at home to local rivals [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]] on 21 December 2003 in a 3–0 home win when he curled a superb right footer into the bottom right corner.

After recovering from injury, he was then injured in [[2004–05 in English football|2004–05 pre-season]] in an away match at Swindon Town. A heavy, late tackle to the same ankle which had already undergone three operations <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2004/aug/05/newsstory.sport19 |title=Pahars injury woes continue | Football |work=The Guardian |date=4 August 2004 |access-date=18 December 2015}}</ref> ruled him out of the early part of the season. Comebacks for the reserves were promising, until problems flared up again, causing him to miss the whole of the season in frustrating circumstances, as Saints were relegated after 28 years in the top flight of English Football.

His [[2005–06 in English football|2005–06 season]] was another frustrating one with injury after injury again seeing his comebacks ruined. He did make 10 appearances during the season, scoring one goal, but it was not enough to save his Saints career, and, in May 2006, after seven years with 156 appearances and 45 goals for the club, it was announced that his contract with Southampton would not be renewed for the following season.

After the final game of the season, on 30 April 2006 Pahars took part in a 'lap of appreciation' by the Saints players around the St. Mary's pitch, in an emotional goodbye for the player and many of the Southampton fans present.

===Later spells===
In [[July 2006 in sports|July 2006]] Pahars signed with [[Anorthosis Famagusta F.C.|Anorthosis Famagusta]], a [[Cyprus|Cypriot]] team managed by former Georgian International [[Temuri Ketsbaia]].

His injury problems were frequent during his stay at the club, and, as a result, in January 2008, he was released.
[[File:Marians Pahars.jpg|thumb|Pahars playing for [[Skonto F.C.|Skonto]] ]]
In 2008, he joined his former home-land club [[Skonto F.C.|Skonto]], playing there for one season and helping the club reach good results in the national championship. After the season, he left Skonto FC, joining [[FK Jūrmala-VV]] finishing his career there with two games in the national championship.

==International career==
Pahars broke into the Latvia national team at the start of 1996, and made his debut on 12 March 1996 in a 1–0 friendly defeat away to [[Cyprus national football team|Cyprus]]. His first goal for his country came in his ninth match at home to [[Poland national football team|Poland]] in a 3–2 defeat also in a friendly on 17 February 1997.

On 2 September 2006, he returned to the Latvia national team for a match against [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]]. All in all, he played 75 times and scored 15 goals for Latvia.

Despite Latvia not qualifying for the [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup Finals]] they did have success in June 2001 when they beat [[Estonia national football team|Estonia]] and [[Lithuania national football team|Lithuania]], to lift the [[Baltic Cup (football)|Baltic Cup]], with Pahars scoring in both games. Pahars was then named [[Latvian Footballer of the Year]] for a third successive year in November 2001.

During a spell of injuries, he managed to play in the closing minutes as Latvia claimed a place in the [[Euro 2004|European Championships in 2004]] with a 2–2 draw in [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]] on 19 November 2003.

He again struggled for full fitness before scoring his first goal for Latvia in a 3–1 friendly win over [[Kazakhstan national football team|Kazakhstan]] on 18 February – his first international goal since May 2002.

With so many injury problems over the season he was a substitute for all three of 2004 UEFA Latvia's Group matches at [[UEFA Euro 2004|Euro 2004]], although he did taste the championships by coming off the bench in all three games.

==Managerial career==

===Skonto===
In 2010 Pahars accepted an offer to become [[Aleksandrs Starkovs]]' assistant at [[Skonto F.C.|Skonto]] alongside legendary [[Vitālijs Astafjevs]]. He became the champion of Latvia in 2010 once again, this time in an assistant manager's role.

In 2011 [[Aleksandrs Starkovs|Starkovs]] left for [[FK Baku]] in Azerbaijan and Pahars became the manager of the club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lff.lv/lv/news/2011/janvaris/35/ |title=Latvijas futbola federācija |website=Lff.lv |access-date=18 December 2015}}</ref> Managing the club for two seasons, he helped the club win the [[Baltic League]] in 2011 and lift the [[Latvian Football Cup]], as well as finish as the runners-up of the [[Latvian Higher League]] in 2012.

In December 2012, Pahars left [[Skonto FC|Skonto]], being succeeded by [[Tamaz Pertia]].

===Latvia===
Pahars accepted the opportunity to return to coaching, when the offer from [[Latvian Football Federation|LFF]] allowed him to become the manager of [[Latvia national under-21 football team|Latvian under-21 national team]]. Not long after his appointment, on 11 July 2013, Pahars was promoted, becoming the manager of the [[Latvia national football team|nation's senior team]], shortly after [[Aleksandrs Starkovs]] vacated his position.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.transfermarketweb.com/?action=read&idsel=124686 |title=football - soccer transfer news and rumors |publisher=Transfer Market Web |date=16 July 2013 |access-date=18 December 2015}}</ref>

As manager, Pahars guided Latvia to the [[2014 Baltic Cup|2014]] and [[2016 Baltic Cup]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lff.lv/lv/latvijasizlases/nacionala/baltijaskauss/2014/speles/finals/latvialithuania/|title=Source on the 2014 Baltic Cup final|access-date=28 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://jalgpall.ee/news.php?st=style_fp.css&news_id=10050|title=Kinnitati Balti turniiri logo ja mängugraafik|publisher=[[Estonian Football Association]]|date=4 April 2016|language=et}}</ref> However, he failed to guide the nation to qualification to the [[FIFA World Cup]] for both the [[2014 FIFA World Cup|2014]] and [[2018 FIFA World Cup|2018]] tournaments, as well as failing for qualification to the [[UEFA European Championship]] for the [[UEFA Euro 2016|2016 tournament]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/teams/56558--latvia/|title=Latvia - European Qualifiers - UEFA.com|access-date=28 June 2020}}</ref>

===Jelgava===
Pahars returned to Latvian domestic football, taking charge of [[FK Jelgava|Jelgava]] ahead of their [[2018 Latvian Higher League]] campaign. He guided them to a sixth-place finish in his inaugural season in charge.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/latvia/virsliga/2018/regular-season/r44854/|title=Summary - Virsliga - Latvia - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway|access-date=28 June 2020}}</ref>

In his second season in charge, Jelgava finished in seventh place in the [[Latvian Higher League]], a minor drop in a position from their previous league campaign, with Pahars departing the club at the end of that season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/fk-jelgava/2020/3/|title=FK Jelgava - Fixtures & Results 2019/2020|publisher=World Football|access-date=28 June 2020}}</ref>

===Siena===
On 26 January 2021, he was hired by Italian club [[A.C.N. Siena 1904|Siena]], which was in the fourth-tier [[Serie D]] at the time due to previous bankruptcy.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[A.C.N. Siena 1904|Siena]]|url=https://www.acnsiena.it/marian-pahars-e-il-nuovo-allenatore/|title=MARIAN PAHARS È IL NUOVO ALLENATORE|date=26 January 2021|language=it}}</ref> He resigned less than a month later, on 10 February, following a negative string of results.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[A.C.N. Siena 1904|Siena]]|url=https://www.acnsiena.it/marian-pahars-non-e-piu-lallenatore-dellacn-siena/|title=MARIAN PAHARS NON È PIÙ L'ALLENATORE DELL'ACN SIENA|date=10 February 2021|language=it}}</ref>

==Outside football==
Pahars was a candidate for [[Honor to serve Riga|Honoured to serve Riga]] in the [[2020 Riga City Council election]], but was not elected.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sportacentrs.com/futbols/latvijas_izlase/20022020-latvijas_izlases_treneru_staba_ieklautais |title=Latvijas izlases treneru štābā iekļautais Pahars plāno startēt Rīgas domes ārkārtas vēlēšanās |trans-title=Pahars, the former Latvian national team coach, plans to run in the extraordinary elections for Riga City Council|website=sportacentrs.com |date=20 February 2020 |access-date=31 August 2020}}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Club===
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.world-soccer.org/p-00731.htm |title=World-Soccer.org |website=World-Soccer.org |access-date=18 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Marian Pahars |url=https://www.11v11.com/players/marian-pahars-441/ |website=11v11 |access-date=22 April 2021}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National Cup
!colspan="2"|League Cup
!colspan="2"|[[UEFA|Europe]]
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|[[FK Pārdaugava|Pārdaugava]]||[[Latvian Higher League 1994|1994]]||[[Latvian Higher League]]||17||3||||||||||||||||
|-
|Skonto-Metāls||[[Latvian Higher League 1995|1995]]||Latvian Higher League||16||4||||||||||||||||
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[Skonto F.C.|Skonto]]||[[Latvian Higher League 1995|1995]]||rowspan="4"|Latvian Higher League||9||8||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[Latvian Higher League 1996|1996]]||28||12||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[Latvian Higher League 1997|1997]]||22||5||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[Latvian Higher League 1998|1998]]||26||19||||||||||||||||
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!85||44||||||||||||||||
|-
|rowspan="9"|[[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]]||[[1998–99 Southampton F.C. season|1998–99]]||rowspan="7"|[[Premier League]]||6||3||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||6||3
|-
|[[1999–2000 Southampton F.C. season|1999–2000]]||33||13||2||0||3||0||colspan="2"|–||38||13
|-
|[[2000–01 Southampton F.C. season|2000–01]]||31||9||4||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||37||9
|-
|[[2001–02 Southampton F.C. season|2001–02]]||36||14||1||1||2||1||colspan="2"|–||39||16
|-
|[[2002–03 Southampton F.C. season|2002–03]]||9||1||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||10||1
|-
|[[2003–04 Southampton F.C. season|2003–04]]||14||2||1||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||16||2
|-
|[[2004–05 Southampton F.C. season|2004–05]]||0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0
|-
|[[2005–06 Southampton F.C. season|2005–06]]||[[Football League Championship|Championship]]||8||1||2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||10||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!137||43||10||1||9||1|||0||0||156||45
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Anorthosis Famagusta FC|Anorthosis Famagusta]]||[[2006–07 Cypriot First Division|2006–07]]||rowspan="2"|[[Cypriot First Division|First Division]]||17||4||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[2007–08 Cypriot First Division|2007–08]]||2||0||||||||||||||||
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!19||4||||||||||||||||
|-
|Skonto||[[2008 Latvian Higher League|2008]]||Latvian Higher League|||19||8|||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[FK Daugava (2003)|Jūrmala]]||[[2009 Latvian Higher League|2009]]||Latvian Higher League|||2||0|||||||||||||||||
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!295||106||||||||||||||||
|}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref>{{cite web |title=Marians Pahars |url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=15859 |website=eu-football.info |access-date=29 June 2020}}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="12"|[[Latvia national football team|Latvia]]
|1996||5||0
|-
|1997||13||2
|-
|1998||11||5
|-
|1999||6||2
|-
|2000||6||0
|-
|2001||8||4
|-
|2002||6||1
|-
|2003||1||0
|-
|2004||6||1
|-
|2005||0||0
|-
|2006||3||0
|-
|2007||9||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!75!!15
|}

===Managerial===
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="5"|Record
|-
!G!!W!!D!!L!!Win %
|-
|align=left|[[Skonto FC|Skonto]]
|align=left|11 January 2011
|align=left|21 December 2012
{{WDL|78|44|20|14}}
|-
|align=left|[[Latvia national football team|Latvia]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Marians Pahars (head coach) |url=https://eu-football.info/_manager.php?id=1404 |website=eu-football.info |access-date=29 June 2020}}</ref>
|align=left|11 July 2013
|align=left|1 June 2017
{{WDL|33|7|11|15}}
|-
|align=left|[[FK Jelgava|Jelgava]]
|align=left|27 March 2018
|align=left|9 November 2019
{{WDL|60|15|14|31}}
|-
|align=left|[[A.C.N. Siena 1904|Siena]]
|align=left|25 January 2021
|align=left|10 February 2021
{{WDL|5|0|1|4}}
|-
!colspan="3"|Total
{{WDLtot|176|66|46|64|decimals=2}}
|}

==Honours==

===As a player===
'''Skonto'''
*[[Latvian Higher League|Virslīga]]: [[Latvian Higher League 1995|1995]], [[Latvian Higher League 1996|1996]], [[Latvian Higher League 1997|1997]], [[Latvian Higher League 1998|1998]]
*[[Latvian Football Cup]]: 1995, 1997, 1998

'''Individual'''
*[[Latvian Footballer of the Year]]: 1999, 2000, 2001

===As a manager===
* [[Baltic Cup (football)|Baltic Cup]]: [[2014 Baltic Cup|2014]], [[2016 Baltic Cup|2016]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Soccerbase|name=Marian Pahars}}
* [http://www.lff.lv/lv/aizlase/speletaji/pahars/ Latvian national team website] {{in lang|lv}}
* [http://www.legioner.kulichki.com/index.php?id=11&lang=en&player=26 Profile at 'legioner']
* [http://www.worldfootballers.com/player.php/marian-pahars-445.html Worldfootballers.com profile]
* {{FootballDatabase.eu|3251}}

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Marians Pahars

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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Marians Pahars
| image = Marians Pahars as Skonto coach.jpg
| image_size = 250
| caption = Pahars as the manager of [[Skonto FC|Skonto]]
| full_name = Marians Pahars
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|8|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Chornobai]], [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic|Ukrainian SSR]] (now [[Ukraine]])
| height = 1.75m
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1994 | clubs1 = [[FK Pārdaugava|Pārdaugava]] | caps1 = 17 | goals1 = 3
| years2 = 1995 | clubs2 = Skonto-Metāls | caps2 = 16 | goals2 = 4
| years3 = 1995–1998 | clubs3 = [[Skonto F.C.|Skonto]] | caps3 = 85 | goals3 = 44
| years4 = 1999–2006 | clubs4 = [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] | caps4 = 137 | goals4 = 43
| years5 = 2006–2007 | clubs5 = [[Anorthosis Famagusta FC|Anorthosis Famagusta]] | caps5 = 19 | goals5 = 4
| years6 = 2008 | clubs6 = [[Skonto F.C.|Skonto]] | caps6 = 19 | goals6 = 8
| years7 = 2009–2010 | clubs7 =[[FK Daugava (2003)|Jūrmala]] | caps7 = 2 | goals7 = 0
| totalcaps = 295 | totalgoals = 106
| nationalyears1 = 1996–2007
| nationalteam1 = [[Latvia national football team|Latvia]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Appearances for Latvia National Team|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/let-recintlp.html|access-date=8 January 2011|website=[[RSSSF]]|date=17 November 2010}}</ref>
| nationalcaps1 = 75 | nationalgoals1 = 15
| manageryears1 = 2011–2012 | managerclubs1 = [[Skonto F.C.|Skonto]]
| manageryears2 = 2013 | managerclubs2 = [[Latvia national under-21 football team|Latvia U21]]
| manageryears3 = 2013–2017 | managerclubs3 = [[Latvia national football team|Latvia]]
| manageryears4 = 2018–2019 | managerclubs4 = [[FK Jelgava|Jelgava]]
| manageryears5 = 2021 | managerclubs5 = [[A.C.N. Siena 1904|Siena]]
}}

'''Marians Pahars''' (born 5 August 1976) is a [[Latvia]]n professional [[Association football|football]] [[Manager (association football)|manager]] and a former player.<ref>{{Soccerway|marians-pahars/29662}}</ref>

As a player, he spent the majority of his career operating as a [[Striker (association football)|striker]] for [[Association football in England|English]] club [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]], where he played in the [[Premier League]] and the [[EFL Championship|Championship]], the latter of which he played during his final season for the club. Furthermore, he had two spells at [[Skonto F.C.|Skonto]] in the [[Latvian Higher League]]. He also made 75 appearances for the [[Latvia national football team|Latvia national team]], scoring 15 goals over an eleven-year period.

Having retired from football, Pahars entered a career in coaching, starting as assistant at Skonto, which resulted in his first appointment as a manager. He went on to manage Latvia at [[Latvia national under-21 football team|under-21]] and senior level, before returning to club management with [[FK Jelgava|Jelgava]].

His [[Latvian language|Latvian]] given name is ''Marians''; however, he was generally known as ''Marian'' during his career in England.

==Club career==

===Skonto===
Born in [[Chornobai]] in [[Ukrainian SSR|Ukraine]] of Latvian parents, Pahars grew up supporting [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]. When he was about 8 years old, [[Jurijs Andrejevs]], a coach from [[Skonto F.C.|Skonto]] visited his school, as a result of which Pahars decided to play football. Andrejevs was to have a major influence on Pahars’ football career.

At 18 he signed for [[Dinamo Riga|Pardaugava Riga]] moving on to Skonto Metāls and then into the [[Skonto F.C.|Skonto]] first-team in 1995. He started playing as a [[midfielder]], usually on the wings, before moving into a striker's role.

His best goal ratio came in 1995 when he scored 8 in 9 games, which he followed up with 12 in 28 games the following season, as he became a regular in the [[Latvia national football team|Latvia national team]]. In his prime he was dubbed the "Latvian [[Michael Owen]]".

In the 1998 season he scored 19 goals in 26 games for Skonto, and his progress was attracting attention from bigger clubs; he had trials with [[Salernitana Calcio 1919|Salernitana]] (Italy), [[Werder Bremen]] (Germany), and [[FC Red Bull Salzburg|Casino Salzburg]] (Austria), but he was recommended to Southampton's manager [[Dave Jones (football manager)|Dave Jones]] by [[Gary Johnson (footballer, born 1955)|Gary Johnson]] - the manager of the Latvia national team.

===Southampton===
He had a trial in a reserve team match against [[Oxford United]] on 10 February 1999 in which he scored a perfect hat-trick – a header and a goal with each foot in a 7–1 victory.

Saints agreed a fee with [[Skonto F.C.|Skonto]] of around £800,000 and despite difficulties in obtaining a work permit and objections from the PFA, these problems were overcome and he joined the Saints in March 1999, thus becoming the first Latvian to play in the [[FA Premier League]].

He finally made his debut as a 70th-minute substitute away to [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]] on 5 April 1999, with his home debut at [[The Dell (Southampton)|The Dell]] coming on 17 April, when he came off the bench to score the crucial equaliser – and almost got a winner – against [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] in a 3–3 draw. At this time Saints were desperately trying to survive in the Premier League and had gone into the final game of the season needing a win to guarantee their place for a further season. Pahars scored twice in the 2–0 win over [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] at the Dell, thus securing Saints’ status in the Premiership for the following season.

He made 33 appearances during the [[1999–2000 in English football|1999–00 season]] finishing as the club's top scorer with 13 goals. By now, [[Dave Jones (football manager)|Dave Jones]] had been replaced as manager by [[Glenn Hoddle]], who decided to move Pahars to a wide position, with the theory that he could scare the opposition, with his dribbling and pace, and provide for others as well as score himself.

After an impressive start to the [[2000–01 in English football|2000–01 season]] – finding the net six times as a striker, he returned to a deeper role, and his form slumped as a result. He was still a threat providing his teammates with opportunities, but his form was patchy and inconsistent and he only found the net three more times to take his tally for the season to 9 goals.

After an indifferent start to the following season, he came off the bench to score the winner away to [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]] on 15 September 2001. He scored at a regular rate over the next three months including the winner in a 1–0 victory over [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]] on 24 November – Saints first win in their new [[St Mary's Stadium]].

Unfortunately, after the New Year the goals dried up again but he finished the season with his best total for the Saints of 16 goals in League and [[FA Cup]]. Pahars’ 16 goals and 14 from strike partner [[James Beattie (footballer)|James Beattie]] meant that the duo had the second best strike rate in the Premiership.

In the summer of 2002, Pahars required a [[hernia]] operation, which forced him to miss the whole of pre-season and although he scored a penalty in a 1–0 home win over Everton on 11 September he never fully recovered from his injury. His early season was rather stop-start and was not helped by the suspension for receiving a red card at home to [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]] on 5 October. He then severely injured an ankle in November 2002, which kept him out for most of the rest of the season with another operation on the eve of the [[FA Cup Final 2003|FA Cup Final]] to round off a miserable [[2002–03 in English football|2002–03 season]].

The start to the [[2003–04 in English football|2003–04 season]] was again hampered by injury and comebacks for the reserves were ruined by injury recurrences. He did manage to play the closing minutes as Latvia claimed a place at [[UEFA Euro 2004|Euro 2004]]. With that as an added incentive to get himself fully fit he found himself back in the Saints starting line up for 3 successive games which all ended in victories. His first goal of the season – and in more than a year – came at home to local rivals [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]] on 21 December 2003 in a 3–0 home win when he curled a superb right footer into the bottom right corner.

After recovering from injury, he was then injured in [[2004–05 in English football|2004–05 pre-season]] in an away match at Swindon Town. A heavy, late tackle to the same ankle which had already undergone three operations <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2004/aug/05/newsstory.sport19 |title=Pahars injury woes continue | Football |work=The Guardian |date=4 August 2004 |access-date=18 December 2015}}</ref> ruled him out of the early part of the season. Comebacks for the reserves were promising, until problems flared up again, causing him to miss the whole of the season in frustrating circumstances, as Saints were relegated after 28 years in the top flight of English Football.

His [[2005–06 in English football|2005–06 season]] was another frustrating one with injury after injury again seeing his comebacks ruined. He did make 10 appearances during the season, scoring one goal, but it was not enough to save his Saints career, and, in May 2006, after seven years with 156 appearances and 45 goals for the club, it was announced that his contract with Southampton would not be renewed for the following season.

After the final game of the season, on 30 April 2006 Pahars took part in a 'lap of appreciation' by the Saints players around the St. Mary's pitch, in an emotional goodbye for the player and many of the Southampton fans present.

===Later spells===
In [[July 2006 in sports|July 2006]] Pahars signed with [[Anorthosis Famagusta F.C.|Anorthosis Famagusta]], a [[Cyprus|Cypriot]] team managed by former Georgian International [[Temuri Ketsbaia]].

His injury problems were frequent during his stay at the club, and, as a result, in January 2008, he was released.
[[File:Marians Pahars.jpg|thumb|Pahars playing for [[Skonto F.C.|Skonto]] ]]
In 2008, he joined his former home-land club [[Skonto F.C.|Skonto]], playing there for one season and helping the club reach good results in the national championship. After the season, he left Skonto FC, joining [[FK Jūrmala-VV]] finishing his career there with two games in the national championship.

==International career==
Pahars broke into the Latvia national team at the start of 1996, and made his debut on 12 March 1996 in a 1–0 friendly defeat away to [[Cyprus national football team|Cyprus]]. His first goal for his country came in his ninth match at home to [[Poland national football team|Poland]] in a 3–2 defeat also in a friendly on 17 February 1997.

On 2 September 2006, he returned to the Latvia national team for a match against [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]]. All in all, he played 75 times and scored 15 goals for Latvia.

Despite Latvia not qualifying for the [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup Finals]] they did have success in June 2001 when they beat [[Estonia national football team|Estonia]] and [[Lithuania national football team|Lithuania]], to lift the [[Baltic Cup (football)|Baltic Cup]], with Pahars scoring in both games. Pahars was then named [[Latvian Footballer of the Year]] for a third successive year in November 2001.

During a spell of injuries, he managed to play in the closing minutes as Latvia claimed a place in the [[Euro 2004|European Championships in 2004]] with a 2–2 draw in [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]] on 19 November 2003.

He again struggled for full fitness before scoring his first goal for Latvia in a 3–1 friendly win over [[Kazakhstan national football team|Kazakhstan]] on 18 February – his first international goal since May 2002.

With so many injury problems over the season he was a substitute for all three of 2004 UEFA Latvia's Group matches at [[UEFA Euro 2004|Euro 2004]], although he did taste the championships by coming off the bench in all three games.

==Managerial career==

===Skonto===
In 2010 Pahars accepted an offer to become [[Aleksandrs Starkovs]]' assistant at [[Skonto F.C.|Skonto]] alongside legendary [[Vitālijs Astafjevs]]. He became the champion of Latvia in 2010 once again, this time in an assistant manager's role.

In 2011 [[Aleksandrs Starkovs|Starkovs]] left for [[FK Baku]] in Azerbaijan and Pahars became the manager of the club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lff.lv/lv/news/2011/janvaris/35/ |title=Latvijas futbola federācija |website=Lff.lv |access-date=18 December 2015}}</ref> Managing the club for two seasons, he helped the club win the [[Baltic League]] in 2011 and lift the [[Latvian Football Cup]], as well as finish as the runners-up of the [[Latvian Higher League]] in 2012.

In December 2012, Pahars left [[Skonto FC|Skonto]], being succeeded by [[Tamaz Pertia]].

===Latvia===
Pahars accepted the opportunity to return to coaching, when the offer from [[Latvian Football Federation|LFF]] allowed him to become the manager of [[Latvia national under-21 football team|Latvian under-21 national team]]. Not long after his appointment, on 11 July 2013, Pahars was promoted, becoming the manager of the [[Latvia national football team|nation's senior team]], shortly after [[Aleksandrs Starkovs]] vacated his position.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.transfermarketweb.com/?action=read&idsel=124686 |title=football - soccer transfer news and rumors |publisher=Transfer Market Web |date=16 July 2013 |access-date=18 December 2015}}</ref>

As manager, Pahars guided Latvia to the [[2014 Baltic Cup|2014]] and [[2016 Baltic Cup]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lff.lv/lv/latvijasizlases/nacionala/baltijaskauss/2014/speles/finals/latvialithuania/|title=Source on the 2014 Baltic Cup final|access-date=28 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://jalgpall.ee/news.php?st=style_fp.css&news_id=10050|title=Kinnitati Balti turniiri logo ja mängugraafik|publisher=[[Estonian Football Association]]|date=4 April 2016|language=et}}</ref> However, he failed to guide the nation to qualification to the [[FIFA World Cup]] for both the [[2014 FIFA World Cup|2014]] and [[2018 FIFA World Cup|2018]] tournaments, as well as failing for qualification to the [[UEFA European Championship]] for the [[UEFA Euro 2016|2016 tournament]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/teams/56558--latvia/|title=Latvia - European Qualifiers - UEFA.com|access-date=28 June 2020}}</ref>

===Jelgava===
Pahars returned to Latvian domestic football, taking charge of [[FK Jelgava|Jelgava]] ahead of their [[2018 Latvian Higher League]] campaign. He guided them to a sixth-place finish in his inaugural season in charge.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/latvia/virsliga/2018/regular-season/r44854/|title=Summary - Virsliga - Latvia - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway|access-date=28 June 2020}}</ref>

In his second season in charge, Jelgava finished in seventh place in the [[Latvian Higher League]], a minor drop in a position from their previous league campaign, with Pahars departing the club at the end of that season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/fk-jelgava/2020/3/|title=FK Jelgava - Fixtures & Results 2019/2020|publisher=World Football|access-date=28 June 2020}}</ref>

===Siena===
On 26 January 2021, he was hired by Italian club [[A.C.N. Siena 1904|Siena]], which was in the fourth-tier [[Serie D]] at the time due to previous bankruptcy.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[A.C.N. Siena 1904|Siena]]|url=https://www.acnsiena.it/marian-pahars-e-il-nuovo-allenatore/|title=MARIAN PAHARS È IL NUOVO ALLENATORE|date=26 January 2021|language=it}}</ref> He resigned less than a month later, on 10 February, following a negative string of results.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[A.C.N. Siena 1904|Siena]]|url=https://www.acnsiena.it/marian-pahars-non-e-piu-lallenatore-dellacn-siena/|title=MARIAN PAHARS NON È PIÙ L'ALLENATORE DELL'ACN SIENA|date=10 February 2021|language=it}}</ref>

==Outside football==
Pahars was a candidate for [[Honor to serve Riga|Honoured to serve Riga]] in the [[2020 Riga City Council election]], but was not elected.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sportacentrs.com/futbols/latvijas_izlase/20022020-latvijas_izlases_treneru_staba_ieklautais |title=Latvijas izlases treneru štābā iekļautais Pahars plāno startēt Rīgas domes ārkārtas vēlēšanās |trans-title=Pahars, the former Latvian national team coach, plans to run in the extraordinary elections for Riga City Council|website=sportacentrs.com |date=20 February 2020 |access-date=31 August 2020}}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Club===
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.world-soccer.org/p-00731.htm |title=World-Soccer.org |website=World-Soccer.org |access-date=18 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Marian Pahars |url=https://www.11v11.com/players/marian-pahars-441/ |website=11v11 |access-date=22 April 2021}}</ref>
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National Cup
!colspan="2"|League Cup
!colspan="2"|[[UEFA|Europe]]
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|[[FK Pārdaugava|Pārdaugava]]||[[Latvian Higher League 1994|1994]]||[[Latvian Higher League]]||17||3||||||||||||||||
|-
|Skonto-Metāls||[[Latvian Higher League 1995|1995]]||Latvian Higher League||16||4||||||||||||||||
|-
|rowspan="5"|[[Skonto F.C.|Skonto]]||[[Latvian Higher League 1995|1995]]||rowspan="4"|Latvian Higher League||9||8||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[Latvian Higher League 1996|1996]]||28||12||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[Latvian Higher League 1997|1997]]||22||5||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[Latvian Higher League 1998|1998]]||26||19||||||||||||||||
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!85||44||||||||||||||||
|-
|rowspan="9"|[[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]]||[[1998–99 Southampton F.C. season|1998–99]]||rowspan="7"|[[Premier League]]||6||3||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||6||3
|-
|[[1999–2000 Southampton F.C. season|1999–2000]]||33||13||2||0||3||0||colspan="2"|–||38||13
|-
|[[2000–01 Southampton F.C. season|2000–01]]||31||9||4||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||37||9
|-
|[[2001–02 Southampton F.C. season|2001–02]]||36||14||1||1||2||1||colspan="2"|–||39||16
|-
|[[2002–03 Southampton F.C. season|2002–03]]||9||1||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||10||1
|-
|[[2003–04 Southampton F.C. season|2003–04]]||14||2||1||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||16||2
|-
|[[2004–05 Southampton F.C. season|2004–05]]||0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0
|-
|[[2005–06 Southampton F.C. season|2005–06]]||[[Football League Championship|Championship]]||8||1||2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||10||1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!137||43||10||1||9||1|||0||0||156||45
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Anorthosis Famagusta FC|Anorthosis Famagusta]]||[[2006–07 Cypriot First Division|2006–07]]||rowspan="2"|[[Cypriot First Division|First Division]]||17||4||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[2007–08 Cypriot First Division|2007–08]]||2||0||||||||||||||||
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!19||4||||||||||||||||
|-
|Skonto||[[2008 Latvian Higher League|2008]]||Latvian Higher League|||19||8|||||||||||||||||
|-
|[[FK Daugava (2003)|Jūrmala]]||[[2009 Latvian Higher League|2009]]||Latvian Higher League|||2||0|||||||||||||||||
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!295||106||||||||||||||||
|}

===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref>{{cite web |title=Marians Pahars |url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=15859 |website=eu-football.info |access-date=29 June 2020}}</ref>
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="12"|[[Latvia national football team|Latvia]]
|1996||5||0
|-
|1997||13||2
|-
|1998||11||5
|-
|1999||6||2
|-
|2000||6||0
|-
|2001||8||4
|-
|2002||6||1
|-
|2003||1||0
|-
|2004||6||1
|-
|2005||0||0
|-
|2006||3||0
|-
|2007||9||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!75!!15
|}

===Managerial===
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="5"|Record
|-
!G!!W!!D!!L!!Win %
|-
|align=left|[[Skonto FC|Skonto]]
|align=left|11 January 2011
|align=left|21 December 2012
{{WDL|78|44|20|14}}
|-
|align=left|[[Latvia national football team|Latvia]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Marians Pahars (head coach) |url=https://eu-football.info/_manager.php?id=1404 |website=eu-football.info |access-date=29 June 2020}}</ref>
|align=left|11 July 2013
|align=left|1 June 2017
{{WDL|33|7|11|15}}
|-
|align=left|[[FK Jelgava|Jelgava]]
|align=left|27 March 2018
|align=left|9 November 2019
{{WDL|60|15|14|31}}
|-
|align=left|[[A.C.N. Siena 1904|Siena]]
|align=left|25 January 2021
|align=left|10 February 2021
{{WDL|5|0|1|4}}
|-
!colspan="3"|Total
{{WDLtot|176|66|46|64|decimals=2}}
|}

==Honours==

===As a player===
'''Skonto'''
*[[Latvian Higher League|Virslīga]]: [[Latvian Higher League 1995|1995]], [[Latvian Higher League 1996|1996]], [[Latvian Higher League 1997|1997]], [[Latvian Higher League 1998|1998]]
*[[Latvian Football Cup]]: 1995, 1997, 1998

'''Individual'''
*[[Latvian Footballer of the Year]]: 1999, 2000, 2001

===As a manager===
* [[Baltic Cup (football)|Baltic Cup]]: [[2014 Baltic Cup|2014]], [[2016 Baltic Cup|2016]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Soccerbase|name=Marian Pahars}}
* [http://www.lff.lv/lv/aizlase/speletaji/pahars/ Latvian national team website] {{in lang|lv}}
* [http://www.legioner.kulichki.com/index.php?id=11&lang=en&player=26 Profile at 'legioner']
* [http://www.worldfootballers.com/player.php/marian-pahars-445.html Worldfootballers.com profile]
* {{FootballDatabase.eu|3251}}

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Marians Pahars

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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Marians Pahars
| image = Marians Pahars as Skonto coach.jpg
| image_size = 250
| caption = Pahars as the manager of [[Skonto FC|Skonto]]
| full_name = Marians Pahars
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|8|5|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Chornobai]], [[Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic|Ukrainian SSR]] (now [[Ukraine]])
| height = 1.75m
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1994 | clubs1 = [[FK Pārdaugava|Pārdaugava]] | caps1 = 17 | goals1 = 3
| years2 = 1995 | clubs2 = Skonto-Metāls | caps2 = 16 | goals2 = 4
| years3 = 1995–1998 | clubs3 = [[Skonto F.C.|Skonto]] | caps3 = 85 | goals3 = 44
| years4 = 1999–2006 | clubs4 = [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]] | caps4 = 137 | goals4 = 43
| years5 = 2006–2007 | clubs5 = [[Anorthosis Famagusta FC|Anorthosis Famagusta]] | caps5 = 19 | goals5 = 4
| years6 = 2008 | clubs6 = [[Skonto F.C.|Skonto]] | caps6 = 19 | goals6 = 8
| years7 = 2009–2010 | clubs7 =[[FK Daugava (2003)|Jūrmala]] | caps7 = 2 | goals7 = 0
| totalcaps = 295 | totalgoals = 106
| nationalyears1 = 1996–2007
| nationalteam1 = [[Latvia national football team|Latvia]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Appearances for Latvia National Team|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/let-recintlp.html|access-date=8 January 2011|website=[[RSSSF]]|date=17 November 2010}}</ref>
| nationalcaps1 = 75 | nationalgoals1 = 15
| manageryears1 = 2011–2012 | managerclubs1 = [[Skonto F.C.|Skonto]]
| manageryears2 = 2013 | managerclubs2 = [[Latvia national under-21 football team|Latvia U21]]
| manageryears3 = 2013–2017 | managerclubs3 = [[Latvia national football team|Latvia]]
| manageryears4 = 2018–2019 | managerclubs4 = [[FK Jelgava|Jelgava]]
| manageryears5 = 2021 | managerclubs5 = [[A.C.N. Siena 1904|Siena]]
}}

'''Marians Pahars''' (born 5 August 1976) is a [[Latvia]]n professional [[Association football|football]] [[Manager (association football)|manager]] and a former player.<ref>{{Soccerway|marians-pahars/29662}}</ref>

As a player, he spent the majority of his career operating as a [[Striker (association football)|striker]] for [[Association football in England|English]] club [[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]], where he played in the [[Premier League]] and the [[EFL Championship|Championship]], the latter of which he played during his final season for the club. Furthermore, he had two spells at [[Skonto F.C.|Skonto]] in the [[Latvian Higher League]]. He also made 75 appearances for the [[Latvia national football team|Latvia national team]], scoring 15 goals over an eleven-year period.

Having retired from football, Pahars entered a career in coaching, starting as assistant at Skonto, which resulted in his first appointment as a manager. He went on to manage Latvia at [[Latvia national under-21 football team|under-21]] and senior level, before returning to club management with [[FK Jelgava|Jelgava]].

His [[Latvian language|Latvian]] given name is ''Marians''; however, he was generally known as ''Marian'' during his career in England.

==Club career==

===Skonto===
Born in [[Chornobai]] in [[Ukrainian SSR|Ukraine]] of Latvian parents, Pahars grew up supporting [[FC Spartak Moscow|Spartak Moscow]]. When he was about 8 years old, [[Jurijs Andrejevs]], a coach from [[Skonto F.C.|Skonto]] visited his school, as a result of which Pahars decided to play football. Andrejevs was to have a major influence on Pahars’ football career.

At 18 he signed for [[Dinamo Riga|Pardaugava Riga]] moving on to Skonto Metāls and then into the [[Skonto F.C.|Skonto]] first-team in 1995. He started playing as a [[midfielder]], usually on the wings, before moving into a striker's role.

His best goal ratio came in 1995 when he scored 8 in 9 games, which he followed up with 12 in 28 games the following season, as he became a regular in the [[Latvia national football team|Latvia national team]]. In his prime he was dubbed the "Latvian [[Michael Owen]]".

In the 1998 season he scored 19 goals in 26 games for Skonto, and his progress was attracting attention from bigger clubs; he had trials with [[Salernitana Calcio 1919|Salernitana]] (Italy), [[Werder Bremen]] (Germany), and [[FC Red Bull Salzburg|Casino Salzburg]] (Austria), but he was recommended to Southampton's manager [[Dave Jones (football manager)|Dave Jones]] by [[Gary Johnson (footballer, born 1955)|Gary Johnson]] - the manager of the Latvia national team.

===Southampton===
He had a trial in a reserve team match against [[Oxford United]] on 10 February 1999 in which he scored a perfect hat-trick – a header and a goal with each foot in a 7–1 victory.

Saints agreed a fee with [[Skonto F.C.|Skonto]] of around £800,000 and despite difficulties in obtaining a work permit and objections from the PFA, these problems were overcome and he joined the Saints in March 1999, thus becoming the first Latvian to play in the [[FA Premier League]].

He finally made his debut as a 70th-minute substitute away to [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]] on 5 April 1999, with his home debut at [[The Dell (Southampton)|The Dell]] coming on 17 April, when he came off the bench to score the crucial equaliser – and almost got a winner – against [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] in a 3–3 draw. At this time Saints were desperately trying to survive in the Premier League and had gone into the final game of the season needing a win to guarantee their place for a further season. Pahars scored twice in the 2–0 win over [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] at the Dell, thus securing Saints’ status in the Premiership for the following season.

He made 33 appearances during the [[1999–2000 in English football|1999–00 season]] finishing as the club's top scorer with 13 goals. By now, [[Dave Jones (football manager)|Dave Jones]] had been replaced as manager by [[Glenn Hoddle]], who decided to move Pahars to a wide position, with the theory that he could scare the opposition, with his dribbling and pace, and provide for others as well as score himself.

After an impressive start to the [[2000–01 in English football|2000–01 season]] – finding the net six times as a striker, he returned to a deeper role, and his form slumped as a result. He was still a threat providing his teammates with opportunities, but his form was patchy and inconsistent and he only found the net three more times to take his tally for the season to 9 goals.

After an indifferent start to the following season, he came off the bench to score the winner away to [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]] on 15 September 2001. He scored at a regular rate over the next three months including the winner in a 1–0 victory over [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]] on 24 November – Saints first win in their new [[St Mary's Stadium]].

Unfortunately, after the New Year the goals dried up again but he finished the season with his best total for the Saints of 16 goals in League and [[FA Cup]]. Pahars’ 16 goals and 14 from strike partner [[James Beattie (footballer)|James Beattie]] meant that the duo had the second best strike rate in the Premiership.

In the summer of 2002, Pahars required a [[hernia]] operation, which forced him to miss the whole of pre-season and although he scored a penalty in a 1–0 home win over Everton on 11 September he never fully recovered from his injury. His early season was rather stop-start and was not helped by the suspension for receiving a red card at home to [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]] on 5 October. He then severely injured an ankle in November 2002, which kept him out for most of the rest of the season with another operation on the eve of the [[FA Cup Final 2003|FA Cup Final]] to round off a miserable [[2002–03 in English football|2002–03 season]].

The start to the [[2003–04 in English football|2003–04 season]] was again hampered by injury and comebacks for the reserves were ruined by injury recurrences. He did manage to play the closing minutes as Latvia claimed a place at [[UEFA Euro 2004|Euro 2004]]. With that as an added incentive to get himself fully fit he found himself back in the Saints starting line up for 3 successive games which all ended in victories. His first goal of the season – and in more than a year – came at home to local rivals [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]] on 21 December 2003 in a 3–0 home win when he curled a superb right footer into the bottom right corner.

After recovering from injury, he was then injured in [[2004–05 in English football|2004–05 pre-season]] in an away match at Swindon Town. A heavy, late tackle to the same ankle which had already undergone three operations <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2004/aug/05/newsstory.sport19 |title=Pahars injury woes continue | Football |work=The Guardian |date=4 August 2004 |access-date=18 December 2015}}</ref> ruled him out of the early part of the season. Comebacks for the reserves were promising, until problems flared up again, causing him to miss the whole of the season in frustrating circumstances, as Saints were relegated after 28 years in the top flight of English Football.

His [[2005–06 in English football|2005–06 season]] was another frustrating one with injury after injury again seeing his comebacks ruined. He did make 10 appearances during the season, scoring one goal, but it was not enough to save his Saints career, and, in May 2006, after seven years with 156 appearances and 45 goals for the club, it was announced that his contract with Southampton would not be renewed for the following season.

After the final game of the season, on 30 April 2006 Pahars took part in a 'lap of appreciation' by the Saints players around the St. Mary's pitch, in an emotional goodbye for the player and many of the Southampton fans present.

===Later spells===
In [[July 2006 in sports|July 2006]] Pahars signed with [[Anorthosis Famagusta F.C.|Anorthosis Famagusta]], a [[Cyprus|Cypriot]] team managed by former Georgian International [[Temuri Ketsbaia]].

His injury problems were frequent during his stay at the club, and, as a result, in January 2008, he was released.
[[File:Marians Pahars.jpg|thumb|Pahars playing for [[Skonto F.C.|Skonto]] ]]
In 2008, he joined his former home-land club [[Skonto F.C.|Skonto]], playing there for one season and helping the club reach good results in the national championship. After the season, he left Skonto FC, joining [[FK Jūrmala-VV]] finishing his career there with two games in the national championship.

==International career==
Pahars broke into the Latvia national team at the start of 1996, and made his debut on 12 March 1996 in a 1–0 friendly defeat away to [[Cyprus national football team|Cyprus]]. His first goal for his country came in his ninth match at home to [[Poland national football team|Poland]] in a 3–2 defeat also in a friendly on 17 February 1997.

On 2 September 2006, he returned to the Latvia national team for a match against [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]]. All in all, he played 75 times and scored 15 goals for Latvia.

Despite Latvia not qualifying for the [[FIFA World Cup|World Cup Finals]] they did have success in June 2001 when they beat [[Estonia national football team|Estonia]] and [[Lithuania national football team|Lithuania]], to lift the [[Baltic Cup (football)|Baltic Cup]], with Pahars scoring in both games. Pahars was then named [[Latvian Footballer of the Year]] for a third successive year in November 2001.

During a spell of injuries, he managed to play in the closing minutes as Latvia claimed a place in the [[Euro 2004|European Championships in 2004]] with a 2–2 draw in [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]] on 19 November 2003.

He again struggled for full fitness before scoring his first goal for Latvia in a 3–1 friendly win over [[Kazakhstan national football team|Kazakhstan]] on 18 February – his first international goal since May 2002.

With so many injury problems over the season he was a substitute for all three of 2004 UEFA Latvia's Group matches at [[UEFA Euro 2004|Euro 2004]], although he did taste the championships by coming off the bench in all three games.

==Managerial career==

===Skonto===
In 2010 Pahars accepted an offer to become [[Aleksandrs Starkovs]]' assistant at [[Skonto F.C.|Skonto]] alongside legendary [[Vitālijs Astafjevs]]. He became the champion of Latvia in 2010 once again, this time in an assistant manager's role.

In 2011 [[Aleksandrs Starkovs|Starkovs]] left for [[FK Baku]] in Azerbaijan and Pahars became the manager of the club.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lff.lv/lv/news/2011/janvaris/35/ |title=Latvijas futbola federācija |website=Lff.lv |access-date=18 December 2015}}</ref> Managing the club for two seasons, he helped the club win the [[Baltic League]] in 2011 and lift the [[Latvian Football Cup]], as well as finish as the runners-up of the [[Latvian Higher League]] in 2012.

In December 2012, Pahars left [[Skonto FC|Skonto]], being succeeded by [[Tamaz Pertia]].

===Latvia===
Pahars accepted the opportunity to return to coaching, when the offer from [[Latvian Football Federation|LFF]] allowed him to become the manager of [[Latvia national under-21 football team|Latvian under-21 national team]]. Not long after his appointment, on 11 July 2013, Pahars was promoted, becoming the manager of the [[Latvia national football team|nation's senior team]], shortly after [[Aleksandrs Starkovs]] vacated his position.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.transfermarketweb.com/?action=read&idsel=124686 |title=football - soccer transfer news and rumors |publisher=Transfer Market Web |date=16 July 2013 |access-date=18 December 2015}}</ref>

As manager, Pahars guided Latvia to the [[2014 Baltic Cup|2014]] and [[2016 Baltic Cup]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lff.lv/lv/latvijasizlases/nacionala/baltijaskauss/2014/speles/finals/latvialithuania/|title=Source on the 2014 Baltic Cup final|access-date=28 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://jalgpall.ee/news.php?st=style_fp.css&news_id=10050|title=Kinnitati Balti turniiri logo ja mängugraafik|publisher=[[Estonian Football Association]]|date=4 April 2016|language=et}}</ref> However, he failed to guide the nation to qualification to the [[FIFA World Cup]] for both the [[2014 FIFA World Cup|2014]] and [[2018 FIFA World Cup|2018]] tournaments, as well as failing for qualification to the [[UEFA European Championship]] for the [[UEFA Euro 2016|2016 tournament]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/european-qualifiers/teams/56558--latvia/|title=Latvia - European Qualifiers - UEFA.com|access-date=28 June 2020}}</ref>

===Jelgava===
Pahars returned to Latvian domestic football, taking charge of [[FK Jelgava|Jelgava]] ahead of their [[2018 Latvian Higher League]] campaign. He guided them to a sixth-place finish in his inaugural season in charge.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://int.soccerway.com/national/latvia/virsliga/2018/regular-season/r44854/|title=Summary - Virsliga - Latvia - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway|access-date=28 June 2020}}</ref>

In his second season in charge, Jelgava finished in seventh place in the [[Latvian Higher League]], a minor drop in a position from their previous league campaign, with Pahars departing the club at the end of that season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/teams/fk-jelgava/2020/3/|title=FK Jelgava - Fixtures & Results 2019/2020|publisher=World Football|access-date=28 June 2020}}</ref>

===Siena===
On 26 January 2021, he was hired by Italian club [[A.C.N. Siena 1904|Siena]], which was in the fourth-tier [[Serie D]] at the time due to previous bankruptcy.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[A.C.N. Siena 1904|Siena]]|url=https://www.acnsiena.it/marian-pahars-e-il-nuovo-allenatore/|title=MARIAN PAHARS È IL NUOVO ALLENATORE|date=26 January 2021|language=it}}</ref> He resigned less than a month later, on 10 February, following a negative string of results.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[A.C.N. Siena 1904|Siena]]|url=https://www.acnsiena.it/marian-pahars-non-e-piu-lallenatore-dellacn-siena/|title=MARIAN PAHARS NON È PIÙ L'ALLENATORE DELL'ACN SIENA|date=10 February 2021|language=it}}</ref>

==Outside football==
Pahars was a candidate for [[Honor to serve Riga|Honoured to serve Riga]] in the [[2020 Riga City Council election]], but was not elected.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sportacentrs.com/futbols/latvijas_izlase/20022020-latvijas_izlases_treneru_staba_ieklautais |title=Latvijas izlases treneru štābā iekļautais Pahars plāno startēt Rīgas domes ārkārtas vēlēšanās |trans-title=Pahars, the former Latvian national team coach, plans to run in the extraordinary elections for Riga City Council|website=sportacentrs.com |date=20 February 2020 |access-date=31 August 2020}}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Club===
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|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.world-soccer.org/p-00731.htm |title=World-Soccer.org |website=World-Soccer.org |access-date=18 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Marian Pahars |url=https://www.11v11.com/players/marian-pahars-441/ |website=11v11 |access-date=22 April 2021}}</ref>
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!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|National Cup
!colspan="2"|League Cup
!colspan="2"|[[UEFA|Europe]]
!colspan="2"|Total
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!Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals
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|[[FK Pārdaugava|Pārdaugava]]||[[Latvian Higher League 1994|1994]]||[[Latvian Higher League]]||17||3||||||||||||||||
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|Skonto-Metāls||[[Latvian Higher League 1995|1995]]||Latvian Higher League||16||4||||||||||||||||
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|rowspan="5"|[[Skonto F.C.|Skonto]]||[[Latvian Higher League 1995|1995]]||rowspan="4"|Latvian Higher League||9||8||||||||||||||||
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|[[Latvian Higher League 1996|1996]]||28||12||||||||||||||||
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|[[Latvian Higher League 1997|1997]]||22||5||||||||||||||||
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|[[Latvian Higher League 1998|1998]]||26||19||||||||||||||||
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!colspan="2"|Total
!85||44||||||||||||||||
|-
|rowspan="9"|[[Southampton F.C.|Southampton]]||[[1998–99 Southampton F.C. season|1998–99]]||rowspan="7"|[[Premier League]]||6||3||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||6||3
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|[[1999–2000 Southampton F.C. season|1999–2000]]||33||13||2||0||3||0||colspan="2"|–||38||13
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|[[2000–01 Southampton F.C. season|2000–01]]||31||9||4||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||37||9
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|[[2001–02 Southampton F.C. season|2001–02]]||36||14||1||1||2||1||colspan="2"|–||39||16
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|[[2002–03 Southampton F.C. season|2002–03]]||9||1||0||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||10||1
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|[[2003–04 Southampton F.C. season|2003–04]]||14||2||1||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||16||2
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|[[2004–05 Southampton F.C. season|2004–05]]||0||0||0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||0||0
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|[[2005–06 Southampton F.C. season|2005–06]]||[[Football League Championship|Championship]]||8||1||2||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||10||1
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!colspan="2"|Total
!137||43||10||1||9||1|||0||0||156||45
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|rowspan="3"|[[Anorthosis Famagusta FC|Anorthosis Famagusta]]||[[2006–07 Cypriot First Division|2006–07]]||rowspan="2"|[[Cypriot First Division|First Division]]||17||4||||||||||||||||
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|[[2007–08 Cypriot First Division|2007–08]]||2||0||||||||||||||||
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!colspan="2"|Total
!19||4||||||||||||||||
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|Skonto||[[2008 Latvian Higher League|2008]]||Latvian Higher League|||19||8|||||||||||||||||
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|[[FK Daugava (2003)|Jūrmala]]||[[2009 Latvian Higher League|2009]]||Latvian Higher League|||2||0|||||||||||||||||
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!colspan="3"|Career total
!295||106||||||||||||||||
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===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year<ref>{{cite web |title=Marians Pahars |url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=15859 |website=eu-football.info |access-date=29 June 2020}}</ref>
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|rowspan="12"|[[Latvia national football team|Latvia]]
|1996||5||0
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|1997||13||2
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|1998||11||5
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|1999||6||2
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|2000||6||0
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|2001||8||4
|-
|2002||6||1
|-
|2003||1||0
|-
|2004||6||1
|-
|2005||0||0
|-
|2006||3||0
|-
|2007||9||0
|-
!colspan="2"|Total!!75!!15
|}

===Managerial===
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!rowspan="2"|From
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!G!!W!!D!!L!!Win %
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|align=left|[[Skonto FC|Skonto]]
|align=left|11 January 2011
|align=left|21 December 2012
{{WDL|78|44|20|14}}
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|align=left|[[Latvia national football team|Latvia]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Marians Pahars (head coach) |url=https://eu-football.info/_manager.php?id=1404 |website=eu-football.info |access-date=29 June 2020}}</ref>
|align=left|11 July 2013
|align=left|1 June 2017
{{WDL|33|7|11|15}}
|-
|align=left|[[FK Jelgava|Jelgava]]
|align=left|27 March 2018
|align=left|9 November 2019
{{WDL|60|15|14|31}}
|-
|align=left|[[A.C.N. Siena 1904|Siena]]
|align=left|25 January 2021
|align=left|10 February 2021
{{WDL|5|0|1|4}}
|-
!colspan="3"|Total
{{WDLtot|176|66|46|64|decimals=2}}
|}

==Honours==

===As a player===
'''Skonto'''
*[[Latvian Higher League|Virslīga]]: [[Latvian Higher League 1995|1995]], [[Latvian Higher League 1996|1996]], [[Latvian Higher League 1997|1997]], [[Latvian Higher League 1998|1998]]
*[[Latvian Football Cup]]: 1995, 1997, 1998

'''Individual'''
*[[Latvian Footballer of the Year]]: 1999, 2000, 2001

===As a manager===
* [[Baltic Cup (football)|Baltic Cup]]: [[2014 Baltic Cup|2014]], [[2016 Baltic Cup|2016]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Soccerbase|name=Marian Pahars}}
* [http://www.lff.lv/lv/aizlase/speletaji/pahars/ Latvian national team website] {{in lang|lv}}
* [http://www.legioner.kulichki.com/index.php?id=11&lang=en&player=26 Profile at 'legioner']
* [http://www.worldfootballers.com/player.php/marian-pahars-445.html Worldfootballers.com profile]
* {{FootballDatabase.eu|3251}}

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Primož Gliha

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{{short description|Slovenian footballer}}
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|name = Primož Gliha
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|caption = Gliha with [[Slovenia national under-21 football team|Slovenia U21]] in 2015
|fullname = Primož Gliha
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|10|8|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Ljubljana]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|SFR Yugoslavia]]
|height = 1.80 m
|position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]]
|currentclub =
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|youthclubs1 = [[NK Olimpija Ljubljana (defunct)|Olimpija Ljubljana]]
|years1 = 1986–1990
|clubs1 = [[NK Olimpija Ljubljana (defunct)|Olimpija Ljubljana]]
|caps1 = 67
|goals1 = 15
|years2 = 1991
|clubs2 = [[GNK Dinamo Zagreb|Dinamo Zagreb]]
|caps2 = 2
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|years3 = 1992
|clubs3 = [[Yokohama Flügels]]
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|years4 = 1993
|clubs4 = [[NK Krka|Krka]]
|caps4 = 7
|goals4 = 1
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|clubs5 = [[NK Mura|Mura]]
|caps5 = 24
|goals5 = 15
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|clubs6 = [[NK Ljubljana|Železničar Ljubljana]]
|caps6 = 26
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|clubs7 = [[Chamois Niortais]]
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|clubs8 = [[NK Slavija Vevče|Slavija Vevče]]
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|goals8 = 3
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|clubs9 = [[Hapoel Beit She'an F.C.|Hapoel Beit She'an]]
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|years10 = 1998
|clubs10 = [[NK Olimpija Ljubljana (defunct)|Olimpija Ljubljana]]
|caps10 = 7
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|clubs11 = [[Hapoel Tel Aviv F.C.|Hapoel Tel Aviv]]
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|years12 = 1999–2000
|clubs12 = [[Bnei Sakhnin F.C.|Bnei Sakhnin]]
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|years13 = 2000–2001
|clubs13 = [[SAK Klagenfurt]]
|caps13 =
|goals13 =
|years14 = 2001
|clubs14 = [[Zalaegerszegi TE]]
|goals14 = 1
|caps14 = 5
|years15 = 2001–2002
|clubs15 = [[ND Gorica|Gorica]]
|caps15 = 6
|goals15 = 1
|years16 = 2002–2003
|clubs16 = [[Zalaegerszegi TE]]
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|years17 = 2003–2005
|clubs17 = [[NK Ljubljana|Ljubljana]]
|caps17 = 1
|goals17 = 0
|nationalyears1 = 1992–1998
|nationalteam1 = [[Slovenia national football team|Slovenia]]
|nationalcaps1 = 28
|nationalgoals1 = 10
|manageryears1 = 2005–2007
|managerclubs1 = [[NK Olimpija Ljubljana (2005)|Olimpija Ljubljana]]
|manageryears2 = 2007–2008
|managerclubs2 = [[NK Drava Ptuj|Drava Ptuj]]
|manageryears3 = 2008–2009
|managerclubs3 = [[ND Gorica|Gorica]]
|manageryears4 = 2009
|managerclubs4 = [[ND Mura 05|Mura 05]]
|manageryears5 = 2010–2011
|managerclubs5 = [[FC Koper|Koper]]
|manageryears6 = 2014
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|manageryears7 = 2015–2020
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|manageryears8 = 2021–2022
|managerclubs8 = [[Kosovo national football team|Kosovo]] (caretaker)
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'''Primož Gliha''' (born 8 October 1967) is a Slovenian professional [[Association football|football]] coach and former [[Football player|player]] who last managed [[Kosovo national football team|Kosovo national team]] as caretaker.

==International career==
On 3 June 1992, Gliha made his debut with [[Slovenia national football team|Slovenia]] in a [[Exhibition game#Association football|friendly match]] against [[Estonia national football team|Estonia]] after being named in the starting line-up.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nzs.si/Reprezentanca/default.asp?id_selekcije=1&id_tekme=938&id_menu=8|title=Estonija 1:1 Slovenija|trans-title=Estonia 1:1 Slovenia|language=Slovenian|publisher=[[Football Association of Slovenia]]|date=3 June 1992|access-date=9 March 2021}}</ref> On 8 February 1994, he scored his first goal for Slovenia in his third appearance in a 1–0 home win over [[Georgia national football team|Georgia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nzs.si/Reprezentanca/default.asp?id_selekcije=1&id_tekme=927&id_menu=8|title=Slovenija 1:0 Gruzija|trans-title=Slovenia 1:0 Georgia|language=Slovenian|publisher=[[Football Association of Slovenia]]|date=8 February 1994|access-date=9 March 2021}}</ref> Gliha also scored a [[Hat-trick#Association football|hat-trick]] on 2 April 1997 in a 3–3 draw against [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]] in the [[1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1|1998 FIFA World Cup qualifications]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nzs.si/Reprezentanca/default.asp?id_selekcije=1&id_tekme=863&id_menu=8|title=Hrvaška 3:3 Slovenija|trans-title=Croatia 3:3 Slovenia|language=Slovenian|publisher=[[Football Association of Slovenia]]|date=2 April 1997|access-date=9 March 2021}}</ref> His last international match was on 14 October 1998 against [[Latvia national football team|Latvia]] in [[Maribor]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nzs.si/Reprezentanca/default.asp?id_selekcije=1&id_tekme=803&id_menu=8|title=Slovenija 1:0 Latvija|trans-title=Slovenia 1:0 Latvia|language=Slovenian|publisher=[[Football Association of Slovenia]]|date=14 October 1998|access-date=9 March 2021}}</ref>

==Managerial career==
===Kosovo===
On 22 February 2021, the [[Football Federation of Kosovo]] appointed Gliha as the assistant manager of the [[Kosovo national football team|Kosovo national team]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.koha.net/sport/259676/nje-trajner-slloven-ne-perfaqesuesen-e-kosoves/|title=Një trajner slloven në përfaqësuesen e Kosovës|trans-title=A Slovenian coach in the Kosovo national team|language=sq|website=[[Koha Ditore]]|date=22 February 2021|access-date=21 October 2021}}</ref>

On 19 October 2021, Gliha confirmed through an interview that he would be Kosovo's caretaker manager for the November matches against [[Jordan national football team|Jordan]] and [[Greece national football team|Greece]], after the previous manager [[Bernard Challandes]] was sacked.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.koha.net/sport/293284/slloveni-gliha-tregon-se-kush-do-te-jete-trajner-i-kosoves/|title=Slloveni Gliha "tregon" se kush do të jetë trajner i Kosovës|trans-title=Slovenian Gliha "shows" who will be the coach of Kosovo|language=sq|website=[[Koha Ditore]]|date=19 October 2021|access-date=21 October 2021}}</ref> On 5 November 2021, he made his first squad announcement with Kosovo for the [[Exhibition game#Association football|friendly match]] against Jordan and the [[2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group B|2022 FIFA World Cup qualification]] match against Greece.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ffk-kosova.com/primozh-gliha-publikon-listen-e-futbollisteve-per-dy-ndeshjet-e-nentorit/|title=Primozh Gliha publikon listën e futbollistëve për dy ndeshjet e nëntorit|trans-title=Primozh Gliha publishes the list of footballers for the two November matches|language=Albanian|publisher=[[Football Federation of Kosovo]]|date=5 November 2021}}</ref> Five days later, Gliha had his first match as Kosovo manager in a 2–0 home defeat against Jordan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ffk-kosova.com/kosova-humb-ne-miqesore-nga-jordania/|title=Kosova humb në miqësore nga Jordania|trans-title=Kosovo lost in a friendly to Jordan|language=sq|publisher=[[Football Federation of Kosovo]]|date=10 November 2021}}</ref>

==Personal life==
During 1987 and 1988, Gliha was a soldier in the military service in [[Slatina Air Base]] in [[Kosovo]] within the [[Yugoslav People's Army]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.koha.net/sport/294268/slloveni-gliha-kam-qene-ne-ushtri-ne-kosove-e-njoh-mire-mentalitetin-e-njerezve-atje/|title=Slloveni Gliha: Kam qenë në ushtri në Kosovë, e njoh mirë mentalitetin e njerëzve atje|trans-title=Slovenian Gliha: I was in the army in Kosovo, I know well the mentality of the people there|language=sq|newspaper=[[Telegrafi]]|date=26 October 2021}}</ref> His son [[Erik Gliha]] is also a professional footballer.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Siol]]|url=https://siol.net/sportal/nogomet/sin-slovenca-ki-je-sokiral-hrvate-si-je-zacel-utirati-svojo-pot-392400|title=Sin Slovenca, ki je šokiral Hrvate, si je začel utirati svojo pot|date=10 December 2015|language=sl|access-date=3 November 2020|first=Rok|last=Viškovič}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.nzs.si/tekmovanja/default.asp?action=igralecstat&id_igralca=15084 Primož Gliha] at the [[Football Association of Slovenia]] {{in lang|sl}}
*{{FootballDatabase.eu}}
*{{NFT}}
*{{WorldFootball.net}}

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Alain Giresse

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{{short description|French football coach and former player (born 1952)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
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| image = Alain Giresse.jpg
| caption =
| fullname = Alain Jean Giresse<ref name=Legion>{{cite journal |date=2 January 2007 |title=Décret du 31 décembre 2006 portant promotion et nomination |trans-title=Decree of 31 December 2006 on promotion and appointment |url=https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000000819088 |journal=Journal Officiel de la République Française |volume=2007 |issue=1 |page=8 |id=PREX0609790D |access-date=25 August 2019 |language=fr}}</ref>
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1952|8|2|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=174563/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080402065714/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=174563/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2 April 2008 |title=FIFA Player Statistics: Alain GIRESSE |publisher=FIFA |access-date=28 April 2011}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Langoiran]], France
| height = 1.63m
| position = [[Midfielder]]
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| clubs1 = [[FC Girondins de Bordeaux|Bordeaux]] | clubs2 = [[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]]
| caps1 = 519 | goals1 = 158 | caps2 = 67 | goals2 = 5 | totalcaps = 586 | totalgoals = 163
| nationalyears1 = 1974–1986
| nationalteam1 = [[France national football team|France]]
| nationalcaps1 = 47 | nationalgoals1 = 6
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| managerclubs1 = [[Toulouse FC|Toulouse]] | managerclubs2 = [[Paris Saint-Germain]] | managerclubs3 = [[Toulouse FC|Toulouse]] | managerclubs4 = [[FAR Rabat]] | managerclubs5 = [[Georgia national football team|Georgia]] | managerclubs6 = [[Gabon national football team|Gabon]] | managerclubs7 =[[Mali national football team|Mali]] | managerclubs8 =[[Senegal national football team|Senegal]] | managerclubs9 = [[Mali national football team|Mali]] | managerclubs10 = [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia]] | managerclubs11 = [[Kosovo national football team|Kosovo]]
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'''Alain Jean Giresse''' ({{IPA-fr|alɛ̃ ʒiʁɛs}}; born 2 August 1952) is a French [[association football|football]] coach and former player who is the current [[Manager (association football)|manager]] of the [[Kosovo national football team|Kosovo national team]]. He was [[French Player of the Year]] in 1982, 1983 and 1987. Nominally an [[Midfielder#Attacking midfielder|attacking midfielder]] or [[Midfielder#Central midfielder|central midfielder]], Giresse was an intelligent [[playmaker]] who possessed fine agility and acceleration due to his short frame. He is the father of [[Thibault Giresse]], also a football player.

==International career==
Giresse played for the [[France national football team|France national team]] in the [[1982 FIFA World Cup]] (fourth place) and the [[1986 FIFA World Cup]] (third place). He was a member of the [[UEFA Euro 1984|Euro 84]] winning team, and alongside [[Michel Platini]], [[Luis Fernández]] and [[Jean Tigana]], forming the team's legendary "Carré Magique" (Magic Square) in midfield.

==Coaching career==
===Other national teams===
[[File:20150331 Mali vs Ghana 143.jpg|thumb|Alain Giresse managing [[Mali national football team|Mali]] in 2015.]]
He has been in charge of [[Toulouse F.C.|Toulouse]] and the [[Georgia national football team|Georgian national team]], among others. Giresse worked as the head coach of the [[Gabon national football team]], and was named a few months after the [[2010 African Cup of Nations]] the [[Mali national football team]] manager.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fr.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idFRPAE63K0WY20100421 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217083921/http://fr.reuters.com/article/sportsNews/idFRPAE63K0WY20100421 |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 December 2010 |title=Football: Alain Giresse nommé entraîneur du Mali , Sport , Reuters |publisher=Fr.reuters.com |date=9 February 2009 |access-date=28 April 2011}}</ref> He was the coach of [[Senegal national football team]] from 2013 to January 2015.

On 7 September 2017, Giresse resigned as manager of the [[Mali national football team]].
<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41188902|title=Giresse steps down as Mali coach|date=7 September 2017|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=30 December 2017}}</ref>

In December 2017 he was linked with the vacant [[Benin national football team|Benin national team]] manager's job.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/42385132|title=Benin begin search for new national team coach|date=17 December 2017|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=30 December 2017}}</ref> In April 2018 he was one of 77 applicants for the vacant [[Cameroon national football team|Cameroon national team]] job.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43869356|title=77 applicants for vacant Cameroon coaching position|date=23 April 2018|access-date=27 April 2018|author=Oluwashina Okeleji|publisher=BBC Sport}}</ref>

On 13 December 2018, Giresse became the manager of the [[Tunisia national football team|Tunisia]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46552537|title=Tunisia name Frenchman Alain Giresse as new coach|date=13 December 2018|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=27 August 2019}}</ref> He left the role in August 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49423437|title=Tunisia part ways with coach Alain Giresse by mutual consent|first=Souhail|last=Khmira|date=21 August 2019|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=27 August 2019}}</ref>

===Kosovo===
On 23 February 2022, [[Kosovo national football team|Kosovo]] appointed Giresse after agreeing to a contract until November 2023,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://kallxo.com/lajm/alain-giresse-trajner-deri-ne-2023-nuk-behet-publike-paga-e-tij/|title=Alain Giresse trajner deri në 2023, nuk bëhet publike paga e tij|trans-title=Alain Giresse coach until 2023, his salary is not made public|language=Albanian|publisher=[[Kallxo]]|date=23 February 2022}}</ref> this happened after the former coach [[Bernard Challandes]] decided to resign after weak results in October 2021.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ffk-kosova.com/alain-giress-perzgjedhes-i-ri-i-kosoves/|title=Alain Giresse përzgjedhës i ri i Kosovës|trans-title=Alain Giresse new selector of Kosovo|language=Albanian|publisher=[[Football Federation of Kosovo]]|date=23 February 2022}}</ref> On 18 March 2022, Giresse made his first squad announcement with Kosovo for the [[Exhibition game#Association football|friendly matches]] against [[Burkina Faso national football team|Burkina Faso]] and [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ffk-kosova.com/alain-giresse-publikon-listen-per-miqesoret-e-marsit/|title=Alain Giresse publikon listën për miqësoret e marsit|trans-title=Alain Giresse publishes list for March friendlies|language=Albanian|publisher=[[Football Federation of Kosovo]]|date=18 March 2022}}</ref> He called-up [[Emir Sahiti]] for the first time in the squad.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hajduk.hr/vijest/sahitiju-poziv-za-a-reprezentaciju-kosova-atanasov-konkurira-za-sjevernu-makedoniju/14636|title=Sahitiju poziv za A reprezentaciju Kosova, Atanasov konkurira za Sjevernu Makedoniju|trans-title=Sahiti is invited to the A national team of Kosovo, Atanasov is competing for North Macedonia|language=Croatian|publisher=[[HNK Hajduk Split|Hajduk Split]]|date=16 March 2022}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
[[File:Alain Giresse en 1971.jpg|thumb|upright|Giresse in 1971]]
===Club===
:Source:<ref>{{NFT player|17444|name=Alain Giresse|accessdate=28 April 2011}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season
!colspan="3"|League
!colspan="2"|[[Coupe de France]]
!colspan="2"|[[UEFA|Europe]]
!colspan="2"|Total
|-
!Division||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals||Apps||Goals
|-
|rowspan="17"|[[FC Girondins de Bordeaux|Bordeaux]]||1970–71||rowspan="16"|[[Ligue 1|Division 1]]||24||3||5||0||-||-||29||3
|-
|1971–72||27||4||0||0||-||-||27||4
|-
|1972–73||22||3||0||0||-||-||22||3
|-
|1973–74||31||12||0||0||-||-||31||12
|-
|1974–75||36||11||4||1||-||-||40||12
|-
|1975–76||30||13||1||0||-||-||31||13
|-
|1976–77||37||16||4||0||-||-||41||16
|-
|1977–78||35||11||5||4||-||-||40||15
|-
|1978–79||38||6||3||1||-||-||41||7
|-
|1979–80||37||12||1||0||-||-||38||12
|-
|1980–81||34||6||6||2||-||-||40||8
|-
|1981–82||34||14||7||4||3||0||44||18
|-
|1982–83||35||12||5||1||6||6||46||19
|-
|1983–84||34||16||5||1||2||1||41||18
|-
|1984–85||36||11||1||0||8||0||45||11
|-
|1985–86||29||9||5||1||2||0||36||10
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!519||158||52||15||21||7||592||180
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Olympique de Marseille|Marseille]]||1986–87||rowspan="2"|[[Ligue 1|Division 1]]||34||4||8||2||-||-||42||6
|-
|1987–88||33||1||1||0||7||1||41||2
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!67||5||9||2||7||1||83||8
|-
!colspan="3"|Career total
!586||163||61||17||28||8||675||188
|}

===International===
:Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fff.fr/equipes-de-france/tous-les-joueurs/fiche-joueur/444-alain-giresse|title=Wikiwix's cache|website=archive.wikiwix.com|access-date=30 December 2017|url-status=bot: unknown|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513010740/http://www.fff.fr/equipes-de-france/tous-les-joueurs/fiche-joueur/444-alain-giresse |archive-date=13 May 2014}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|colspan="3"|[[France national football team|France]]
|-
!Year||Apps||Goals
|-
|1974||1||0
|-
|1975||0||0
|-
|1976||0||0
|-
|1977||2||0
|-
|1978||2||0
|-
|1979||0||0
|-
|1980||0||0
|-
|1981||5||0
|-
|1982||11||3
|-
|1983||4||0
|-
|1984||10||2
|-
|1985||5||1
|-
|1986||7||0
|-
!Total||47||6
|}

==Managerial statistics==
[[File:Morocco vs Gabon, Alain Giresse, March 28 2009.jpg|170px|thumb|Alain Giresse managing Gabon in 2009.]]
{{Updated|28 March 2023}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="5"|Record
|-
!G!!W!!D!!L!!Win %
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|France}} [[Toulouse FC|Toulouse]]
|align=left|1 November 1995
|align=left|30 June 1998
{{WDL|109|44|25|40}}
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|France}} [[Paris Saint-Germain F.C.|Paris Saint-Germain]]
|align=left|1 July 1998
|align=left|23 October 1998
{{WDL|12|4|3|5}}
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|France}} [[Toulouse FC|Toulouse]]
|align=left|26 January 1999
|align=left|9 October 2000
{{WDL|67|26|14|27}}
|-
|align=left|{{flagicon|Morocco}} [[FAR Rabat]]
|align=left|1 July 2001
|align=left|30 June 2003
{{WDL|59|17|23|19}}
|-
|align=left|{{fb|Georgia}}
|align=left|12 March 2004
|align=left|30 June 2005
{{WDL|10|2|2|6}}
|-
|align=left|{{fb|Gabon}}
|align=left|3 March 2006
|align=left|13 February 2010
{{WDL|31|16|7|8}}
|-
|align=left|{{fb|Mali}}
|align=left|21 April 2010
|align=left|30 May 2012
{{WDL|16|8|2|6}}
|-
|align=left|{{fb|Senegal}}
|align=left|9 January 2013
|align=left|29 January 2015
{{WDL|18|7|8|3}}
|-
|align=left|{{fb|Mali}}
|align=left|17 March 2015
|align=left|7 September 2017
{{WDL|16|8|4|4}}
|-
|align=left|{{fb|Tunisia}}
|align=left|14 December 2018
|align=left|21 August 2019
{{WDL|12|5|4|3}}
|-
|align=left|{{fb|Kosovo}}
|align=left|23 February 2022
|align=left|Incumbent
{{WDL|12|4|5|3}}
|-
! colspan="3"| Total
{{WDLtot|362|141|97|124}}
|}

==Honours==
===Player===
'''Bordeaux'''<ref name="fff.fr">{{cite web|url=https://www.fff.fr/equipes-de-france/tous-les-joueurs/fiche-joueur/444-wd|title=Joueur - Alain GIRESSE - FFF}}</ref>
*[[French Division 1]]: [[1983–84 French Division 1|1983–84]], [[1984–85 French Division 1|1984–85]]
*[[Coupe de France]]: [[1985–86 Coupe de France|1985–86]]

'''France'''<ref name="fff.fr"/>
*[[UEFA European Championship]]: [[UEFA Euro 1984|1984]]
*[[Artemio Franchi Trophy]]: [[Artemio Franchi Trophy#1985|1985]]
*[[FIFA World Cup]] Third place: [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]]

'''Individual'''
*[[UEFA European Championship Teams of the Tournament|UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament]]: [[UEFA Euro 1984#Awards|1984]]<ref name="auto">{{cite web | url = https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/euro-uefatot.html | title = European Championships - UEFA Teams of Tournament | date = 14 August 2004 | access-date = 23 January 2015 | first = Barrie | website = [[RSSSF]] | last = Courtney}}</ref>
*[[Onze d'Or|Onze d'Argent]]: 1982
*[[Ballon d'Or]] – Runner-up: 1982<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.francefootball.fr/news/1982-paolo-rossi/423424|title=1982 - Paolo Rossi|website=France Football}}</ref>
*[[France Football#French Player of the Year|French Player of the Year]]: 1982, 1983, 1987 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/footballer_of_the_year/frankreich/|title=Player of the year - France|website=worldfootball.net}}</ref>
*[[French Player of the Year#Player of the Century|7th French Player of the Century]]

===Manager===
'''Paris Saint-Germain'''<ref name="club honours">{{cite web|url=http://fsi-california.com/?team=alain-giresse|title=Alain GIRESSE - FSI California}}</ref>
*[[Trophée des Champions]]: [[1998 Trophée des Champions|1998]]

'''FAR Rabat'''<ref name="club honours"/>
*[[Coupe du Trône]]: 2003

'''Mali'''
*[[Africa Cup of Nations]] Third place: [[2012 Africa Cup of Nations|2012]]<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=174563/profile.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150910010622/http://www.fifa.com/fifa-tournaments/players-coaches/people=174563/profile.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 10 September 2015 | title = Giresse, France's pocket-sized playmaker | publisher = FIFA | access-date = 23 January 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://fsi-california.com/?team=alain-giresse|title=Alain GIRESSE - FSI California|access-date=30 December 2017}}</ref>

===Orders===
*[[Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur]]: 2006<ref name=Legion/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* [http://www.fff.fr/servfff/historique/historique.php?cherche_joueur=Giresse French Football Federation profile] {{in lang|fr}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{FFF player|9778-giresse-alain}}
* {{FFF male player|444|archive=}}
*[https://www.francefootball.fr/news/1982-paolo-rossi/423424 at francefootball.fr]
*[https://www.girondins33.com/Article/alain-giresse-proche-des-girondins-je-le-serai-toujours/25 Alain Giresse Interview]

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{{short description|Estonian manager and footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Martin Reim
| image = 2019-06-11 Fußball, Männer, Länderspiel, Deutschland-Estland StP 2130 LR10 by Stepro.jpg
| upright = 1.1
| caption = Reim in 2019
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|5|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Tartu]], Estonia
| height = 1.68 m
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 = 1977–1987 | youthclubs1 = Lõvid
| years1 = 1987 | clubs1 = [[VAZ/Žiguli Tallinn]] | caps1 = 10 | goals1 = 1
| years2 = 1988 | clubs2 = [[FC Flora|Lõvid/Flora]] | caps2 = 21 | goals2 = 10
| years3 = 1989 | clubs3 = [[SK Tallinna Sport|Sport Tallinn]] | caps3 = 35 | goals3 = 3
| years4 = 1990–1991 | clubs4 = [[FC Norma Tallinn|Norma]] | caps4 = 38 | goals4 = 29
| years5 = 1996 | clubs5 = [[FC Lelle|Lelle]] | caps5 = 1 | goals5 = 0
| years6 = 1992–1999 | clubs6 = [[FC Flora|Flora]] | caps6 = 167 | goals6 = 49
| years7 = 1999 | clubs7 = → [[Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat|KTP]] (loan) | caps7 = 20 | goals7 = 2
| years8 = 2000 | clubs8 = [[Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat|KTP]] | caps8 = 29 | goals8 = 1
| years9 = 2003 | clubs9 = [[JK Tervis Pärnu|Tervis Pärnu]] | caps9 = 2 | goals9 = 0
| years10 = 2001–2008 | clubs10 = [[FC Flora|Flora]] | caps10 = 218 | goals10 = 22
| totalcaps = 541
| totalgoals = 117
| nationalyears1 = 1992–2009 | nationalteam1 = [[Estonia national football team|Estonia]] | nationalcaps1 = 157 | nationalgoals1 = 14
| manageryears1 = 2010–2012| managerclubs1 = [[FC Flora|Flora]]
| manageryears2 = 2012–2013| managerclubs2 = [[Estonia national under-18 football team|Estonia U18]]
| manageryears3 = 2012–2016| managerclubs3 = [[Estonia national under-21 football team|Estonia U21]]
| manageryears4 = 2012–2016| managerclubs4 = [[Estonia national under-23 football team|Estonia U23]]
| manageryears5 = 2016–2019| managerclubs5 = [[Estonia national football team|Estonia]]
| manageryears6 = 2019–2020| managerclubs6 = [[FCI Levadia Tallinn|Levadia]]
}}
'''Martin Reim''' (born 14 May 1971) is an Estonian [[association football|football]] [[Manager (association football)|manager]] and former professional player.

Reim played as a [[central midfielder]] for Lõvid, [[SK Tallinna Sport|Sport Tallinn]], [[FC Norma Tallinn|Norma]], [[FC Flora|Flora]], [[Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat|KTP]] and the [[Estonia national football team|Estonia national team]]. He is Estonia's most capped player of all time with 157 appearances, and was the most capped European player from August 2007 until December 2009, when he was surpassed by [[Latvia national football team|Latvia]]'s [[Vitālijs Astafjevs]]. Reim is also the most capped player never to have played in a major tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/when-i-was-a-child-i-did-not-have-a-country-to-dream-of-26790364.html|title='When I was a child I did not have a country to dream of'|work=Irish Independent|date=9 November 2011}}</ref>

Reim was named [[Estonian Footballer of the Year]] in 1995 and won the [[Estonian Silverball]] award three times, in 1995, 1997, and 1999. In 2011, he received the [[Order of the White Star]] for his services to Estonia.<ref name="ESBL">{{cite web|url=https://www.esbl.ee/biograafia/Martin_Reim|title=Reim, Martin|publisher=ESBL|language=et}}</ref>

In 2007, Reim opened a football academy (''Martin Reimi Jalgpallikool''). In 2016, the academy team Viimsi MRJK merged with [[Esiliiga B]] club [[HÜJK Emmaste]], and became [[Viimsi JK]].

==Early life==
Reim was born in [[Tartu]] and grew up in [[Tallinn]]. He graduated from the [[Tallinna Arte Gümnaasium|Tallinn Secondary School No. 49]] in 1989, and from the [[Tallinn University of Technology]] in 2000.<ref name="ESBL"/>

[[File:Reim & Kaljuveer.IMG 0846.JPG|thumb|Reim (left) with Marko Kaljuveer in 2014]]

==Club career==
===Early career===
Reim played for a local club Tallinna Lõvid (''Lions of Tallinn''), where he was coached by his father Olev Reim and [[Roman Ubakivi]]. In 1989, he joined [[Soviet Second League]] club [[SK Tallinna Sport|Sport Tallinn]]. Reim returned to the Estonian league after a season and joined [[FC Norma Tallinn|Norma]].<ref name="ESBL"/> He was the top goalscorer in the [[1990 Estonian SSR Football Championship|1990 season]] with 18 goals.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Estonia 1990
|publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]]|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/est90.html}}</ref>

===Flora===
In 1992, Reim joined [[Meistriliiga]] club [[FC Flora|Flora]], the successor of the Lõvid team. He won seven trophies with the club, including four Meistriliiga titles, in [[1993–94 Meistriliiga|1993–94]], [[1994–95 Meistriliiga|1994–95]], [[1997–98 Meistriliiga|1997–98]] and [[1998 Meistriliiga|1998]], two [[Estonian Cup]]s, in [[1994–95 Estonian Cup|1994–95]] and [[1997–98 Estonian Cup|1997–98]], and an [[Estonian Supercup]] in 1998.<ref name="ESBL"/>

===KTP===
In June 1999, Reim joined [[Veikkausliiga]] club [[Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat|KTP]] on loan until the end of the season. The move was made permanent in December 1999, for a reported fee of 150,000 FIM (400,000 EEK).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sport.ohtuleht.ee/66899/martin-reim-jatkab-kotka-tp-s|title=Martin Reim jätkab Kotka TP-s|trans-title=Martin Reim to continue at Kotkan TP|work=Õhtuleht|date=1 December 1999|language=et}}</ref>

===Return to Flora===
In 2001, Reim returned to Flora. During his second spell at Flora, he won three consecutive Meistriliiga titles, in [[2001 Meistriliiga|2001]], [[2002 Meistriliiga|2002]] and [[2003 Meistriliiga|2003]], another Estonian Cup in [[2007–08 Estonian Cup|2008]], and three more Estonian Supercups, in 2002, 2003 and 2004.<ref name="ESBL"/> On 5 December 2008, Reim announced his retirement from professional football.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fcflora.ee/index.php?lang=est&main_id=7&id=1647&PHPSESSID=740cf6e4d83fb8f259e8fadad4432613|publisher=FC Flora|title=Martin Reimi jalgpallurikarjäär jõudis lõpule|trans-title=Martin Reim's footballing career has come to an end|date=5 December 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207141131/http://www.fcflora.ee/index.php?lang=est&main_id=7&id=1647&PHPSESSID=740cf6e4d83fb8f259e8fadad4432613|archive-date=7 December 2008|access-date=20 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://sport.postimees.ee/55280/martin-reim-lopetas-karjaari|title=Martin Reim lõpetas karjääri|trans-title=Martin Reim ended his career|work=Postimees|date=5 December 2008|language=et}}</ref> He holds the club record for the most appearances in the Meistriliiga, with 385.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soccernet.ee/artikkel/martin-reim-otsustas-lopetada|title=Martin Reim otsustas lõpetada|trans-title=Martin Reim has decided to quit|publisher=Soccernet.ee|date=5 December 2008|language=et}}</ref>

==International career==
Reim made his international debut for [[Estonia national football team|Estonia]] on 3 June 1992, in a historic 1–1 draw against [[Slovenia national football team|Slovenia]] in a [[Exhibition game|friendly]] at [[Kadriorg Stadium]]. The match was Estonia's first official match since restoration of independence and Slovenia's first match ever. Reim scored his first international goal on 23 May 1994, in a 1–2 home loss to [[Wales national football team|Wales]] in a friendly. He won the [[Estonian Silverball]] award for the best national team goal of the year three times, in 1995, 1997, 1999.<ref name="ESBL"/> On 2 June 2001, Reim made his [[List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps|100th appearance]] for Estonia in a 2–4 home loss to the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] in a [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|qualification]] match for the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]]. He ended his international career with a [[testimonial match]] on 6 June 2009, a 3–0 home win over [[Equatorial Guinea national football team|Equatorial Guinea]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jalgpall.ee/koondis/uudised/martin-reimi-lahkumismang-toimub-6-juunil-n255|title=Martin Reimi lahkumismäng toimub 6. juunil|trans-title=Martin Reim's testimonial match will be held on 6 June|publisher=Estonian Football Association|date=22 April 2009|language=et}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/worldcup/news/kind=1/newsid=836577.html|last=Malkin|first=Mikhail|publisher=UEFA|title=Cheery Reim signs off with a European record|date=8 June 2009|access-date=27 June 2009|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612192426/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/worldcup/news/kind%3D1/newsid%3D836577.html|archive-date=12 June 2009}}</ref> With 157 appearances and 14 goals scored, he is Estonia's most capped player of all time.<ref name="ESBL"/>

==Managerial career==
===Flora===
On 3 December 2009, Flora announced that Reim would replace [[Tarmo Rüütli]] as the new manager of the club.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sport.postimees.ee/196177/reim-vahetas-ruutli-fc-flora-peatreenerina-valja|title=Reim vahetas Rüütli FC Flora peatreenerina välja|trans-title=Reim replaced Rüütli as manager of FC Flora|work=Postimees|date=3 December 2009|language=et}}</ref> He led Flora to victory in the [[2010 Meistriliiga|2010 season]], ending the reign of [[FC Levadia Tallinn|Levadia]] who had won the four previous Meistriliiga titles. Flora successfully defended their title in [[2011 Meistriliiga|2011 season]] and won the [[2010–11 Estonian Cup]], defeating [[JK Narva Trans|Narva Trans]] 2–0 in the final. On 14 October 2012, Reim resigned after poor results in the Meistriliiga, with [[Marko Lelov]] and [[Norbert Hurt]] taking over.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sport.err.ee/23064/martin-reim-ja-janno-kivisild-lahkusid-puhapaeval-florast|title=Martin Reim ja Janno Kivisild lahkusid pühapäeval Florast|trans-title=Martin Reim and Janno Kivisild left Flora on Sunday|publisher=ERR Sport|date=14 October 2012|language=et}}</ref>

===Estonia youth teams===
In October 2012, Reim was named as manager of the [[Estonia national under-18 football team|Estonia under-18]], [[Estonia national under-21 football team|under-21]] and [[Estonia national under-23 football team|under-23]] national sides. He led the under-21 team to win the [[Under-21 Baltic Cup|2014 Baltic Cup]].

===Estonia===
On 14 September 2016, the [[Estonian Football Association]] appointed Reim as manager of the [[Estonia national football team|Estonia national team]] until the end of the [[2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|qualification]] tournament for the [[2018 FIFA World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jalgpall.ee/koondis/uudised/koondise-eesotsas-alustas-tood-martin-reim-n10620|title=Koondise eesotsas alustas tööd Martin Reim|trans-title=Martin Reim at the helm of the national team|publisher=Estonian Football Association|date=14 September 2016|language=et}}</ref> On 17 June, he and his coaching staff resigned from [[Estonia national football team|Estonia national team]], six days after the 0–8 defeat to Germany in the [[UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group C|UEFA Euro 2020 qualification]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://soccernet.ee/artikkel/martin-reim-astus-tagasi-peatreeneri-ametipostile-kaks-kandidaati|title=Martin Reim astus tagasi, peatreeneri ametipostile kaks kandidaati|trans-title=Martin Reim resigns, two candidates for the head coach position|publisher=soccernet.ee|date=17 June 2019|language=et | access-date = 18 June 2019}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===International goals===
:''Scores and results list Estonia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Reim goal''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jalgpall.ee/koondis/koosseis/player/40|title=Martin Reim|publisher=Estonian Football Association|language=et}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Martin Reim – Century of International Appearances|publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]]|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/reim-intl.html}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Martin Reim
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col" data-sort-type="date"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Cap
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
|align="center"|1
|23 May 1994||[[Kadriorg Stadium]], [[Tallinn]], Estonia||align="center"|18||{{fb|WAL}}||align="center"|1–2||align="center"|1–2||[[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
|align="center"|2
|15 February 1995||[[Tsirion Stadium]], [[Limassol]], Cyprus||align="center"|27||{{fb|CYP}}||align="center"|1–1||align="center"|1–3||Friendly
|-
|align="center"|3
|25 March 1995||[[Stadio Arechi]], [[Salerno]], Italy||align="center"|28||{{fb|ITA}}||align="center"|1–3||align="center"|1–4||[[UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying]]
|-
|align="center"|4
|11 June 1995||Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia||align="center"|31||{{fb|SLO}}||align="center"|1–0||align="center"|1–3||UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
|-
|align="center"|5
|3 September 1995||[[Maksimir Stadium]], [[Zagreb]], Croatia||align="center"|33||{{fb|CRO}}||align="center"|1–1||align="center"|1–7||UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
|-
|align="center"|6
|9 July 1996||[[Narva Kreenholmi Stadium|Kreenholm Stadium]], [[Narva]], Estonia||align="center"|38||{{fb|LTU}}||align="center"|1–1||align="center"|1–1||[[1996 Baltic Cup]]
|-
|align="center"|7
|9 July 1997||[[Žalgiris Stadium]], [[Vilnius]], Lithuania||align="center"|53||{{fb|LTU}}||align="center"|1–2||align="center"|1–2||[[1997 Baltic Cup]]
|-
|align="center"|8
|4 June 1998||Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia||align="center"|62||{{fb|FRO}}||align="center"|2–0||align="center"|5–0||[[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying]]
|-
|align="center"|9
|22 January 1999||[[HaShalom Stadium|Umm al-Fahm Municipal Stadium]], [[Umm al-Fahm]], Israel||align="center"|72||{{fb|NOR}}||align="center"|1–3||align="center"|3–3||Friendly
|-
|align="center"|10
|4 September 1999||[[Tórsvøllur]], [[Tórshavn]], Faroe Islands||align="center"|80||{{fb|FRO}}||align="center"|1–0||align="center"|2–0||UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
|-
|align="center"|11
|1 November 1999||[[Mohammad Bin Zayed Stadium]], [[Abu Dhabi]], United Arab Emirates||align="center"|84||{{fb|UAE}}||align="center"|1–0||align="center"|2–2||Friendly
|-
|align="center"|12
|25 February 2000||[[Rajamangala National Stadium]], [[Bangkok]], Thailand||align="center"|88||{{fb|THA}}||align="center"|1–2||align="center"|1–2||[[2000 King's Cup]]
|-
|align="center"|13
|16 August 2000||Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia||align="center"|90||{{fb|AND}}||align="center"|1–0||align="center"|1–0||[[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
|align="center"|14
|7 October 2000||[[Estadi Comunal d'Andorra la Vella|Estadi Comunal]], [[Andorra la Vella]], Andorra||align="center"|92||{{fb|AND}}||align="center"|1–0||align="center"|2–1||2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
|}

==Managerial statistics==
:''{{As of|2019|06|11}}''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="5"|Record
|-
!G!!W!!D!!L!!Win %
|-
|align=left|[[Estonia national football team|Estonia]]
|align=left|2016
|align=left|2019
{{WDL|34|12|7|15}}
|-
!colspan="3"|Total
{{WDLtot|34|12|7|15|decimals=2}}
|}

== See also ==
* [[List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{EFA|40}}
*{{FIFA|95047}}
*[http://www.mrjk.ee Martin Reimi Jalgpallikool] {{in lang|et}}

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Martin Reim

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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Martin Reim
| image = 2019-06-11 Fußball, Männer, Länderspiel, Deutschland-Estland StP 2130 LR10 by Stepro.jpg
| upright = 1.1
| caption = Reim in 2019
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|5|14|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Tartu]], Estonia
| height = 1.68 m
| position = [[Midfielder]]
| currentclub =
| youthyears1 = 1977–1987 | youthclubs1 = Lõvid
| years1 = 1987 | clubs1 = [[VAZ/Žiguli Tallinn]] | caps1 = 10 | goals1 = 1
| years2 = 1988 | clubs2 = [[FC Flora|Lõvid/Flora]] | caps2 = 21 | goals2 = 10
| years3 = 1989 | clubs3 = [[SK Tallinna Sport|Sport Tallinn]] | caps3 = 35 | goals3 = 3
| years4 = 1990–1991 | clubs4 = [[FC Norma Tallinn|Norma]] | caps4 = 38 | goals4 = 29
| years5 = 1996 | clubs5 = [[FC Lelle|Lelle]] | caps5 = 1 | goals5 = 0
| years6 = 1992–1999 | clubs6 = [[FC Flora|Flora]] | caps6 = 167 | goals6 = 49
| years7 = 1999 | clubs7 = → [[Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat|KTP]] (loan) | caps7 = 20 | goals7 = 2
| years8 = 2000 | clubs8 = [[Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat|KTP]] | caps8 = 29 | goals8 = 1
| years9 = 2003 | clubs9 = [[JK Tervis Pärnu|Tervis Pärnu]] | caps9 = 2 | goals9 = 0
| years10 = 2001–2008 | clubs10 = [[FC Flora|Flora]] | caps10 = 218 | goals10 = 22
| totalcaps = 541
| totalgoals = 117
| nationalyears1 = 1992–2009 | nationalteam1 = [[Estonia national football team|Estonia]] | nationalcaps1 = 157 | nationalgoals1 = 14
| manageryears1 = 2010–2012| managerclubs1 = [[FC Flora|Flora]]
| manageryears2 = 2012–2013| managerclubs2 = [[Estonia national under-18 football team|Estonia U18]]
| manageryears3 = 2012–2016| managerclubs3 = [[Estonia national under-21 football team|Estonia U21]]
| manageryears4 = 2012–2016| managerclubs4 = [[Estonia national under-23 football team|Estonia U23]]
| manageryears5 = 2016–2019| managerclubs5 = [[Estonia national football team|Estonia]]
| manageryears6 = 2019–2020| managerclubs6 = [[FCI Levadia Tallinn|Levadia]]
}}
'''Martin Reim''' (born 14 May 1971) is an Estonian [[association football|football]] [[Manager (association football)|manager]] and former professional player.

Reim played as a [[central midfielder]] for Lõvid, [[SK Tallinna Sport|Sport Tallinn]], [[FC Norma Tallinn|Norma]], [[FC Flora|Flora]], [[Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat|KTP]] and the [[Estonia national football team|Estonia national team]]. He is Estonia's most capped player of all time with 157 appearances, and was the most capped European player from August 2007 until December 2009, when he was surpassed by [[Latvia national football team|Latvia]]'s [[Vitālijs Astafjevs]]. Reim is also the most capped player never to have played in a major tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/when-i-was-a-child-i-did-not-have-a-country-to-dream-of-26790364.html|title='When I was a child I did not have a country to dream of'|work=Irish Independent|date=9 November 2011}}</ref>

Reim was named [[Estonian Footballer of the Year]] in 1995 and won the [[Estonian Silverball]] award three times, in 1995, 1997, and 1999. In 2011, he received the [[Order of the White Star]] for his services to Estonia.<ref name="ESBL">{{cite web|url=https://www.esbl.ee/biograafia/Martin_Reim|title=Reim, Martin|publisher=ESBL|language=et}}</ref>

In 2007, Reim opened a football academy (''Martin Reimi Jalgpallikool''). In 2016, the academy team Viimsi MRJK merged with [[Esiliiga B]] club [[HÜJK Emmaste]], and became [[Viimsi JK]].

==Early life==
Reim was born in [[Tartu]] and grew up in [[Tallinn]]. He graduated from the [[Tallinna Arte Gümnaasium|Tallinn Secondary School No. 49]] in 1989, and from the [[Tallinn University of Technology]] in 2000.<ref name="ESBL"/>

[[File:Reim & Kaljuveer.IMG 0846.JPG|thumb|Reim (left) with Marko Kaljuveer in 2014]]

==Club career==
===Early career===
Reim played for a local club Tallinna Lõvid (''Lions of Tallinn''), where he was coached by his father Olev Reim and [[Roman Ubakivi]]. In 1989, he joined [[Soviet Second League]] club [[SK Tallinna Sport|Sport Tallinn]]. Reim returned to the Estonian league after a season and joined [[FC Norma Tallinn|Norma]].<ref name="ESBL"/> He was the top goalscorer in the [[1990 Estonian SSR Football Championship|1990 season]] with 18 goals.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Estonia 1990
|publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]]|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/est90.html}}</ref>

===Flora===
In 1992, Reim joined [[Meistriliiga]] club [[FC Flora|Flora]], the successor of the Lõvid team. He won seven trophies with the club, including four Meistriliiga titles, in [[1993–94 Meistriliiga|1993–94]], [[1994–95 Meistriliiga|1994–95]], [[1997–98 Meistriliiga|1997–98]] and [[1998 Meistriliiga|1998]], two [[Estonian Cup]]s, in [[1994–95 Estonian Cup|1994–95]] and [[1997–98 Estonian Cup|1997–98]], and an [[Estonian Supercup]] in 1998.<ref name="ESBL"/>

===KTP===
In June 1999, Reim joined [[Veikkausliiga]] club [[Kotkan Työväen Palloilijat|KTP]] on loan until the end of the season. The move was made permanent in December 1999, for a reported fee of 150,000 FIM (400,000 EEK).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sport.ohtuleht.ee/66899/martin-reim-jatkab-kotka-tp-s|title=Martin Reim jätkab Kotka TP-s|trans-title=Martin Reim to continue at Kotkan TP|work=Õhtuleht|date=1 December 1999|language=et}}</ref>

===Return to Flora===
In 2001, Reim returned to Flora. During his second spell at Flora, he won three consecutive Meistriliiga titles, in [[2001 Meistriliiga|2001]], [[2002 Meistriliiga|2002]] and [[2003 Meistriliiga|2003]], another Estonian Cup in [[2007–08 Estonian Cup|2008]], and three more Estonian Supercups, in 2002, 2003 and 2004.<ref name="ESBL"/> On 5 December 2008, Reim announced his retirement from professional football.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fcflora.ee/index.php?lang=est&main_id=7&id=1647&PHPSESSID=740cf6e4d83fb8f259e8fadad4432613|publisher=FC Flora|title=Martin Reimi jalgpallurikarjäär jõudis lõpule|trans-title=Martin Reim's footballing career has come to an end|date=5 December 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081207141131/http://www.fcflora.ee/index.php?lang=est&main_id=7&id=1647&PHPSESSID=740cf6e4d83fb8f259e8fadad4432613|archive-date=7 December 2008|access-date=20 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://sport.postimees.ee/55280/martin-reim-lopetas-karjaari|title=Martin Reim lõpetas karjääri|trans-title=Martin Reim ended his career|work=Postimees|date=5 December 2008|language=et}}</ref> He holds the club record for the most appearances in the Meistriliiga, with 385.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://soccernet.ee/artikkel/martin-reim-otsustas-lopetada|title=Martin Reim otsustas lõpetada|trans-title=Martin Reim has decided to quit|publisher=Soccernet.ee|date=5 December 2008|language=et}}</ref>

==International career==
Reim made his international debut for [[Estonia national football team|Estonia]] on 3 June 1992, in a historic 1–1 draw against [[Slovenia national football team|Slovenia]] in a [[Exhibition game|friendly]] at [[Kadriorg Stadium]]. The match was Estonia's first official match since restoration of independence and Slovenia's first match ever. Reim scored his first international goal on 23 May 1994, in a 1–2 home loss to [[Wales national football team|Wales]] in a friendly. He won the [[Estonian Silverball]] award for the best national team goal of the year three times, in 1995, 1997, 1999.<ref name="ESBL"/> On 2 June 2001, Reim made his [[List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps|100th appearance]] for Estonia in a 2–4 home loss to the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] in a [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|qualification]] match for the [[2002 FIFA World Cup]]. He ended his international career with a [[testimonial match]] on 6 June 2009, a 3–0 home win over [[Equatorial Guinea national football team|Equatorial Guinea]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jalgpall.ee/koondis/uudised/martin-reimi-lahkumismang-toimub-6-juunil-n255|title=Martin Reimi lahkumismäng toimub 6. juunil|trans-title=Martin Reim's testimonial match will be held on 6 June|publisher=Estonian Football Association|date=22 April 2009|language=et}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/competitions/worldcup/news/kind=1/newsid=836577.html|last=Malkin|first=Mikhail|publisher=UEFA|title=Cheery Reim signs off with a European record|date=8 June 2009|access-date=27 June 2009|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612192426/http://www.uefa.com/competitions/worldcup/news/kind%3D1/newsid%3D836577.html|archive-date=12 June 2009}}</ref> With 157 appearances and 14 goals scored, he is Estonia's most capped player of all time.<ref name="ESBL"/>

==Managerial career==
===Flora===
On 3 December 2009, Flora announced that Reim would replace [[Tarmo Rüütli]] as the new manager of the club.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sport.postimees.ee/196177/reim-vahetas-ruutli-fc-flora-peatreenerina-valja|title=Reim vahetas Rüütli FC Flora peatreenerina välja|trans-title=Reim replaced Rüütli as manager of FC Flora|work=Postimees|date=3 December 2009|language=et}}</ref> He led Flora to victory in the [[2010 Meistriliiga|2010 season]], ending the reign of [[FC Levadia Tallinn|Levadia]] who had won the four previous Meistriliiga titles. Flora successfully defended their title in [[2011 Meistriliiga|2011 season]] and won the [[2010–11 Estonian Cup]], defeating [[JK Narva Trans|Narva Trans]] 2–0 in the final. On 14 October 2012, Reim resigned after poor results in the Meistriliiga, with [[Marko Lelov]] and [[Norbert Hurt]] taking over.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sport.err.ee/23064/martin-reim-ja-janno-kivisild-lahkusid-puhapaeval-florast|title=Martin Reim ja Janno Kivisild lahkusid pühapäeval Florast|trans-title=Martin Reim and Janno Kivisild left Flora on Sunday|publisher=ERR Sport|date=14 October 2012|language=et}}</ref>

===Estonia youth teams===
In October 2012, Reim was named as manager of the [[Estonia national under-18 football team|Estonia under-18]], [[Estonia national under-21 football team|under-21]] and [[Estonia national under-23 football team|under-23]] national sides. He led the under-21 team to win the [[Under-21 Baltic Cup|2014 Baltic Cup]].

===Estonia===
On 14 September 2016, the [[Estonian Football Association]] appointed Reim as manager of the [[Estonia national football team|Estonia national team]] until the end of the [[2018 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|qualification]] tournament for the [[2018 FIFA World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jalgpall.ee/koondis/uudised/koondise-eesotsas-alustas-tood-martin-reim-n10620|title=Koondise eesotsas alustas tööd Martin Reim|trans-title=Martin Reim at the helm of the national team|publisher=Estonian Football Association|date=14 September 2016|language=et}}</ref> On 17 June, he and his coaching staff resigned from [[Estonia national football team|Estonia national team]], six days after the 0–8 defeat to Germany in the [[UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group C|UEFA Euro 2020 qualification]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://soccernet.ee/artikkel/martin-reim-astus-tagasi-peatreeneri-ametipostile-kaks-kandidaati|title=Martin Reim astus tagasi, peatreeneri ametipostile kaks kandidaati|trans-title=Martin Reim resigns, two candidates for the head coach position|publisher=soccernet.ee|date=17 June 2019|language=et | access-date = 18 June 2019}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===International goals===
:''Scores and results list Estonia's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Reim goal''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://jalgpall.ee/koondis/koosseis/player/40|title=Martin Reim|publisher=Estonian Football Association|language=et}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Martin Reim – Century of International Appearances|publisher=[[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation]]|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/reim-intl.html}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ List of international goals scored by Martin Reim
|-
!scope="col"|No.
!scope="col" data-sort-type="date"|Date
!scope="col"|Venue
!scope="col"|Cap
!scope="col"|Opponent
!scope="col"|Score
!scope="col"|Result
!scope="col"|Competition
|-
|align="center"|1
|23 May 1994||[[Kadriorg Stadium]], [[Tallinn]], Estonia||align="center"|18||{{fb|WAL}}||align="center"|1–2||align="center"|1–2||[[Exhibition game|Friendly]]
|-
|align="center"|2
|15 February 1995||[[Tsirion Stadium]], [[Limassol]], Cyprus||align="center"|27||{{fb|CYP}}||align="center"|1–1||align="center"|1–3||Friendly
|-
|align="center"|3
|25 March 1995||[[Stadio Arechi]], [[Salerno]], Italy||align="center"|28||{{fb|ITA}}||align="center"|1–3||align="center"|1–4||[[UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying]]
|-
|align="center"|4
|11 June 1995||Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia||align="center"|31||{{fb|SLO}}||align="center"|1–0||align="center"|1–3||UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
|-
|align="center"|5
|3 September 1995||[[Maksimir Stadium]], [[Zagreb]], Croatia||align="center"|33||{{fb|CRO}}||align="center"|1–1||align="center"|1–7||UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying
|-
|align="center"|6
|9 July 1996||[[Narva Kreenholmi Stadium|Kreenholm Stadium]], [[Narva]], Estonia||align="center"|38||{{fb|LTU}}||align="center"|1–1||align="center"|1–1||[[1996 Baltic Cup]]
|-
|align="center"|7
|9 July 1997||[[Žalgiris Stadium]], [[Vilnius]], Lithuania||align="center"|53||{{fb|LTU}}||align="center"|1–2||align="center"|1–2||[[1997 Baltic Cup]]
|-
|align="center"|8
|4 June 1998||Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia||align="center"|62||{{fb|FRO}}||align="center"|2–0||align="center"|5–0||[[UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying]]
|-
|align="center"|9
|22 January 1999||[[HaShalom Stadium|Umm al-Fahm Municipal Stadium]], [[Umm al-Fahm]], Israel||align="center"|72||{{fb|NOR}}||align="center"|1–3||align="center"|3–3||Friendly
|-
|align="center"|10
|4 September 1999||[[Tórsvøllur]], [[Tórshavn]], Faroe Islands||align="center"|80||{{fb|FRO}}||align="center"|1–0||align="center"|2–0||UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
|-
|align="center"|11
|1 November 1999||[[Mohammad Bin Zayed Stadium]], [[Abu Dhabi]], United Arab Emirates||align="center"|84||{{fb|UAE}}||align="center"|1–0||align="center"|2–2||Friendly
|-
|align="center"|12
|25 February 2000||[[Rajamangala National Stadium]], [[Bangkok]], Thailand||align="center"|88||{{fb|THA}}||align="center"|1–2||align="center"|1–2||[[2000 King's Cup]]
|-
|align="center"|13
|16 August 2000||Kadriorg Stadium, Tallinn, Estonia||align="center"|90||{{fb|AND}}||align="center"|1–0||align="center"|1–0||[[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|2002 FIFA World Cup qualification]]
|-
|align="center"|14
|7 October 2000||[[Estadi Comunal d'Andorra la Vella|Estadi Comunal]], [[Andorra la Vella]], Andorra||align="center"|92||{{fb|AND}}||align="center"|1–0||align="center"|2–1||2002 FIFA World Cup qualification
|}

==Managerial statistics==
:''{{As of|2019|06|11}}''
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="5"|Record
|-
!G!!W!!D!!L!!Win %
|-
|align=left|[[Estonia national football team|Estonia]]
|align=left|2016
|align=left|2019
{{WDL|34|12|7|15}}
|-
!colspan="3"|Total
{{WDLtot|34|12|7|15|decimals=2}}
|}

== See also ==
* [[List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{EFA|40}}
*{{FIFA|95047}}
*[http://www.mrjk.ee Martin Reimi Jalgpallikool] {{in lang|et}}

{{Navboxes colour
|title=Awards
|bg=gold
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|list1=
{{Estonian Footballer of the Year}}
{{Estonian Silverball}}
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{{FC Flora Tallinn managers}}
{{Estonia national football team managers}}
}}

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Reim, Martin}}
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Tartu]]
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Magnus Pehrsson

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{{Short description|Swedish footballer and manager}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Magnus Pehrsson
|image = Magnus Pehrsson.JPG
|image_size = 150
|caption = Pehrsson in 2011
|fullname = Karl Magnus Pehrsson
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|5|25|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Malmö]], Sweden
|height =
|position = [[Midfielder]]
|currentclub = [[Vélez CF]] (Director of Football)
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|youthclubs1 = [[IFK Lidingö]]
|years1 = 1991–1993
|clubs1 = [[IF Brommapojkarna]]
|caps1 = 2
|goals1 = 0
|years2 = 1994–1996
|clubs2 = [[Djurgårdens IF Fotboll|Djurgårdens IF]]
|caps2 = 62
|goals2 = 4
|years3 = 1996
|clubs3 = → [[Bradford City A.F.C.|Bradford City]] (loan)
|caps3 = 1
|goals3 = 0
|years4 = 1997–1998
|clubs4 = [[IFK Göteborg]]
|caps4 = 12
|goals4 = 1
|years5 = 1999–2003
|clubs5 = [[Djurgårdens IF Fotboll|Djurgårdens IF]]
|caps5 = 72
|goals5 = 9
|totalcaps = 149
|totalgoals = 14
|nationalyears1 = 1992
|nationalteam1 = [[Sweden national under-17 football team|Sweden U17]]
|nationalcaps1 = 4
|nationalgoals1 = 1
|nationalyears2 = 1993–1994
|nationalteam2 = [[Sweden national under-19 football team|Sweden U19]]
|nationalcaps2 = 16
|nationalgoals2 = 2
|nationalyears3 = 1995–1997
|nationalteam3 = [[Sweden national under-21 football team|Sweden U21]]
|nationalcaps3 = 5
|nationalgoals3 = 0
|nationalyears4 = 1995
|nationalteam4 = [[Sweden national football B team|Sweden B]]
|nationalcaps4 = 1
|nationalgoals4 = 0
|manageryears1 = 2004–2005
|managerclubs1 = [[Åtvidabergs FF]]
|manageryears2 = 2006
|managerclubs2 = [[IK Sirius Fotboll|IK Sirius]]
|manageryears3 = 2008
|managerclubs3 = [[GAIS]]
|manageryears4 = 2009–2010
|managerclubs4 = [[AaB Football|Aalborg BK]]
|manageryears5 = 2011–2013
|managerclubs5 = [[Djurgårdens IF Fotboll|Djurgårdens IF]]
|manageryears6 = 2013–2016
|managerclubs6 = [[Estonia national football team|Estonia]]
|manageryears7 = 2017–2018
|managerclubs7 = [[Malmö FF]]
|manageryears8 = 2019
|managerclubs8 = [[Kalmar FF]]
}}

''' Karl Magnus Pehrsson''' (born 25 May 1976) is a Swedish [[Association football|football]] manager and former professional player who is the Director of Football at Spanish club [[Vélez CF]].

==Club career==
Pehrsson started his career in [[IFK Lidingö]].<ref name="sverigesradio.se">{{cite news|title=Fakta: Magnus Pehrssons karriär i korthet|url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/gruppsida.aspx?programid=2835&grupp=17101&artikel=4582630|access-date=5 July 2012|language=sv|newspaper=[[Sveriges Radio]]|date=4 July 2011}}</ref> He played for [[Djurgårdens IF Fotboll|Djurgårdens IF]] and [[IFK Göteborg]] in Sweden, as well as [[Bradford City A.F.C.|Bradford City]] in England.<ref name="sverigesradio.se"/>

For the 1999 season, he rejoined [[Djurgårdens IF Fotboll|Djurgården]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cgi.dif.se/sidor/nyheter/nyheter.asp?action=view&id=3069&typ=2 |title=DIF.se - Peppe, Danne och Banda ut - Pehrsson in (1998-11-26) |access-date=12 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018191059/http://cgi.dif.se/sidor/nyheter/nyheter.asp?action=view&id=3069&typ=2 |archive-date=18 October 2014 }}</ref> He retired from football as a player due to an injury in 2003.<ref>{{cite news|title=Eesti jalgpallikoondise uus peatreener on rootslane Magnus Pehrsson|url=http://sport.delfi.ee/news/jalgpall/eesti/eesti-jalgpallikoondise-uus-peatreener-on-rootslane-magnus-pehrsson.d?id=67387932|access-date=8 December 2013|language=et|newspaper=Delfi|date=5 December 2013}}</ref>

==International career==
Pehrsson represented Sweden at the [[Sweden national youth football team|youth]] and [[Sweden national football B team|B]] levels.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Magnus Pehrsson - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll|url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/spelarfakta/magnus-pehrsson/622e0165-4020-47bf-8000-e8bbccef70e2/|access-date=2022-02-11|website=www.svenskfotboll.se.|language=sv}}</ref>

==Managerial career==
Pehrsson started his coaching career as [[Assistant coach|assistant manager]] in [[Åtvidabergs FF]]. He then managed [[IK Sirius Fotboll|IK Sirius]] in 2006 and [[GAIS]] in 2008.

===Aalborg BK (2009–2010)===
In January 2009 he moved from the Swedish leagues to Denmark to coach the [[Danish Superliga]] team [[AaB Football|Aalborg BK]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Magnus Pehrsson ny cheftræner i AaB |url=http://v2.aabsport.dk/B02F4995-D1D5-46F6-A65B-4C8D024B2652.W5Doc?id=0049C4E4-484E-4515-BEBB-FF339BEABDB8 |publisher=aabsport.dk |date=12 January 2013 |access-date=7 December 2013 |language=da | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081203092459/http://v2.aabsport.dk/B02F4995-D1D5-46F6-A65B-4C8D024B2652.W5Doc?id=0049C4E4-484E-4515-BEBB-FF339BEABDB8| archive-date= 3 December 2008 | url-status= dead}}</ref>

In his first season AaB managed to finish the [[2008–09 Danish Superliga|Superliga season]] in 7th with 3 wins and 7 draws from 16 matches under his management.{{Citation needed|date=March 2014}} AaB reached the [[2008–09 Danish Cup]] final.<ref>{{cite web|title=FCK vandt pokalslaget mod AaB|trans-title=FCK won the Cup battle against AaB|url=http://www.dbu.dk/news/newsShow.aspx?id=251285|access-date=7 December 2013|language=da|publisher=dbu.dk}}</ref> In the [[2008–09 UEFA Cup#Round of 32|UEFA Cup]] AaB were drawn against [[Deportivo La Coruña]]. AaB won the first leg at home 3–0<ref>{{cite web|title=2008/09 UEFA Cup|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2009/matches/round=15286/match=304804/|access-date=7 December 2013|publisher=[[UEFA]]}}</ref> and the away leg 3–1<ref>{{cite web|title=2008/09 UEFA Cup|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2009/matches/round=15286/match=304820/|access-date=7 December 2013|publisher=[[UEFA]]}}</ref> beating Deportivo 6–1 aggregate. AaB thereby earned a place among the last 16 where they faced [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]. After a 2–0<ref>{{cite web|title=2008/09 UEFA Cup|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2009/matches/round=15287/match=304832/|access-date=7 December 2013|publisher=[[UEFA]]}}</ref> loss in Manchester in the first leg AaB fought back to tie the score with a 2–0 win at home, but were defeated by 4–3 on penalties.<ref>{{cite web|title=2008/09 UEFA Cup|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2009/matches/round=15287/match=304840/|access-date=7 December 2013|publisher=[[UEFA]]}}</ref>

In his first full season AaB finished 5th in the [[2009–10 Danish Superliga|league]] with 13 wins, 9 draws and 11 losses.{{Citation needed|date=March 2014}} In the [[2009–10 Danish Cup]] AaB were surprisingly knocked out in the round of 16 by [[Danish 2nd Division|2nd Division]] (third tier) club [[Hobro IK]]{{Citation needed|date=March 2014}} and in [[2009–10 UEFA Europa League#Second qualifying round|Europa League]] AaB lost out to [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] club [[FK Slavija]] in the second qualifying round.<ref>{{cite web|title=Europa League Second qualifying round|url=http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/fixturesresults/round=2000034/match=2000547/index.html|access-date=7 December 2013|publisher=[[UEFA]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Europa League Second qualifying round|url=http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/fixturesresults/round=2000034/match=2000587/index.html|access-date=7 December 2013|publisher=[[UEFA]]}}</ref>

With 9 points from the first 11 matches in [[2010–11 Danish Superliga|2010–11 Superliga season]] he was sacked on 11 October 2010 due to a poor start of the season.<ref>{{cite web |title=AaB fyrer Magnus Pehrsson |trans-title=AaB firing Magnus Pehrsson|url=http://www.bold.dk/nyt/AaB-fyrer-Magnus-Pehrsson |publisher=bold.dk |date=11 October 2010 |access-date=6 December 2013 |language=da}}</ref>

===Djurgårdens IF (2011–2013)===
In May 2011 Pehrson was hired by Djurgården to replace [[Lennart Wass]] who had been sacked due to a poor start of the [[2011 Allsvenskan]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Wass får sparken - Pehrsson ny manager|url=http://fotboll.expressen.se/allsvenskan/1.2423706/wass-far-sparken-pehrsson-ny-manager|access-date=4 May 2011|language=sv|newspaper=[[Expressen]]|date=3 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506141104/http://fotboll.expressen.se/allsvenskan/1.2423706/wass-far-sparken-pehrsson-ny-manager|archive-date=6 May 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In his first [[2011 Allsvenskan|season]] he managed to bring the team up from 15th to finish 11th and safe from the relegation with a record of 10 wins and 5 draws from 24 matches under his management.<ref>{{cite web|title=2011 Tabell och resultat - Allsvenskan, herrar|url=https://svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/tidigare-ar/resultat-2011/tabell-och-resultat/|access-date=7 December 2013|language=sv|publisher=[[Swedish Football Association]]}}</ref> In [[2011 Svenska Cupen]] Djurgården were eliminated in the round of 16 by [[IFK Göteborg]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Svenska Cupen, herrar Matchinformation: IFK Göteborg - Djurgården|url=https://svenskfotboll.se/cuper-och-serier/information/?scr=result&fmid=1750769|access-date=7 December 2013|language=sv|publisher=[[Swedish Football Association]]}}</ref>

In 2012 season Djurgården finished 9th in the [[2012 Allsvenskan|league]] with 8 wins, 13 draws and 9 losses.<ref>{{cite web|title=2012 Tabell och resultat - Allsvenskan, herrar|url=https://svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/tidigare-ar/resultat-2012/tabell-och-resultat/|access-date=7 December 2013|language=sv|publisher=[[Swedish Football Association]]}}</ref> In [[2012–13 Svenska Cupen]] Djurgården finished runners-up, but Pehrsson had already left the club after the quarter-finals.<ref>{{cite web|title=IFK Göteborg cupvinnare efter straffar|url=https://svenskfotboll.se/cuper-och-serier/svenska-cupen-herrar/resultat-tidigare-ar/201213/|access-date=7 December 2013|language=sv|publisher=[[Swedish Football Association]]}}</ref>

On 26 April 2013 Pehrsson resigned as manager due to alleged threats against him,<ref>{{cite news|title=Magnus Pehrsson och Tommy Jacobson avgår |url=http://dif.se/2013/04/26/magnus-pehrsson-och-tommy-jacobson-avgar/ |work=dif.se |publisher=Djurgårdens IF |date=26 April 2013 |access-date=26 April 2013 |language=sv |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530031134/http://dif.se/2013/04/26/magnus-pehrsson-och-tommy-jacobson-avgar/ |archive-date=30 May 2013 }}</ref> though police later dropped the investigation as no legal proof of the threats were found.<ref>{{cite web |title=Polisen: Inga hot mot Magnus Pehrsson|trans-title=Police: No threat to Magnus Pehrsson |url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/sverige/allsvenskan/djurgarden/article16730466.ab |work=[[Aftonbladet]] |date=6 May 2013 |access-date=22 December 2013|language=sv}}</ref>

===Estonian national team (2013–2016)===
On 5 December 2013, Pehrsson was appointed team manager of the Estonian national team.<ref name="EFA1">{{cite web |title=Eesti koondise tüüri juurde asub rootslane Magnus Pehrsson |trans-title=Magnus Pehrsson set for the rudder of Estonian team|url=http://jalgpall.ee/news.php?st=style_fp.css&news_id=5987 |publisher=[[Estonian Football Association]]|date=5 December 2013|access-date=6 December 2013|language=et}}</ref> His first match in charge was a win against [[Gibraltar national football team|Gibraltar]] on 5 March 2014. After a slow start team's form began to pick up and Estonia held high hopes on [[UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group E|Euro 2016 qualifying]], but a 0–1 loss in a decisive match against [[Slovenia national football team|Slovenia]] saw them finishing 4th in group.<ref>{{cite web|title=Eesti unistus purunes Mariboris|url=http://soccernet.ee/artikkel/eesti-unistus-purunes-mariboris|website=Soccermet.ee|date=9 September 2015 |access-date=14 September 2016}}</ref> By mid 2016 the results start to deteriorate: 0–7 loss to [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]] and 0–5 to [[Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team|Bosnia and Herzegovina]] in 2016 was a blow to a team proud of their defensive record. Pehrsson left the post by mutual consent in September 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ott Järvela Magnus Pehrssoni pärand, järeldused ja õppetunnid|url=http://www.ohtuleht.ee/758949/ott-jarvela-magnus-pehrssoni-parand-jareldused-ja-oppetunnid|access-date=14 September 2016}}</ref>

===Malmö FF (2017–2018)===
On 23 November 2016, Pehrsson was appointed manager of [[Malmö FF]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mff.se/aktuellt/nyheter/Nyheter/2016-11-23_ny_huvudtranare|title=Magnus Pehrsson ny tränare i Malmö FF|publisher=Malmö FF|date=23 November 2017|access-date=14 May 2018|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124024803/http://mff.se/aktuellt/nyheter/Nyheter/2016-11-23_ny_huvudtranare|archive-date=24 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> He led the team to their second consecutive domestic title, winning the [[2017 Allsvenskan]], but was knocked out of the [[2017–18 UEFA Champions League]] in the second qualifying round.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vardar 3 Malmö 1 |url=http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2018/matches/round=2000878/match=2021531/index.html |publisher=UEFA |access-date=12 June 2018 |date=18 July 2017}}</ref>

On 14 May 2018, Pehrsson was sacked as manager of Malmö FF, as the club was placed 10th in Allsvenskan after nine rounds. Niclas Carlnén, managing director at the club, cited that the "results so far are a big disappointment" and stated that the decision was "sad but necessary".<ref name= "Malmo 140518"/>

===Kalmar FF===
On 27 November 2018, after the end of the [[2018 Allsvenskan]] season, Pehrsson was presented as the new manager of [[Kalmar FF]], a team who ended up at the 10th place in the league.<ref>{{cite web|title=Officiellt: Magnus Pehrsson ny tränare i Kalmar - efterträder Henrik Rydström|publisher=Fotbollskanalen|access-date=27 November 2018|url=https://www.fotbollskanalen.se/allsvenskan/officiellt-magnus-pehrsson-ny-tranare-i-kalmar---eftertrader-henrik-rydstrom/}}</ref> He resigned in October 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/kvallsposten/sport/fotboll/allsvenskan/just-nu-avgar-efter-stora-kaoset/|title=Magnus Pehrsson avgår som tränare för Kalmar FF|website=www.expressen.se}}</ref>

===Vélez CF===
In April 2022 he became Director of Football at Spanish club [[Vélez CF]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/sport/fotboll/allsvenskan/magnus-pehrsson-ett-medvetet-val-att-forsvinna-fran-kartan/|title="Ett medvetet val att försvinna från kartan"|website=www.expressen.se}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://svenskamagasinet.nu/nyheter/velez-cf-jagar-kval-med-magnus-pehrsson-som-ny-tranare/|title=Vélez CF jagar kval med Magnus Pehrsson som ny tränare|first=Redaktionen|last=SvM|date=13 April 2022}}</ref>

== Honours ==
=== Player ===
'''Djurgårdens'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Prize list: Magnus Pehrsson |url=https://www.eurosport.com/football/magnus-pehrsson_prs140221/person.shtml |publisher=Eurosport |access-date=12 June 2018}}</ref>
* [[Division 1 Norra]]: 1994
* [[Superettan]]: 2000
* [[Allsvenskan]]: 2002

=== Manager ===
'''Malmö FF'''
*[[Allsvenskan]]: [[2017 Allsvenskan|2017]]<ref name= "Malmo 140518">{{cite web |title=Daniel Andersson ny huvudtränare i Malmö FF (Daniel Andersson new head coach at Malmö FF) |url=http://www.mff.se/sv-SE/aktuellt/nyheter/Nyheter/2018-05-14_daniel-andersson-ny-huvudtranare-i-malmo-ff |publisher=Malmo FF |access-date=12 June 2018 |language=sv |date=14 May 2018}}</ref>

==Managerial statistics==
{{updated|6 September 2016}}<ref>{{soccerbase manager|2875}}</ref>
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|-
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="5"|Record
|-
!G!!W!!D!!L!!Win %
|-
|align=left|[[Estonia national football team|Estonia]]
|align=left|December 2013
|align=left|September 2016
{{WDL|34|11|9|14}}
|-
!colspan="3"|Total
{{WDLtot|34|11|9|14|decimals=2}}
|}

==References==
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Magnus Pehrsson

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''' Karl Magnus Pehrsson''' (born 25 May 1976) is a Swedish [[Association football|football]] manager and former professional player who is the Director of Football at Spanish club [[Vélez CF]].

==Club career==
Pehrsson started his career in [[IFK Lidingö]].<ref name="sverigesradio.se">{{cite news|title=Fakta: Magnus Pehrssons karriär i korthet|url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/gruppsida.aspx?programid=2835&grupp=17101&artikel=4582630|access-date=5 July 2012|language=sv|newspaper=[[Sveriges Radio]]|date=4 July 2011}}</ref> He played for [[Djurgårdens IF Fotboll|Djurgårdens IF]] and [[IFK Göteborg]] in Sweden, as well as [[Bradford City A.F.C.|Bradford City]] in England.<ref name="sverigesradio.se"/>

For the 1999 season, he rejoined [[Djurgårdens IF Fotboll|Djurgården]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cgi.dif.se/sidor/nyheter/nyheter.asp?action=view&id=3069&typ=2 |title=DIF.se - Peppe, Danne och Banda ut - Pehrsson in (1998-11-26) |access-date=12 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018191059/http://cgi.dif.se/sidor/nyheter/nyheter.asp?action=view&id=3069&typ=2 |archive-date=18 October 2014 }}</ref> He retired from football as a player due to an injury in 2003.<ref>{{cite news|title=Eesti jalgpallikoondise uus peatreener on rootslane Magnus Pehrsson|url=http://sport.delfi.ee/news/jalgpall/eesti/eesti-jalgpallikoondise-uus-peatreener-on-rootslane-magnus-pehrsson.d?id=67387932|access-date=8 December 2013|language=et|newspaper=Delfi|date=5 December 2013}}</ref>

==International career==
Pehrsson represented Sweden at the [[Sweden national youth football team|youth]] and [[Sweden national football B team|B]] levels.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Magnus Pehrsson - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll|url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/spelarfakta/magnus-pehrsson/622e0165-4020-47bf-8000-e8bbccef70e2/|access-date=2022-02-11|website=www.svenskfotboll.se.|language=sv}}</ref>

==Managerial career==
Pehrsson started his coaching career as [[Assistant coach|assistant manager]] in [[Åtvidabergs FF]]. He then managed [[IK Sirius Fotboll|IK Sirius]] in 2006 and [[GAIS]] in 2008.

===Aalborg BK (2009–2010)===
In January 2009 he moved from the Swedish leagues to Denmark to coach the [[Danish Superliga]] team [[AaB Football|Aalborg BK]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Magnus Pehrsson ny cheftræner i AaB |url=http://v2.aabsport.dk/B02F4995-D1D5-46F6-A65B-4C8D024B2652.W5Doc?id=0049C4E4-484E-4515-BEBB-FF339BEABDB8 |publisher=aabsport.dk |date=12 January 2013 |access-date=7 December 2013 |language=da | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081203092459/http://v2.aabsport.dk/B02F4995-D1D5-46F6-A65B-4C8D024B2652.W5Doc?id=0049C4E4-484E-4515-BEBB-FF339BEABDB8| archive-date= 3 December 2008 | url-status= dead}}</ref>

In his first season AaB managed to finish the [[2008–09 Danish Superliga|Superliga season]] in 7th with 3 wins and 7 draws from 16 matches under his management.{{Citation needed|date=March 2014}} AaB reached the [[2008–09 Danish Cup]] final.<ref>{{cite web|title=FCK vandt pokalslaget mod AaB|trans-title=FCK won the Cup battle against AaB|url=http://www.dbu.dk/news/newsShow.aspx?id=251285|access-date=7 December 2013|language=da|publisher=dbu.dk}}</ref> In the [[2008–09 UEFA Cup#Round of 32|UEFA Cup]] AaB were drawn against [[Deportivo La Coruña]]. AaB won the first leg at home 3–0<ref>{{cite web|title=2008/09 UEFA Cup|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2009/matches/round=15286/match=304804/|access-date=7 December 2013|publisher=[[UEFA]]}}</ref> and the away leg 3–1<ref>{{cite web|title=2008/09 UEFA Cup|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2009/matches/round=15286/match=304820/|access-date=7 December 2013|publisher=[[UEFA]]}}</ref> beating Deportivo 6–1 aggregate. AaB thereby earned a place among the last 16 where they faced [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]. After a 2–0<ref>{{cite web|title=2008/09 UEFA Cup|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2009/matches/round=15287/match=304832/|access-date=7 December 2013|publisher=[[UEFA]]}}</ref> loss in Manchester in the first leg AaB fought back to tie the score with a 2–0 win at home, but were defeated by 4–3 on penalties.<ref>{{cite web|title=2008/09 UEFA Cup|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2009/matches/round=15287/match=304840/|access-date=7 December 2013|publisher=[[UEFA]]}}</ref>

In his first full season AaB finished 5th in the [[2009–10 Danish Superliga|league]] with 13 wins, 9 draws and 11 losses.{{Citation needed|date=March 2014}} In the [[2009–10 Danish Cup]] AaB were surprisingly knocked out in the round of 16 by [[Danish 2nd Division|2nd Division]] (third tier) club [[Hobro IK]]{{Citation needed|date=March 2014}} and in [[2009–10 UEFA Europa League#Second qualifying round|Europa League]] AaB lost out to [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] club [[FK Slavija]] in the second qualifying round.<ref>{{cite web|title=Europa League Second qualifying round|url=http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/fixturesresults/round=2000034/match=2000547/index.html|access-date=7 December 2013|publisher=[[UEFA]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Europa League Second qualifying round|url=http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/fixturesresults/round=2000034/match=2000587/index.html|access-date=7 December 2013|publisher=[[UEFA]]}}</ref>

With 9 points from the first 11 matches in [[2010–11 Danish Superliga|2010–11 Superliga season]] he was sacked on 11 October 2010 due to a poor start of the season.<ref>{{cite web |title=AaB fyrer Magnus Pehrsson |trans-title=AaB firing Magnus Pehrsson|url=http://www.bold.dk/nyt/AaB-fyrer-Magnus-Pehrsson |publisher=bold.dk |date=11 October 2010 |access-date=6 December 2013 |language=da}}</ref>

===Djurgårdens IF (2011–2013)===
In May 2011 Pehrson was hired by Djurgården to replace [[Lennart Wass]] who had been sacked due to a poor start of the [[2011 Allsvenskan]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Wass får sparken - Pehrsson ny manager|url=http://fotboll.expressen.se/allsvenskan/1.2423706/wass-far-sparken-pehrsson-ny-manager|access-date=4 May 2011|language=sv|newspaper=[[Expressen]]|date=3 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506141104/http://fotboll.expressen.se/allsvenskan/1.2423706/wass-far-sparken-pehrsson-ny-manager|archive-date=6 May 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In his first [[2011 Allsvenskan|season]] he managed to bring the team up from 15th to finish 11th and safe from the relegation with a record of 10 wins and 5 draws from 24 matches under his management.<ref>{{cite web|title=2011 Tabell och resultat - Allsvenskan, herrar|url=https://svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/tidigare-ar/resultat-2011/tabell-och-resultat/|access-date=7 December 2013|language=sv|publisher=[[Swedish Football Association]]}}</ref> In [[2011 Svenska Cupen]] Djurgården were eliminated in the round of 16 by [[IFK Göteborg]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Svenska Cupen, herrar Matchinformation: IFK Göteborg - Djurgården|url=https://svenskfotboll.se/cuper-och-serier/information/?scr=result&fmid=1750769|access-date=7 December 2013|language=sv|publisher=[[Swedish Football Association]]}}</ref>

In 2012 season Djurgården finished 9th in the [[2012 Allsvenskan|league]] with 8 wins, 13 draws and 9 losses.<ref>{{cite web|title=2012 Tabell och resultat - Allsvenskan, herrar|url=https://svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/tidigare-ar/resultat-2012/tabell-och-resultat/|access-date=7 December 2013|language=sv|publisher=[[Swedish Football Association]]}}</ref> In [[2012–13 Svenska Cupen]] Djurgården finished runners-up, but Pehrsson had already left the club after the quarter-finals.<ref>{{cite web|title=IFK Göteborg cupvinnare efter straffar|url=https://svenskfotboll.se/cuper-och-serier/svenska-cupen-herrar/resultat-tidigare-ar/201213/|access-date=7 December 2013|language=sv|publisher=[[Swedish Football Association]]}}</ref>

On 26 April 2013 Pehrsson resigned as manager due to alleged threats against him,<ref>{{cite news|title=Magnus Pehrsson och Tommy Jacobson avgår |url=http://dif.se/2013/04/26/magnus-pehrsson-och-tommy-jacobson-avgar/ |work=dif.se |publisher=Djurgårdens IF |date=26 April 2013 |access-date=26 April 2013 |language=sv |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530031134/http://dif.se/2013/04/26/magnus-pehrsson-och-tommy-jacobson-avgar/ |archive-date=30 May 2013 }}</ref> though police later dropped the investigation as no legal proof of the threats were found.<ref>{{cite web |title=Polisen: Inga hot mot Magnus Pehrsson|trans-title=Police: No threat to Magnus Pehrsson |url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/sverige/allsvenskan/djurgarden/article16730466.ab |work=[[Aftonbladet]] |date=6 May 2013 |access-date=22 December 2013|language=sv}}</ref>

===Estonian national team (2013–2016)===
On 5 December 2013, Pehrsson was appointed team manager of the Estonian national team.<ref name="EFA1">{{cite web |title=Eesti koondise tüüri juurde asub rootslane Magnus Pehrsson |trans-title=Magnus Pehrsson set for the rudder of Estonian team|url=http://jalgpall.ee/news.php?st=style_fp.css&news_id=5987 |publisher=[[Estonian Football Association]]|date=5 December 2013|access-date=6 December 2013|language=et}}</ref> His first match in charge was a win against [[Gibraltar national football team|Gibraltar]] on 5 March 2014. After a slow start team's form began to pick up and Estonia held high hopes on [[UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group E|Euro 2016 qualifying]], but a 0–1 loss in a decisive match against [[Slovenia national football team|Slovenia]] saw them finishing 4th in group.<ref>{{cite web|title=Eesti unistus purunes Mariboris|url=http://soccernet.ee/artikkel/eesti-unistus-purunes-mariboris|website=Soccermet.ee|date=9 September 2015 |access-date=14 September 2016}}</ref> By mid 2016 the results start to deteriorate: 0–7 loss to [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]] and 0–5 to [[Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team|Bosnia and Herzegovina]] in 2016 was a blow to a team proud of their defensive record. Pehrsson left the post by mutual consent in September 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ott Järvela Magnus Pehrssoni pärand, järeldused ja õppetunnid|url=http://www.ohtuleht.ee/758949/ott-jarvela-magnus-pehrssoni-parand-jareldused-ja-oppetunnid|access-date=14 September 2016}}</ref>

===Malmö FF (2017–2018)===
On 23 November 2016, Pehrsson was appointed manager of [[Malmö FF]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mff.se/aktuellt/nyheter/Nyheter/2016-11-23_ny_huvudtranare|title=Magnus Pehrsson ny tränare i Malmö FF|publisher=Malmö FF|date=23 November 2017|access-date=14 May 2018|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124024803/http://mff.se/aktuellt/nyheter/Nyheter/2016-11-23_ny_huvudtranare|archive-date=24 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> He led the team to their second consecutive domestic title, winning the [[2017 Allsvenskan]], but was knocked out of the [[2017–18 UEFA Champions League]] in the second qualifying round.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vardar 3 Malmö 1 |url=http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2018/matches/round=2000878/match=2021531/index.html |publisher=UEFA |access-date=12 June 2018 |date=18 July 2017}}</ref>

On 14 May 2018, Pehrsson was sacked as manager of Malmö FF, as the club was placed 10th in Allsvenskan after nine rounds. Niclas Carlnén, managing director at the club, cited that the "results so far are a big disappointment" and stated that the decision was "sad but necessary".<ref name= "Malmo 140518"/>

===Kalmar FF===
On 27 November 2018, after the end of the [[2018 Allsvenskan]] season, Pehrsson was presented as the new manager of [[Kalmar FF]], a team who ended up at the 10th place in the league.<ref>{{cite web|title=Officiellt: Magnus Pehrsson ny tränare i Kalmar - efterträder Henrik Rydström|publisher=Fotbollskanalen|access-date=27 November 2018|url=https://www.fotbollskanalen.se/allsvenskan/officiellt-magnus-pehrsson-ny-tranare-i-kalmar---eftertrader-henrik-rydstrom/}}</ref> He resigned in October 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/kvallsposten/sport/fotboll/allsvenskan/just-nu-avgar-efter-stora-kaoset/|title=Magnus Pehrsson avgår som tränare för Kalmar FF|website=www.expressen.se}}</ref>

===Vélez CF===
In April 2022 he became Director of Football at Spanish club [[Vélez CF]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/sport/fotboll/allsvenskan/magnus-pehrsson-ett-medvetet-val-att-forsvinna-fran-kartan/|title="Ett medvetet val att försvinna från kartan"|website=www.expressen.se}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://svenskamagasinet.nu/nyheter/velez-cf-jagar-kval-med-magnus-pehrsson-som-ny-tranare/|title=Vélez CF jagar kval med Magnus Pehrsson som ny tränare|first=Redaktionen|last=SvM|date=13 April 2022}}</ref>

== Honours ==
=== Player ===
'''Djurgårdens'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Prize list: Magnus Pehrsson |url=https://www.eurosport.com/football/magnus-pehrsson_prs140221/person.shtml |publisher=Eurosport |access-date=12 June 2018}}</ref>
* [[Division 1 Norra]]: 1994
* [[Superettan]]: 2000
* [[Allsvenskan]]: 2002

=== Manager ===
'''Malmö FF'''
*[[Allsvenskan]]: [[2017 Allsvenskan|2017]]<ref name= "Malmo 140518">{{cite web |title=Daniel Andersson ny huvudtränare i Malmö FF (Daniel Andersson new head coach at Malmö FF) |url=http://www.mff.se/sv-SE/aktuellt/nyheter/Nyheter/2018-05-14_daniel-andersson-ny-huvudtranare-i-malmo-ff |publisher=Malmo FF |access-date=12 June 2018 |language=sv |date=14 May 2018}}</ref>

==Managerial statistics==
{{updated|6 September 2016}}<ref>{{soccerbase manager|2875}}</ref>
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!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
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|-
|align=left|[[Estonia national football team|Estonia]]
|align=left|December 2013
|align=left|September 2016
{{WDL|34|11|9|14}}
|-
!colspan="3"|Total
{{WDLtot|34|11|9|14|decimals=2}}
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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Magnus Pehrsson

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{{Short description|Swedish footballer and manager}}
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''' Karl Magnus Pehrsson''' (born 25 May 1976) is a Swedish [[Association football|football]] manager and former professional player who is the Director of Football at Spanish club [[Vélez CF]].

==Club career==
Pehrsson started his career in [[IFK Lidingö]].<ref name="sverigesradio.se">{{cite news|title=Fakta: Magnus Pehrssons karriär i korthet|url=http://sverigesradio.se/sida/gruppsida.aspx?programid=2835&grupp=17101&artikel=4582630|access-date=5 July 2012|language=sv|newspaper=[[Sveriges Radio]]|date=4 July 2011}}</ref> He played for [[Djurgårdens IF Fotboll|Djurgårdens IF]] and [[IFK Göteborg]] in Sweden, as well as [[Bradford City A.F.C.|Bradford City]] in England.<ref name="sverigesradio.se"/>

For the 1999 season, he rejoined [[Djurgårdens IF Fotboll|Djurgården]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cgi.dif.se/sidor/nyheter/nyheter.asp?action=view&id=3069&typ=2 |title=DIF.se - Peppe, Danne och Banda ut - Pehrsson in (1998-11-26) |access-date=12 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018191059/http://cgi.dif.se/sidor/nyheter/nyheter.asp?action=view&id=3069&typ=2 |archive-date=18 October 2014 }}</ref> He retired from football as a player due to an injury in 2003.<ref>{{cite news|title=Eesti jalgpallikoondise uus peatreener on rootslane Magnus Pehrsson|url=http://sport.delfi.ee/news/jalgpall/eesti/eesti-jalgpallikoondise-uus-peatreener-on-rootslane-magnus-pehrsson.d?id=67387932|access-date=8 December 2013|language=et|newspaper=Delfi|date=5 December 2013}}</ref>

==International career==
Pehrsson represented Sweden at the [[Sweden national youth football team|youth]] and [[Sweden national football B team|B]] levels.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Magnus Pehrsson - Spelarstatistik - Svensk fotboll|url=https://www.svenskfotboll.se/spelarfakta/magnus-pehrsson/622e0165-4020-47bf-8000-e8bbccef70e2/|access-date=2022-02-11|website=www.svenskfotboll.se.|language=sv}}</ref>

==Managerial career==
Pehrsson started his coaching career as [[Assistant coach|assistant manager]] in [[Åtvidabergs FF]]. He then managed [[IK Sirius Fotboll|IK Sirius]] in 2006 and [[GAIS]] in 2008.

===Aalborg BK (2009–2010)===
In January 2009 he moved from the Swedish leagues to Denmark to coach the [[Danish Superliga]] team [[AaB Football|Aalborg BK]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Magnus Pehrsson ny cheftræner i AaB |url=http://v2.aabsport.dk/B02F4995-D1D5-46F6-A65B-4C8D024B2652.W5Doc?id=0049C4E4-484E-4515-BEBB-FF339BEABDB8 |publisher=aabsport.dk |date=12 January 2013 |access-date=7 December 2013 |language=da | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20081203092459/http://v2.aabsport.dk/B02F4995-D1D5-46F6-A65B-4C8D024B2652.W5Doc?id=0049C4E4-484E-4515-BEBB-FF339BEABDB8| archive-date= 3 December 2008 | url-status= dead}}</ref>

In his first season AaB managed to finish the [[2008–09 Danish Superliga|Superliga season]] in 7th with 3 wins and 7 draws from 16 matches under his management.{{Citation needed|date=March 2014}} AaB reached the [[2008–09 Danish Cup]] final.<ref>{{cite web|title=FCK vandt pokalslaget mod AaB|trans-title=FCK won the Cup battle against AaB|url=http://www.dbu.dk/news/newsShow.aspx?id=251285|access-date=7 December 2013|language=da|publisher=dbu.dk}}</ref> In the [[2008–09 UEFA Cup#Round of 32|UEFA Cup]] AaB were drawn against [[Deportivo La Coruña]]. AaB won the first leg at home 3–0<ref>{{cite web|title=2008/09 UEFA Cup|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2009/matches/round=15286/match=304804/|access-date=7 December 2013|publisher=[[UEFA]]}}</ref> and the away leg 3–1<ref>{{cite web|title=2008/09 UEFA Cup|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2009/matches/round=15286/match=304820/|access-date=7 December 2013|publisher=[[UEFA]]}}</ref> beating Deportivo 6–1 aggregate. AaB thereby earned a place among the last 16 where they faced [[Manchester City F.C.|Manchester City]]. After a 2–0<ref>{{cite web|title=2008/09 UEFA Cup|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2009/matches/round=15287/match=304832/|access-date=7 December 2013|publisher=[[UEFA]]}}</ref> loss in Manchester in the first leg AaB fought back to tie the score with a 2–0 win at home, but were defeated by 4–3 on penalties.<ref>{{cite web|title=2008/09 UEFA Cup|url=http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuropaleague/season=2009/matches/round=15287/match=304840/|access-date=7 December 2013|publisher=[[UEFA]]}}</ref>

In his first full season AaB finished 5th in the [[2009–10 Danish Superliga|league]] with 13 wins, 9 draws and 11 losses.{{Citation needed|date=March 2014}} In the [[2009–10 Danish Cup]] AaB were surprisingly knocked out in the round of 16 by [[Danish 2nd Division|2nd Division]] (third tier) club [[Hobro IK]]{{Citation needed|date=March 2014}} and in [[2009–10 UEFA Europa League#Second qualifying round|Europa League]] AaB lost out to [[Bosnia and Herzegovina]] club [[FK Slavija]] in the second qualifying round.<ref>{{cite web|title=Europa League Second qualifying round|url=http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/fixturesresults/round=2000034/match=2000547/index.html|access-date=7 December 2013|publisher=[[UEFA]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Europa League Second qualifying round|url=http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/fixturesresults/round=2000034/match=2000587/index.html|access-date=7 December 2013|publisher=[[UEFA]]}}</ref>

With 9 points from the first 11 matches in [[2010–11 Danish Superliga|2010–11 Superliga season]] he was sacked on 11 October 2010 due to a poor start of the season.<ref>{{cite web |title=AaB fyrer Magnus Pehrsson |trans-title=AaB firing Magnus Pehrsson|url=http://www.bold.dk/nyt/AaB-fyrer-Magnus-Pehrsson |publisher=bold.dk |date=11 October 2010 |access-date=6 December 2013 |language=da}}</ref>

===Djurgårdens IF (2011–2013)===
In May 2011 Pehrson was hired by Djurgården to replace [[Lennart Wass]] who had been sacked due to a poor start of the [[2011 Allsvenskan]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Wass får sparken - Pehrsson ny manager|url=http://fotboll.expressen.se/allsvenskan/1.2423706/wass-far-sparken-pehrsson-ny-manager|access-date=4 May 2011|language=sv|newspaper=[[Expressen]]|date=3 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506141104/http://fotboll.expressen.se/allsvenskan/1.2423706/wass-far-sparken-pehrsson-ny-manager|archive-date=6 May 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In his first [[2011 Allsvenskan|season]] he managed to bring the team up from 15th to finish 11th and safe from the relegation with a record of 10 wins and 5 draws from 24 matches under his management.<ref>{{cite web|title=2011 Tabell och resultat - Allsvenskan, herrar|url=https://svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/tidigare-ar/resultat-2011/tabell-och-resultat/|access-date=7 December 2013|language=sv|publisher=[[Swedish Football Association]]}}</ref> In [[2011 Svenska Cupen]] Djurgården were eliminated in the round of 16 by [[IFK Göteborg]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Svenska Cupen, herrar Matchinformation: IFK Göteborg - Djurgården|url=https://svenskfotboll.se/cuper-och-serier/information/?scr=result&fmid=1750769|access-date=7 December 2013|language=sv|publisher=[[Swedish Football Association]]}}</ref>

In 2012 season Djurgården finished 9th in the [[2012 Allsvenskan|league]] with 8 wins, 13 draws and 9 losses.<ref>{{cite web|title=2012 Tabell och resultat - Allsvenskan, herrar|url=https://svenskfotboll.se/allsvenskan/tidigare-ar/resultat-2012/tabell-och-resultat/|access-date=7 December 2013|language=sv|publisher=[[Swedish Football Association]]}}</ref> In [[2012–13 Svenska Cupen]] Djurgården finished runners-up, but Pehrsson had already left the club after the quarter-finals.<ref>{{cite web|title=IFK Göteborg cupvinnare efter straffar|url=https://svenskfotboll.se/cuper-och-serier/svenska-cupen-herrar/resultat-tidigare-ar/201213/|access-date=7 December 2013|language=sv|publisher=[[Swedish Football Association]]}}</ref>

On 26 April 2013 Pehrsson resigned as manager due to alleged threats against him,<ref>{{cite news|title=Magnus Pehrsson och Tommy Jacobson avgår |url=http://dif.se/2013/04/26/magnus-pehrsson-och-tommy-jacobson-avgar/ |work=dif.se |publisher=Djurgårdens IF |date=26 April 2013 |access-date=26 April 2013 |language=sv |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130530031134/http://dif.se/2013/04/26/magnus-pehrsson-och-tommy-jacobson-avgar/ |archive-date=30 May 2013 }}</ref> though police later dropped the investigation as no legal proof of the threats were found.<ref>{{cite web |title=Polisen: Inga hot mot Magnus Pehrsson|trans-title=Police: No threat to Magnus Pehrsson |url=http://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/sverige/allsvenskan/djurgarden/article16730466.ab |work=[[Aftonbladet]] |date=6 May 2013 |access-date=22 December 2013|language=sv}}</ref>

===Estonian national team (2013–2016)===
On 5 December 2013, Pehrsson was appointed team manager of the Estonian national team.<ref name="EFA1">{{cite web |title=Eesti koondise tüüri juurde asub rootslane Magnus Pehrsson |trans-title=Magnus Pehrsson set for the rudder of Estonian team|url=http://jalgpall.ee/news.php?st=style_fp.css&news_id=5987 |publisher=[[Estonian Football Association]]|date=5 December 2013|access-date=6 December 2013|language=et}}</ref> His first match in charge was a win against [[Gibraltar national football team|Gibraltar]] on 5 March 2014. After a slow start team's form began to pick up and Estonia held high hopes on [[UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying Group E|Euro 2016 qualifying]], but a 0–1 loss in a decisive match against [[Slovenia national football team|Slovenia]] saw them finishing 4th in group.<ref>{{cite web|title=Eesti unistus purunes Mariboris|url=http://soccernet.ee/artikkel/eesti-unistus-purunes-mariboris|website=Soccermet.ee|date=9 September 2015 |access-date=14 September 2016}}</ref> By mid 2016 the results start to deteriorate: 0–7 loss to [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]] and 0–5 to [[Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team|Bosnia and Herzegovina]] in 2016 was a blow to a team proud of their defensive record. Pehrsson left the post by mutual consent in September 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ott Järvela Magnus Pehrssoni pärand, järeldused ja õppetunnid|url=http://www.ohtuleht.ee/758949/ott-jarvela-magnus-pehrssoni-parand-jareldused-ja-oppetunnid|access-date=14 September 2016}}</ref>

===Malmö FF (2017–2018)===
On 23 November 2016, Pehrsson was appointed manager of [[Malmö FF]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mff.se/aktuellt/nyheter/Nyheter/2016-11-23_ny_huvudtranare|title=Magnus Pehrsson ny tränare i Malmö FF|publisher=Malmö FF|date=23 November 2017|access-date=14 May 2018|language=sv|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124024803/http://mff.se/aktuellt/nyheter/Nyheter/2016-11-23_ny_huvudtranare|archive-date=24 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> He led the team to their second consecutive domestic title, winning the [[2017 Allsvenskan]], but was knocked out of the [[2017–18 UEFA Champions League]] in the second qualifying round.<ref>{{cite web |title=Vardar 3 Malmö 1 |url=http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2018/matches/round=2000878/match=2021531/index.html |publisher=UEFA |access-date=12 June 2018 |date=18 July 2017}}</ref>

On 14 May 2018, Pehrsson was sacked as manager of Malmö FF, as the club was placed 10th in Allsvenskan after nine rounds. Niclas Carlnén, managing director at the club, cited that the "results so far are a big disappointment" and stated that the decision was "sad but necessary".<ref name= "Malmo 140518"/>

===Kalmar FF===
On 27 November 2018, after the end of the [[2018 Allsvenskan]] season, Pehrsson was presented as the new manager of [[Kalmar FF]], a team who ended up at the 10th place in the league.<ref>{{cite web|title=Officiellt: Magnus Pehrsson ny tränare i Kalmar - efterträder Henrik Rydström|publisher=Fotbollskanalen|access-date=27 November 2018|url=https://www.fotbollskanalen.se/allsvenskan/officiellt-magnus-pehrsson-ny-tranare-i-kalmar---eftertrader-henrik-rydstrom/}}</ref> He resigned in October 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/kvallsposten/sport/fotboll/allsvenskan/just-nu-avgar-efter-stora-kaoset/|title=Magnus Pehrsson avgår som tränare för Kalmar FF|website=www.expressen.se}}</ref>

===Vélez CF===
In April 2022 he became Director of Football at Spanish club [[Vélez CF]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.expressen.se/sport/fotboll/allsvenskan/magnus-pehrsson-ett-medvetet-val-att-forsvinna-fran-kartan/|title="Ett medvetet val att försvinna från kartan"|website=www.expressen.se}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://svenskamagasinet.nu/nyheter/velez-cf-jagar-kval-med-magnus-pehrsson-som-ny-tranare/|title=Vélez CF jagar kval med Magnus Pehrsson som ny tränare|first=Redaktionen|last=SvM|date=13 April 2022}}</ref>

== Honours ==
=== Player ===
'''Djurgårdens'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Prize list: Magnus Pehrsson |url=https://www.eurosport.com/football/magnus-pehrsson_prs140221/person.shtml |publisher=Eurosport |access-date=12 June 2018}}</ref>
* [[Division 1 Norra]]: 1994
* [[Superettan]]: 2000
* [[Allsvenskan]]: 2002

=== Manager ===
'''Malmö FF'''
*[[Allsvenskan]]: [[2017 Allsvenskan|2017]]<ref name= "Malmo 140518">{{cite web |title=Daniel Andersson ny huvudtränare i Malmö FF (Daniel Andersson new head coach at Malmö FF) |url=http://www.mff.se/sv-SE/aktuellt/nyheter/Nyheter/2018-05-14_daniel-andersson-ny-huvudtranare-i-malmo-ff |publisher=Malmo FF |access-date=12 June 2018 |language=sv |date=14 May 2018}}</ref>

==Managerial statistics==
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|align=left|December 2013
|align=left|September 2016
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{{WDLtot|34|11|9|14|decimals=2}}
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==References==
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{{short description|Estonian manager and footballer}}
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| name = Tarmo Rüütli
| image = TarmoRüütli.jpg
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| caption = Rüütli in 2012
| fullname = Tarmo Rüütli
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|8|11|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Viljandi]], Estonia
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| years3 = 1978–1984 | caps3 = 144 | goals3 = 30| clubs3 = Pärnu Kalakombinaat
| years4 = 1985–1991 | caps4 = 129 | goals4 = 27| clubs4 = Pärnu Kalakombinaat/MEK
| years5 = 1992–1994 | caps5 = 14 | goals5 = 2 | clubs5 = [[JK Tervis Pärnu|Tervis Pärnu]]
| years6 = 2003 | caps6 = | goals6 = | clubs6 = [[JK Tallinna Kalev]]
| years7 = 2004–2005 | caps7 = | goals7 = | clubs7 = [[JK Tallinna Kalev U21]]
| years8 = 2006–2008 | caps8 = | goals8 = | clubs8 = [[Tallinna FC Soccernet]]
| years9 = 2009–2017 | caps9 = | goals9 = | clubs9 = [[JK Retro]]
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| manageryears2 = 1991–1997 | managerclubs2 = [[FC Flora|Flora]] (assistant)
| manageryears3 = 1997–1999 | managerclubs3 = [[JK Tulevik Viljandi|Tulevik]]
| manageryears4 = 1998–2000 | managerclubs4 = [[Estonia national under-21 football team|Estonia U21]]
| manageryears5 = 1999–2000 | managerclubs5 = [[Estonia national football team|Estonia]]
| manageryears6 = 2000 | managerclubs6 = [[FC Flora|Flora]]
| manageryears7 = 2001–2002 | managerclubs7 = [[JK Tulevik Viljandi|Tulevik]]
| manageryears8 = 2003–2008 | managerclubs8 = [[FC Levadia Tallinn|Levadia]]
| manageryears9 = 2008–2013 | managerclubs9 = [[Estonia national football team|Estonia]]
| manageryears10 = 2009 | managerclubs10 = [[FC Flora|Flora]]
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| manageryears12 = 2014 | managerclubs12 = [[JK Tallinna Kalev|Tallinna Kalev]]
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'''Tarmo Rüütli''' (born 11 August 1954) is an Estonian [[association football|football]] [[Manager (association football)|manager]] and former [[football player]].

As player, Rüütli won the [[1985 Estonian SSR Football Championship|1985 Estonian Championship]] with Pärnu Kalakombinaat/MEK. As manager, he led [[FC Levadia Tallinn|Levadia]] to three [[Meistriliiga]] titles and three [[Estonian Cup]]s, and [[FC Flora|Flora]] to one Estonian Cup and one [[Estonian Supercup]]. Rüütli has served as the manager of the [[Estonia national football team|Estonia national team]] twice, from 1999 to 2000 and from 2008 to 2013. He led the team to their highest ever [[FIFA World Rankings|FIFA ranking]] of 47th in 2012, and came close to qualifying for a major tournament for the first time in Estonia's history, reaching the [[UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying play-offs]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Klubi ajalugu|url=http://fclevadia.ee/article/47|publisher=FC Levadia|accessdate=6 December 2013|language=Estonian|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212160320/http://fclevadia.ee/article/47|archivedate=12 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url =http://www.esbl.ee/biograafia/Tarmo_Rüütli|title =Rüütli, Tarmo| publisher =ESBL| accessdate = 30 September 2016| language = Estonian}}</ref>

==Honours==
===Player===
'''Pärnu Kalakombinaat/MEK'''
* [[Meistriliiga|Estonian Championship]]: [[1985 Estonian SSR Football Championship|1985]]

===Manager===
'''Levadia'''
* [[Meistriliiga]]: [[2004 Meistriliiga|2004]], [[2006 Meistriliiga|2006]], [[2007 Meistriliiga|2007]]
* [[Estonian Cup]]: [[2003–04 Estonian Cup|2003–04]], [[2004–05 Estonian Cup|2004–05]], [[2006–07 Estonian Cup|2006–07]]

'''Flora'''
* [[Estonian Cup]]: [[2008–09 Estonian Cup|2008–09]]
* [[Estonian Supercup]]: 2009

'''Individual'''
* [[Estonian Coach of the Year]]: 2011
* [[File:EST Order of the White Star - 4th Class BAR.png|60px]] [[Order of the White Star]], 4th Class

==References==
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{{short description|Portuguese football manager and national technical director of the Portuguese Football Foundation}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = José Couceiro
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|fullname = José Júlio de Carvalho Peyroteo Martins Couceiro
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|birth_place = [[Lisbon]], Portugal
|position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
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|years1 = 1981–1982 | caps1 = | goals1 = | clubs1 = [[C.D. Montijo|Montijo]]
|years2 = 1982–1985 | caps2 = | goals2 = | clubs2 = [[F.C. Barreirense|Barreirense]]
|years3 = 1985–1986 | caps3 = | goals3 = | clubs3 = [[Atlético Clube de Portugal|Atlético CP]]
|years4 = 1986–1988 | caps4 = | goals4 = | clubs4 = [[SCU Torreense|Torreense]]
|years5 = 1988–1989 | caps5 = | goals5 = | clubs5 = [[Clube Oriental de Lisboa|Oriental]]
|years6 = 1989–1991 | caps6 = | goals6 = | clubs6 = [[SCU Torreense|Torreense]]
|years7 = 1991–1992 | caps7 = | goals7 = | clubs7 = [[C.F. Estrela da Amadora|Estrela da Amadora]]
|manageryears1 = 2002–2004 | managerclubs1 = [[F.C. Alverca|Alverca]]
|manageryears2 = 2004–2005 | managerclubs2 = [[Vitória F.C.|Vitória de Setúbal]]
|manageryears3 = 2005 | managerclubs3 = [[FC Porto|Porto]]
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|manageryears6 = 2008 | managerclubs6 = [[FBK Kaunas|Kaunas]]
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'''José Júlio de Carvalho Peyroteo Martins Couceiro''' (born 4 October 1962)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lpfp.pt/liga_sagres/pages/pessoa.aspx?epoca=20052006&clube=belenenses&treinador=1072|title = Liga Portugal}}</ref> is a Portuguese [[association football|football]] [[Manager (association football)|manager]], currently the national technical director of the [[Portuguese Football Federation]].

==Managerial career==
As a manager, Couceiro's career is marked with the relegation of [[F.C. Alverca|Alverca]] in [[Portuguese Liga 2003-04|the 2003–04 season]]. He bounced back with a good run with [[Vitória F.C.|Vitória de Setúbal]], and won the best Portuguese coach prize. He then signed for [[FC Porto|Porto]] on 1 February 2005, going on to [[C.F. Os Belenenses|Belenenses]] during [[2005–06 in Portuguese football#Final standings|the 2005–06 season]]. In August 2006, he was appointed manager of the [[Portugal national under-21 football team|Portugal under-21 national team]], reaching positive results in the UEFA Championships.

In July 2008, Couceiro was then appointed the head coach of [[FBK Kaunas]], the Lithuanian [[A Lyga]] club controlled by [[Vladimir Romanov]]. On 5 August 2008, FBK Kaunas, playing in a [[UEFA Champions League]] play-off match, defeated [[2007–08 UEFA Cup]] finalists [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]] 2–1 on aggregate to qualify for the third round for the first time in club history. He was then named head coach of the [[Lithuania national football team|Lithuania national team]] on 14 August 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sport.scotsman.com/heartofmidlothianfc/Hearts-youngster-Novikovas-to-be.5310525.jp|title = Sport | the Scotsman}}</ref> In his first competitive match as manager, Lithuania defeated [[Romania national football team|Romania]] 3–0 in [[Cluj-Napoca]] for a [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 7|2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier]]. After that, they defeated [[Austrian national football team|Austria]] 2–0 at home, and the [[Faroe Islands national football team|Faroe Islands]] 1–0. However, they did not qualify for the World Cup tournament proper, held in South Africa.

In April 2009, Couceiro signed as a manager with Turkish side [[Gaziantepspor]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fra.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/jose-couceiro/|title = José Couceiro}}</ref>

On 26 February 2011, following the dismissal of [[Paulo Sérgio Bento Brito|Paulo Sérgio]], Couceiro was named caretaker manager of [[Sporting CP]] for the remainder of the [[2010–11 Sporting CP season|2010–11 season]]. He then moved to [[FC Lokomotiv Moscow|Lokomotiv Moscow]] in July 2011,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/2011-07-01-3029568758_x.htm | title=Lokomotiv Moscow names Jose Couceiro new coach | publisher=[[USA Today]] | date=1 July 2011 | access-date=6 June 2012}}</ref> however left the club in May 2012 after his contract was not renewed.<ref name="loko">{{cite web|publisher=[[FC Lokomotiv Moscow]]|url=http://www.fclm.ru/ru/info/news/index.php?id_4=16651|script-title=ru:Славен Билич – новый главный тренер "Локомотива"|date=14 May 2012|language=ru|access-date=6 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515021930/http://www.fclm.ru/ru/info/news/index.php?id_4=16651|archive-date=15 May 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

After being appointed as manager of Vitória de Setubal in 2013, he was sacked on 15 May 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=José Couceiro não continua no Vitória FC|url=http://vfc.pt/noticias/futebol/2014/05/15/jose-couceiro-nao-continua-no-vitoria-fc/|publisher=Vfc|access-date=16 May 2014}}</ref> He then managed [[G.D. Estoril Praia|Estoril]], leaving in March 2015.<ref name=Maisfutebol25516>{{Cite web | title = OFICIAL: José Couceiro é o novo treinador do V Setúbal | first = David | last = Marques | work = Maisfutebol | date = 25 May 2016 | access-date = 20 August 2018 | url = http://www.maisfutebol.iol.pt/vitoria-setubal/liga/oficial-jose-couceiro-e-o-novo-treinador-do-v-setubal | language = pt}}</ref> In May 2016, Couceiro was appointed manager of Vitória de Setubal for a third time.<ref name=Maisfutebol25516/> He left the role in May 2018.<ref>{{Cite web | title = José Couceiro: "Não tenho condições para continuar" | work = Record | date = 13 May 2018 | access-date = 20 August 2018 | url = https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/liga-nos/v--setubal/detalhe/jose-couceiro-nao-tenho-condicoes-para-continuar}}</ref>

In July 2018, he was appointed national technical director of the [[Portuguese Football Federation]].<ref>{{Cite web | title = FPF oficializa contratação de José Couceiro para diretor técnico nacional | work = Record | date = 5 July 2018 | access-date = 20 August 2018 | url = https://www.record.pt/futebol/futebol-nacional/detalhe/fpf-oficializa-contratacao-de-jose-couceiro-para-diretor-tecnico-nacional | language = pt}}</ref>

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{{Short description|Australian soccer player (1943–2023)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Use Australian English|date=February 2019}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Manfred Schaefer
| image =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1943|02|12}}
| birth_place = [[Baltiysk|Pillau]], [[East Prussia]], Germany
| death_date = March 2023 (aged 80)
| height =
| position = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
| years1 = 1960–1963
| clubs1 = Blacktown
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 1963–1975
| clubs2 = [[St. George Saints Football Club|St. George-Budapest]]
| nationalyears1 = 1967–1974
| nationalteam1 = [[Australia men's national soccer team|Australia]]
| nationalcaps1 = 49 
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| manageryears1 = 1975–1977
| managerclubs1 = [[St. George Saints Football Club|St. George-Budapest]]
| manageryears2 = 1982–1986
| managerclubs2 = [[Sydney Olympic FC]]
| manageryears3 = 1988
| managerclubs3 = [[Brunswick Juventus]]
| manageryears4 = 1989–1991
| managerclubs4 = [[APIA Leichhardt]]
| manageryears5 = 1992–1994
| managerclubs5 = [[Sydney United]]
| manageryears6 = 1995
| managerclubs6 = Leichhardt Tigers
| manageryears7 = 1995–1997
| managerclubs7 = [[Marconi Stallions]]
| manageryears8 = 1998–1999
| managerclubs8 = [[Adelaide Sharks]]
| manageryears9 = 2002–2004
| managerclubs9 = [[Parramatta Power]] (assistant manager)
}}

'''Manfred Schaefer''' (12 February 1943 – March 2023) was a [[soccer]] player who played as a [[defender (association football)|defender]]. At club level he won titles with [[St. George Saints Football Club|St. George Budapest]]. Born in Germany, he represented the [[Australia men's national soccer team|Australian national team]] internationally, participating in the [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974 World Cup]] in Germany. As coach he was several times runner-up in the Australian [[National Soccer League]] with various clubs.

==Biography==
Schaefer was born in the [[East Prussia]]n town of Pillau, Germany (now [[Baltiysk]], Russia), near Königsberg (now [[Kaliningrad]]). In the dying days of [[World War II]] his family fled westward to [[Bremen]]. In 1954 the family emigrated with Manfred, by then aged 11, to Australia.<ref name="age1">{{cite news| url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/aussie-update/the-other-socceroos-living-in-the-70s/2006/06/12/1149964468880.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap2 | location=Melbourne | work=The Age | first=John | last=Huxley | title=The other Socceroos, living in the '70s | date=13 June 2006}}</ref> Schaefer was a milkman, a job that required him to deliver fresh milk to households in the suburbs every morning, and to which his extraordinary physical fitness was often attributed.<ref>Benjamin Kuhlhoff / [[Les Scheinflug]]: ''[http://www.spiegel.de/sport/fussball/0,1518,697958,00.html Australiens Amateurtruppe 1974: Schlosser, Maler und ein Milchmann]'', [[11 Freunde]] via [[Der Spiegel]], 10 June 2010</ref>

The rugged central defender started his football career in 1960 with [[Blacktown]] in west Sydney, playing in the second division of New South Wales. In 1963 he joined first division Budapest Club, which was renamed [[St. George Saints FC|St. George-Budapest SC]] by 1965. There he played until 1975 alongside other great Australian football stars of the era, such as [[Attila Abonyi]] and [[Johnny Warren]], winning the state championship in 1967, 1971, 1974 and 1975, the highest possible achievement in Australian football at the time in the absence of a national competition. He won the state cup, then known as the Ampol Cup, in 1967, 1972 and 1975; and in 1964 and 1972, the Federation Cup of New South Wales. The titles of 1975 he won as [[player-coach]].<ref name="ozfootball1">{{cite web | url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/S/SC.html | title=Schaefer, Manfred | publisher=OzFootball | work=Australian Player Database | access-date=20 August 2012}}</ref>

Schaefer's debut for the national side occurred on 5 November 1967, in a 5–3 victory over New Zealand, during the ''Vietnam National Day Tournament'' in Saigon (now [[Ho Chi Minh City]]). He played 73 times in the colours of Australia, 49 times in official international matches in which he scored one goal. His last three matches for Australia were [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974 World Cup]], against [[East Germany national football team|East Germany]], [[Germany national football team|West Germany]] and [[Chile national football team|Chile]]. He also represented New South Wales in interstate matches.<ref name="ozfootball1" />

In 1975, he began his coaching career at St. George-Budapest, where he remained until 1977. He then coached [[Sydney Olympic]] in the [[National Soccer League|national championship]] from 1982 to 1986, where he was twice runner-up; [[Brunswick Juventus]] in the state league of Victoria in 1988; [[APIA Leichhardt]] from 1989 to 1991; [[Sydney United]] from 1992 to 1994; Leichhardt Tigers in 1995; [[Marconi Fairfield]] from 1995 until 1997, leading the team into the grand final of the national championship against the [[Melbourne Knights FC]], where they lost 1:2; [[Adelaide Sharks]] from 1998 to 1999; and [[Parramatta Power]] from 2002 to 2004, where he served as assistant coach, and was runner-up in the national championship of 2004.<ref name="ozfootball1" />

In 1999 Schaefer was an inaugural inductee into the [[Australian Soccer Hall of Fame]]. He was invited to the draw for the preliminary qualifying matches for the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]].<ref name="ozfootball1" /><ref name="smh-draw">{{cite news | url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/11/18/1069027119232.html | title=Cup honour draws Schaefer back | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | date=19 November 2003 | access-date=20 August 2012 | author=Cockerill, Michael}}</ref>

Schaefer Terrace in the Sydney suburb of Glenwood is named after him. His daughter Kim Schaefer played a couple of non-A international matches for the [[Australia women's national soccer team]].

On 28 March 2023, it was reported that he died at age 80.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.news.com.au/sport/football/australian-football-mourns-the-death-of-socceroos-legend-manfred-schaefer/news-story/7ad66a9230178f0bc4ac3517dfd7693d | title=Australian football mourns the death of Socceroos legend Manfred Schaefer | work=news.com.au | date=28 March 2023 | access-date=28 March 2023 | author=NCA NewsWire}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081012150016/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=57661/index.html "Manfred Schaefer"], FIFA.com (per 27 July 2012)
* [http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/S/SC.html "Australian Player Database"], OzFootball, (per 27 July 2012)

{{Australia Squad 1974 World Cup}}
{{Football Federation Australia Hall of Fame}}

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[[Category:Marconi Stallions FC managers]]
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[[Category:Sydney United 58 FC managers]]
[[Category:West Adelaide Football Club coaches]]

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{{short description|Uzbekistani footballer and coach}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Mukhtor Kurbonov
| image =
| caption =
| fullname =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|1|26|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kokand]], [[Uzbek SSR]]
| death_date =
| position = [[Midfielder (association football)|Midfielder]]
| currentclub = [[FC Shurtan Guzar|Shurtan Guzar]] (head coach)
| years1 = 1992–1993| clubs1 = [[Kokand 1912|Temiryo'lchi Qo'qon]] | caps1 = 72|goals1 = 17
| years2 = 1995–1997| clubs2 = [[MHSK Tashkent]] | caps2 = 87|goals2 = 38
| years3 = 1998| clubs3 = [[Navbahor Namangan]] | caps3 = 26|goals3 = 7
| years4 = 1999–2000| clubs4 = [[FC Dustlik|Dustlik]] | caps4 = 62|goals4 = 25
| years5 = 2001| clubs5 = [[FC Pakhtakor|Pakhtakor]] | caps5 = 23|goals5 = 4
| years6 = 2002| clubs6 = [[Neftchi Farg'ona]] | caps6 = 15|goals6 = 9
| years7 = 2002–2003| clubs7 = [[FC Dustlik|Dustlik]] | caps7 = 30|goals7 = 15
| years8 = 2003| clubs8 = [[FC Kairat|Kairat]] | caps8 = 15|goals8 = 1
| years9 = 2004| clubs9 = [[FC Yassi|Yassy Sayram]] | caps9 = 24|goals9 = 3
| years10 = 2005| clubs10 = [[FC Zhetysu|Zhetysu]] | caps10 = 10|goals10 = 3
| years11 = 2005–2006| clubs11 = [[Metallurg Bekabad]] | caps11 = 27|goals11 = 8
| years12 = 2006| clubs12 = [[Qizilqum Zarafshon]] | caps12 = 12|goals12 = 5
| years13 = 2007| clubs13 = [[Traktor Tashkent]] | caps13 = 8|goals13 = 1
| years14 = 2007| clubs14 = [[FC Shurtan Guzar|Shurtan]] | caps14 = 13|goals14 = 3
| years15 = 2008| clubs15 = [[Sogdiana Jizzakh]] | caps15 = 27|goals15 = 0
| years16 = 2009–2010| clubs16 = [[Xorazm FK Urganch|Khorezm Urgench]] | caps16 = 29|goals16 = 0
| years17 = 2012| clubs17 = [[Olmaliq FK|Olmaliq]] | caps17 = 2|goals17 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 1997–2001| nationalteam1 = [[Uzbekistan national football team|Uzbekistan]]| nationalcaps1 = 15| nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1 = 2014–
| managerclubs1 = [[FC Shurtan Guzar|Shurtan Guzar]]
}}

'''Mukhtor Kurbonov''' ({{lang-uz|Мухтор Қурбонов}}) (born 26 January 1975) is former [[Uzbeks|Uzbek]] professional [[football (soccer)|footballer]] and coach. He currently coach of [[FC Shurtan Guzar|Shurtan]]. As player he played in position of [[Midfielder (association football)|midfielder]].

==Playing career==
He started playing career in [[Kokand 1912|Temiryo'lchi Qo'qon]] in 1992. After playing 3 seasons in Kokand, he moved to [[MHSK Tashkent]] where he won Oliy League in 1997. In 1999-2000 he played for [[FC Dustlik|Dustlik]] and twice won Oliy League titles and [[Uzbek Cup]] in 2000 with club. He also played for several Kazakhstani clubs: [[FC Kairat|Kairat]] (2003), [[FC Yassi|Yassy Sayram]] (2004) and [[FC Zhetysu|Zhetysu]] (2005).

Kurbonov played for [[Uzbekistan national football team|Uzbekistan]] and was part of team in the [[2000 Asian Cup]]. Kurbonov capped totally 15 matches for national team. With 152 goals he is member of [[Gennadi Krasnitsky club]]. Totally he scored 133 goals in Oliy League matches for different clubs.

==Managing career==
On 8 January 2015 he started coaching in [[FC Shurtan Guzar|Shurtan Guzar]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://championat.asia/oz/news/22463|work= championat.asia|title= Мухтор Курбонов начал работу, в составе есть новички |date=2015-01-08}}</ref>

==Honours==
===Club===
;Temiryo'lchi
* [[Uzbek Cup]] runner-up: 1992

;MHSK Tashkent
* [[Uzbek League]] (1): 1997
* [[Uzbek Cup]] runner-up: 1995

;Navbahor
* [[Uzbek Cup]] (1): 1998

;Dustlik
* [[Uzbek League]] (2): 1999, 2000
* [[Uzbek Cup]] (1): 2000

;Pakhtakor
* [[Uzbek Cup]] (1): 2001

;Kairat
* [[Kazakhstan Cup]] (1): 2003

===Individual===
* [[Gennadi Krasnitsky club]]: 152 goals

==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.11v11.com/players/mukhtar-kurbanov-185626/ 11v11 Profile]
*{{NFT player|pid=19171}}

{{Uzbekistan squad 2000 AFC Asian Cup}}

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[[Category:FC Dustlik players]]
[[Category:FC Pakhtakor Tashkent players]]
[[Category:FC Kairat players]]
[[Category:Association football midfielders]]
[[Category:Uzbekistani expatriate footballers]]
[[Category:Uzbekistan international footballers]]
[[Category:2000 AFC Asian Cup players]]
[[Category:Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan]]
[[Category:Uzbekistani expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan]]

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