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INTRO

One of the most decorated footballers in UK history and the only player to ever win three top flight titles in England across three decades. A family man with an unrivalled network within global football.

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ROLES AND

EXPERIENCE IN FOOTBALL

DDMC FOOTBALL CLUB MANAGEMENT

COMPANY, China (2016 – 2018)

Vice-President

Sports Director for the group: Chongqing Lifan F.C.,

Shanghai Sunfun F. C. (sold), Parma Calcio 1913,

Granada C. F. and C. D. Tondela.

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GRANADA CF, Spain (2016 – 2017)

President’s Advisor and Technical Director

(2016 – 2017)

Caretaker Head Coach (2017)

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CHONGQING LIFAN F.C., China (2016 – 2018)

Sports Director (2016 – 2018)​

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ARSENAL U-18’s (2016)

Development Coach

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ENGLAND U-19’s (2013)

Assistant Coach for one match against Turkey.

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QABALA F. C., Azerbaijan (2010 – 2012)

Advisor to the President and Director of Football

(2012)

Manager (2010-2011)

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PORTSMOUTH F.C. (2006 – 2009)

Manager/Head Coach (2008 – 2009)

Assistant Manager (2006 – 2008)

FC UTRECHT, Holland (2006)

First Team Coach

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FEYENOORD ROTTERDAM FC, Holland

(2005-2006)

Reserve, U-20 & Youth Club Coach

WYCOMBE WANDERERS F.C. (2003 – 2004)

Manager/Head Coach

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CLUB HONOURS AS COACH

• FA Cup Winners 2007-2008 (Portsmouth F.C.)

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COACHING QUALIFICATIONS

UEFA ‘PRO LICENCE’

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MANAGEMENT QUALIFICATIONS

League Managers’ Association Diploma

PLAYER

​ARSENAL F.C. (April 1983 – July 2002)

• 674 official games, 48 goals

• Club Captain (December 1987 – January 2002)

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CLUB HONOURS

• 4 League Titles - 1989, 1991, 1998, 2002

• 3 FA Cups - 1993, 1998, 2002 (Runners-up 2001)

• 2 League Cups - 1987, 1993 (Runners-up 1998)

• European Cup Winners Cup - 1994 (Runners-up

1995)

• European Super Cup (Runners-up 1994)

• UEFA Cup (Runners-up 2000)

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PERSONAL HONOURS​

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ARSENAL 

• PFA Young Player of the Year 1987

• Arsenal Player of the Year 1987, 1990, 1994

• Numerous Player of the Month Awards

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ENGLAND 

• 66 Full Caps, 5 goals

• European Championships 1988, 1996, 2000

• World Cup Finals 1998

• England Captain for Euro 1996 (1992 – 1996,

2000)

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ENGLAND B 

• 15 Caps, 7 goals

ENGLAND U-21 (1985 – 1986)

• 5 Caps, 1 goal

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OVERVIEW OF NON-PLAYING ACHIEVEMENTS

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WYCOMBE WANDERERS F.C. – Manager

• When I joined Wycombe, they were losing

£6,000 a week and I was asked to reduce the

Player budget from £1.6m to £800,000. I

achieved this within one year.

• With that 50% cut in the budget, the following

season we were Division 2 title challengers but

more importantly, we achieved financial stability

with the selling of Nathan Tyson - a player I

found from Reading F.C.

• I also brought Matt Bloomfield, Russell Milton

and Mike Williamson to the club, and they all

went on to have first-class careers. I promoted

Ikechi Anya from the Academy and gave him his

first-team debut.

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FEYENOORD ROTTERDAM – Coach

• I trained over 10 players at the Feyenoord

Academy that went on to play in the top five

leagues in Europe: amongst them:

‣ Jonathan De Guzman

‣ Royston Drenthe

‣ Stefan De Vrij

‣ Bruno Martins Indi

‣ Evander Sno.

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PORTSMOUTH F.C. – Coach & Manager

• As Assistant Manager responsible for all the

coaching, I helped Portsmouth win the 2008 FA

Cup for the first time in their history.

• As their Manager for 16 matches, I had to sell all

the players to try and raise £6m by the end of

the financial year to save Portsmouth from

administration. I sold Jermain Defoe to

Tottenham Hotspur F.C. and the club survived

relegation. I then terminated my contract by

mutual consent.

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FK QABALA

– Manager & Football Director & Advisor

• As Manager in 2011, the club achieved 12 clean

sheets in a row, which is the 85th best record in

Football history.

• As Football Director, I built a squad on a US$6

million budget that qualified for three years in a

row for the Group Stage of the UEFA Europa

League from the qualifying rounds: a Europa

League record.

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From 2016 to 2018, I served as Vice-President of

DDMC Football Management that owned the

following clubs:

• Chongqing in China

• Granada CF in Spain

• Parma Calcio 1913 in Italy and

• CD Tondela in Portugal.

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CHONGQING SUWEI (now Chongqing

Dangdai Lifan F.C.) – Technical Director

• As Technical Director I oversaw a mid-table

finish with the 6th worst budget in the league. I

also trained Academy Coaches and set up

Academy teams.

• I restructured the whole club and applied best

practice, and oversaw planning for the new

training ground complex.

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GRANADA C.F. – President’s Advisor,

Technical Director & Caretaker Coach

• The club was a disaster when I arrived and

doomed to relegation. I made recommendations

to the owner in terms of restructuring the

playing staff and reclaiming the club’s unique

identity.

• The season after I left, the club attained a 10th-

place position in the second tier and regained

stability thanks to those recommendations.

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PARMA CALCIO 1913 – President’s Advisor

• When I arrived at Parma the club was on an

upward trajectory and there was very little do to

apart from checking that all the staff were

working efficiently, which they all were.

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My contract with DDMC Expired on the 1st of

January, 2018. With all four teams in good shape, I choose not to renew my contract and return to the UK.

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PROFILE & BIO 

ROLES OUTSIDE FOOTBALL

SIX MENTAL HEALTH ADDICTION

CHAIRMAN 

​A Private Mental Health & Addiction business

for companies and individuals.

https://www.sixmha.org/​

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6 ADDICTION CHARITY

FOUNDER TRUSTEE

For people that cannot afford Addiction

Recovery Services.

https://www.sixmha.org/6addiction

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SPORTING CHANCE CHARITY CLINIC

FOUNDER TRUSTEE & PRESIDENT

A sports charity which provides mental health

and addiction support to athletes.

https://www.sportingchanceclinic.com

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PATRON OF THE FORWARD TRUST

www.forwardtrust.org.uk

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PATRON OF NACOA

www.nacoa.org.uk

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PATRON OF SCHOOL HOME SUPPORT

https://www.schoolhomesupport.org.uk/

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PATRON OF SAVING FACES

https://savingfaces.co.uk/

MEDIA

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I have neen involved with many different communication channels from documentaries, news, education, promotional messages and other data that includes physical and online newspapers, magazines, television and radio.

 

AWARDS

 

MBE - 1999
Freedom of London - 2002

DOWNLOAD TONY'S BIO HERE

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