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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
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.
PROFILE & BIO
ROLES OUTSIDE FOOTBALL
SIX MENTAL HEALTH ADDICTION
CHAIRMAN
​A Private Mental Health & Addiction business
for companies and individuals.
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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
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PATRON OF NACOA
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PATRON OF SCHOOL HOME SUPPORT
https://www.schoolhomesupport.org.uk/
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PATRON OF SAVING FACES
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