Brendan Rodgers: brief biography of the coach

The current coach of Liverpool - Brendan Rogers - is a student of Jose Mourinho himself, a manager who professes a unique philosophy. She brought the Portuguese world fame and success in many competitions. Not surprisingly, the English club has high hopes for its mentor. Despite the fact that in the press from time to time there is information about his early resignation, the leaders of Liverpool are unlikely to leave him.

Career football player

January 26, 1973 in the small northern Irish town of Karnloch (county Antrim) was born one of the best in the future British coaches - Brendan Rogers. His biography as a football player was not very successful. The first team of the young man was the local club "Ballymenna", in which he played until he was seven years old. After that, the whole family moved to England, where the boy entered the youth academy "Manchester United". Here he studied for ten years, after which he moved to the modest command "Reading". Whatever it was, in the national championship he was not destined to play a single match. The cause of this was a serious knee injury, which forced the guy to end his career as a football player at the age of 20.

The first steps on the coaching bridge

In 1995, Brendan Rodgers headed the Academy of "Reading". In this position he stayed for nine years. After the appointment of Jose Mourinho manager of Chelsea, the Portuguese invited him to work with the youth team. To refuse this he could not. Two years later, Brendan led the reserve team. He left it in November 2008. This was done for the first time in his career as head coach. The management of "Watford" suggested that the young coach try to save the club from relegation to the lowest football division, which he agreed without a shadow of doubt. The debut was not very successful, because in the first ten matches the team won only twice. Despite this, in the second half of the championship the new manager managed to radically improve the situation. After the "Hornets" took shape and understood the strategy of their mentor, the team began to show good results and finished the championship at 13 in the standings.

Return to Reading

Before the start of the new season, the specialist received an invitation to head the club "Reding", which became for him. He did not want to leave Watford, but Brendan Rogers knew that the chance to return could no longer fall, so he accepted the offer and signed the contract. This happened on June 5, 2009. Whatever it was, here his career did not work out successfully: the team showed unsatisfactory results, so in the winter off-season the labor agreement was torn apart by mutual consent.

Swansea City

On July 16, 2010, Brendan Rodgers was appointed as the mentor of Swansea City. Already by the end of February and the month he was recognized as the best manager of "Championship" - the second most important football division in England. At the end of the season, the team won the right to play-off matches for the opportunity to play in the Premier League. Club "Swansea City" made it to the finals, where he met with a well-known to his manager team - "Reading". "Swans" won this confrontation with a score of 4: 2.

This success was largely facilitated by the mentor's philosophy, which consisted in a quick game of passing and constant movement. Few people believed that it would give a positive result in the elite English division, which many experts consider the strongest on the planet football championship. Despite this, the Northern Irish specialist continued to adhere to his strategy. As a result of the first season in the Premier League, the rookie club finished sixth, giving him the right to take part in the Europa League. An interesting fact was that the players of "Swansea City" gave the greatest number of accurate passes.

"Liverpool"

On May 30, 2012 in the British press there was information that the new club, which in the upcoming season will be headed by Brendan Rodgers, is Liverpool. The first season at the "Anfield Road" was not very successful, because after the championship the team finished only seventh. Along with this, the management of the club continued to trust the North Irish mentor. As a result, at the end of the 2013/2014 season, Liverpool became vice-champion. It should be noted that the team struggled to win the tournament throughout the championship and only at its very end gave way to the leadership of Manchester City. Brendan Rodgers himself was recognized by his colleagues as the best coach of England at the end of the season. Against the background of such success, "Liverpool" extended the labor agreement with the head coach of the team until 2018.