Brendan Rodgers
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Rodgers in 2014
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| Personal information | |||
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| Date of birth | 26 January 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Carnlough, Northern Ireland | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Celtic (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1984–1987 | Ballymena United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1990 | Ballymena United | ||
| 1990–1993 | Reading | 0 | (0) |
| 1993–1994 | Newport (IOW) | ||
| 1994–1995 | Witney Town | ||
| 1995–1996 | Newbury Town | ||
| National team | |||
| 1988 | Northern Ireland Schools | 7 | (0) |
| Republic of Ireland Schools | |||
| Teams managed | |||
| 2004–2008 | Chelsea (youth) | ||
| 2008–2009 | Watford | ||
| 2009 | Reading | ||
| 2010–2012 | Swansea City | ||
| 2012–2015 | Liverpool | ||
| 2016– | Celtic | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Brendan Rodgers (born 26 January 1973) is a Northern Irish football coach and former player who is the manager of Scottish Premiership club Celtic.
Rodgers began his career as a defender at Ballymena United, where he stayed until he was signed by Reading at the age of 18, although a genetic knee condition forced him to retire at age 20. He remained at Reading as a coach and then academy director, and continued to play non-league football at Newport, Witney Town and Newbury Town for several years. After a period travelling around Spain to study coaching methods, he was invited by José Mourinho to leave Reading and join Chelsea as youth manager in 2004, later being promoted to reserve manager in 2006.
In 2008, he was appointed manager of Watford, where he remained until accepting an offer to become manager of his former club Reading in 2009. He left the club by mutual consent after disappointing results six months later, returning to full-time management with Swansea City in 2010. He led the club to win promotion to the Premier League, the first Welsh team ever to do so, before guiding them to finish 11th the following season. On 1 June 2012, Rodgers accepted an offer to become the new manager of Liverpool, whom he led to runners-up position in the league in the 2013–14 season before his dismissal in October 2015. He became manager of Celtic in May 2016. His son, Anton, currently plays for Swindon Town.
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