Personal information | |||
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Full name | Gary John White | ||
Date of birth | 25 July 1974 | ||
Place of birth | Southampton, England | ||
Youth career | |||
1986–1990 | Southampton | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1990–1994 | Bognor Regis Town | 28 | (8) |
1994–1996 | Fremantle City | 45 | (13) |
Total | 73 | (21) | |
Teams managed | |||
1998–1999 | British Virgin Islands | ||
1999–2008 | Bahamas | ||
2012–2016 | Guam | ||
2016 | Shanghai Shenxin | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Gary John White (born 1974) is an English International football manager who is was most recently the head coach of Shanghai Shenxin in the China League One. He has been hand selected as one of 16 coaches to be on a two-year elite coaching development licence programme (The FA Level 5 Pro Licence) above the UEFA A licence run by the FA in an attempt to boost the number of English Premier League coaches beyond the current amount of six.
White is the former technical director of Washington Youth Soccer and the Seattle Sounders FC elite player development program. He was previously head coach of the national teams of the British Virgin Islands and Bahamas. He also served on both the coaching staff of the United States men's national team and the US Soccer player development task force. White signed a three-year endorsement contract with Lacoste in May 2012 and was named the company's Asian Pacific ambassador. White serves as a member of the EAFF technical study group (TSG) for FIFA international competitions with his most recent inclusion to analyse the 2013 East Asian Football Championships that include the men's national teams of Australia, Japan, China & South Korea.
White was born in Southampton, England, and had a successful youth playing career and was selected for both the Southampton City and Hampshire County representative teams and was a future prospect for Southampton FC.
White signed for Fremantle City Soccer Club in the Western Australia State League in 1994, where he played two seasons for the club. Prior to signing for the Australian professional outfit, White played for Bognor Regis Town.