Gordon Igesund
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gordon George Igesund | ||
| Date of birth | 26 July 1956 | ||
| Place of birth | Durban, South Africa | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1972–? | Durban City | ||
| Durban United | |||
| Highlands Park | |||
| 1980–1981 | GAK | 5 | (1) |
| 1981–1984 | Admira Wacker | 76 | (25) |
| 1984–1985 | Durban Leeds United | ||
| 1986–1987 | Witbank Aces | ||
| 1988–1990 | Durban Bush Bucks | ||
| 1991 | Amazulu | ||
| 1992–1993 | D'Alberton Callies | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1995 | African Wanderers | ||
| 1996–2000 | Manning Rangers | ||
| 2000–2001 | Orlando Pirates | ||
| 2001–2002 | Santos Cape Town | ||
| 2002–2006 | Ajax Cape Town | ||
| 2006–2008 | Mamelodi Sundowns | ||
| 2008–2009 | Maritzburg United | ||
| 2009–2010 | Free State Stars | ||
| 2010–2012 | Moroka Swallows | ||
| 2012–2014 | South Africa | ||
| 2014–2016 | SuperSport United | ||
| 2016– | Highlands Park | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Gordon Igesund (born 22 July 1956) is a former South African football player and coach who was most recently the manager of Highlands Park in the Premier Soccer League.
Igesund played for Durban City, Durban United, Highlands Park, Witbank Aces (player-coach), African Wanderers (player-coach), Leeds United (player-coach), AmaZulu (player-coach), Durban Bush Bucks (player-coach), D'Alberton Callies (player-coach) and also in Austria for GAK and Admira Wacker. he
Igesund was born in Durban to George Norman Igesund (born 1932) who Igesund was named after. His family lived in Port Shepstone where former Arsenal player Danny Le Roux lived.
Igesund is a record-breaking coach in South Africa, having become the only man to coach four different top-flight teams to the Premier Soccer League championship. He first made his name when he led unfashionable coastal team Manning Rangers to the inaugural PSL title in the 1996/97 season. He followed this up in the 2000/01 season with another title, this time at the helm of Soweto giants Orlando Pirates. He proved his critics wrong the very next season, taking another unfashionable team, Cape Town’s Santos, to a surprise PSL title in 2001/02. But the nomadic Igesund was soon changing his allegiance again, this time moving to Ajax Cape Town, the satellite club of Dutch giants AFC Ajax. Igesund’s time with Ajax proved rather unsuccessful and he left the team at the end of the 2005/06 season. He then replaced Sundowns’ co-coaches Miguel Gamondi and Neil Tovey. Igesund added to his record number of PSL titles leading Sundowns to a comfortable PSL win in 2007.
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