Ian Cathro
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Ian Cathro | ||
| Date of birth | 11 July 1986 | ||
| Place of birth | Dundee, Scotland | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Heart of Midlothian (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Team | |||
| Forfar Athletic | |||
| Brechin City | |||
| Teams managed | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2008–2012 | Dundee United (youth coach) | ||
| 2012–2014 | Rio Ave (assistant) | ||
| 2014–2015 | Valencia (assistant) | ||
| 2015–2016 | Newcastle United (assistant) | ||
| 2016– | Heart of Midlothian | ||
Ian Cathro (born 11 July 1986) is a Scottish football coach who is the head coach of Scottish Premiership club Heart of Midlothian (Hearts). He headed Dundee United's youth academy aged 22, developing the careers of players including Ryan Gauld and John Souttar. He then went on to work as an assistant coach with Rio Ave in Portugal, Valencia in Spain and Newcastle United in England. He joined Hearts in December 2016.
Cathro played youth football for Forfar Athletic and Brechin City.
After working as a local youth coach in Dundee, Cathro became the head of Dundee United's youth academy at the age of 22. During his time with Dundee United, he also worked for the Scottish Football Association's local youth programme. During his time in Dundee Cathro helped bring through a number of notable young talents, working with players such as Ryan Gauld and John Souttar from a young age, Gauld has cited Cathro as one of the biggest influences on his career.
In 2012, he became the assistant manager of Portuguese club Rio Ave. In 2014, he followed Nuno, his manager at Rio Ave, to Spanish club Valencia, where he also became assistant manager. The two had first met at an SFA coaching course in Scotland in 2009. He resigned his Valencia post on 11 June 2015.
A fortnight later, he agreed to join Premier League side Newcastle United as assistant to Steve McClaren, the recently appointed manager. When McClaren was sacked by Newcastle United in March 2016 and replaced by Rafa Benítez, Cathro was thought highly enough of to be retained as assistant manager.
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