Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mike Mulvey | ||
Date of birth | 25 February 1963 | ||
Place of birth | Manchester, England | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team
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Terengganu (Head coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
1980-1982 | Manchester United | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1983–1986 | Brisbane Lions | 14 | |
Teams managed | |||
1999–2007 | Queensland Sting | ||
2007–2009 | Australia U-20 (assistant) | ||
2007–2010 | QAS | ||
2009–2012 | Gold Coast United (youth) | ||
2010–2012 | Gold Coast United (assistant) | ||
2012 | Gold Coast United (caretaker) | ||
2012 | Melbourne Victory FC W-League | ||
2012–2014 | Brisbane Roar | ||
2014–2015 | Sabah FA | ||
2015–2016 | Terengganu (Technical Director) | ||
2016 | Terengganu (Caretaker) | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
Mike Mulvey (born in Manchester) is an English football manager whose most recent position was as interim manager of Malaysia Super League club Terengganu FA.
In February 2015, he was appointed as a Technical Director for Sabah FA before becoming the head coach for the club in April. Mulvey moved on to become Technical Director at Malaysian Premier League club Terengganu in July 2016, before being installed as caretaker manager. He left the club at the end of the season.
Mulvey is best known for his coaching performance in 2013-14, when he took Brisbane Roar to their record-breaking third A-League title. He was named A-League Coach of the Year in the same season - just 12 months after being named W-League Coach of the Year.
In December 2014, he was named as the Queensland's Coach of the Year at the annual state coaching awards.
Mulvey begin his playing career as a trainee at Manchester United, before his family decided to emigrate to Australia in 1981. Once arriving in Brisbane, he soon signed with National Soccer League club Brisbane Lions (now Brisbane Roar), where spent several seasons.
Mulvey was the assistant coach at former A-League club Gold Coast United. On 20 February 2012, it was announced Mulvey had been appointed caretaker coach of Gold Coast, after Head Coach Miron Bleiberg left.
After the club dissolved, he joined Melbourne Victory as the women's team coach. Mulvey transformed the team into W-League championship contenders, sparking interest from A-League clubs.
In December 2012, Mulvey was appointed Head Coach at Brisbane Roar Football Club on an interim basis. In February 2013, Mulvey was appointed as the permanent Head Coach at the club. Following his appointment, Brisbane Roar only lost one of their remaining seven regular season matches.
He went on to take the Roar to the semi finals in the Hyundai A-league's 2012/13 season, losing 2–1 to Premier's Plate winners Western Sydney Wanderers in the preliminary final.