Ron Smith (football coach)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ronald Smith | ||
| Date of birth | 5 May 1949 | ||
| Place of birth | London, England | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1966 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
| 1968–1971 | Borough Road College | ||
| 1971–1972 | Kingstonian | ||
| 1972–1973 | Southall | ||
| 1974–1975 | South Melbourne | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1979 | Keflavik FC | ||
| 1986–1995 | AIS | ||
| 1995–1997 | Sabah FA | ||
| 1998–1999 | Johor FC | ||
| 2005 | Australia (interim) | ||
| 2006–2007 | Perth Glory | ||
| 2007–2008 | Australia U-23 (asst.) | ||
| 2008–2009 | Australia (advisor) | ||
| 2014 | Pahang FA | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
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Ronald Smith (born 5 May 1949) is a former football player and current coach. He was the former technical analyst for the Australian national team.
Smith played as a junior for North London team Tottenham Hotspur before injury forced an end to his top flight football ambitions. He then went on to play for a number of non-league teams in England before emigrating to Australia to play for South Melbourne SC in 1974.
Smith worked as the Assistant Coach of the football (soccer) program at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra from 1982 to 1986, and then as Head Coach from 1986 to 1996. During this period he mentored a number of players who played for the Socceroos or professionally overseas, including Frank Farina, Tony Franken, Jean-Paul de Marigny, Rodney Brown, Robbie Hooker, Warren Spink, Jason Polak, Lou Hristodoulou, Sean Murphy, Kevin Muscat, Steve Corica, Ned Zelic, Steve Horvat, Paul Trimboli, Mark Viduka, Josip Skoko, Clint Bolton, John Aloisi, Craig Moore, Hayden Foxe, Simon Colosimo, Lucas Neill, Brett Emerton, Vince Grella, and Josip Simunic (who captained Croatia at the 2006 World Cup Finals).
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