Stuart Baxter
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Stuart William Baxter | ||
| Date of birth | 16 August 1953 | ||
| Place of birth | Wolverhampton, England | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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SuperSport United (coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1971–1973 | Preston North End | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1973–1975 | Preston North End | 41 | (1) |
| 1975 | Morecambe | 1 | (0) |
| 1975 | Dundee United | 0 | (0) |
| 1976–1977 | 4 | (1) | |
| 1978–1979 | South Melbourne FC | 50 | (22) |
| 1981 | Helsingborgs IF | 16 | (7) |
| 1982 | South Melbourne FC | 20 | (11) |
| 1983 | San Diego Sockers | 27 | (12) |
| 1983–1984 | Örebro SK | 41 | (19) |
| Total | 200 | (96) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1985 | Örebro SK | ||
| 1986 | IF Skarp | ||
| 1987 | Vitória Setubal | ||
| 1988–1991 | Halmstads BK | ||
| 1992–1994 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | ||
| 1995–1997 | Vissel Kobe | ||
| 1998–2000 | AIK | ||
| 2001 | Lyn | ||
| 2002–2004 | England Under-19 | ||
| 2004–2005 | South Africa | ||
| 2006 | Vissel Kobe | ||
| 2006–2007 | Helsingborgs IF | ||
| 2008–2010 | Finland | ||
| 2012–2015 | Kaizer Chiefs | ||
| 2015 | Gençlerbirliği | ||
| 2016– | SuperSport United | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Stuart William Baxter (born 16 August 1953) is a Scottish former football player and a manager. During his years as a professional player he played for a number of clubs in England, Scotland, Australia, Sweden and in the United States. He has previously managed clubs in Sweden, Norway, Portugal and Japan as well as managing the national teams of South Africa and Finland and the England under-19 team.
Baxter, who has a Scottish father and an English mother, was born in Wolverhampton.
Baxter began his playing career with Preston North End in 1973. He joined Scottish club Dundee United in October 1975, but was released the following month after playing only for the reserve team. He then returned to England with . Baxter then moved to Australia, Sweden and the United States respectively with South Melbourne FC, Helsingborgs IF and San Diego Sockers. His playing career ended in 1983.
Baxter returned to Scandinavia to begin his coaching career; he worked with Örebro SK's youth team. In 1986, he was appointed manager of minor Norwegian side IF Skarp. The following year he landed a larger managerial role with Portuguese team Vitória de Setúbal before returning to Sweden for a three-year stint at Halmstads BK between 1988 and 1991. In his first year with Halmstad he guided them to promotion to the Allsvenskan but the club was relegated at the end of his tenure. Baxter moved to Japan to first coach Sanfrecce Hiroshima, between 1992 and 1994, and then Vissel Kobe, in 1997. He took over as manager of Kobe only days after an earthquake caused devastation in the city and spent two weeks living in a makeshift caravan in the club car park.
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