Brendan Rodgers

Northern Irish football director ( born 1973 )
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Brendan Rodgers ( bear 26 January 1973 ) is a Northern Irish professional football coach and erstwhile player who is the coach of Premier League club Leicester City.

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Rodgers began his career as a defender at Ballymena United, where he stayed until he was signed by Reading at the age of 18, although a genetic knee condition forced him to retire at senesce 20. He remained at Reading as a bus and then academy director, and continued to play non-league football at Newport, Witney Town and Newbury Town for respective years. After a menstruation travelling about Spain to study coaching methods, he was invited by José Mourinho to leave Reading and join Chelsea as youth coach in 2004, late being promoted to reserve director in 2006. In 2008, he was appointed director of Watford, where he remained until he accepted an extend to become director of his early cabaret take in 2009. He left the club by reciprocal accept after some disappointing results six months late. He returned to management with Swansea City in 2010, leading the clubhouse to forwarding to the Premier League, the inaugural Welsh team to do so, before guiding them to finish 11th the succeed season. On 1 June 2012, Rodgers accepted an offer to become the new coach of Liverpool, whom he led to runner-up put in the league in the 2013–14 season before his dismissal in October 2015. He became coach of Celtic in May 2016 and led Celtic to an undefeated domestic temper in his first year, and trebles in both of his first two seasons. He left Celtic for Leicester City in February 2019, winning the 2021 FA Cup in his second wax season .

early life [edit ]

Rodgers was born in the seaside village of Carnlough in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. [ 2 ] His beget Malachy was a cougar and decorator, while his mother Christina was a volunteer for the Irish charity Trócaire. Rodgers is the eldest of five boys. His younger brother Malachy became a well-known country-and-western singer locally, and is now pursuing a career in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. [ 5 ] He grew up as a supporter of Sheffield Wednesday [ 6 ] and Celtic. [ 7 ] Rodgers was brought up a Catholic. He attended St John ‘s Catholic Primary School in Carnlough, and then moved on to St Patrick ‘s College in Ballymena until the long time of 16. [ 8 ] His mother died in 2010 at the age of 53, and in September 2011 Rodgers was by his forefather ‘s english when he died of cancer, aged 59 .

Playing career [edit ]

As a adolescent, Rodgers represented Northern Ireland at schoolboy tied, notably playing against Brazil in 1988. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] He began his senior career as a defender for Ballymena United, his local team, in 1987. [ 11 ] Three years late, at the long time of 18, he was signed by Reading where he played in the reserves. His professional play career was ended when he was 20, ascribable to a genetic knee condition. [ 12 ] [ 13 ] Following this enforce retirement, Rodgers spent several years playing in non-league football for Newport ( IOW ), Witney Town and Newbury Town, while remaining as a youth coach at Reading. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] [ 16 ] He found use at John Lewis to support his youthful family. [ 17 ]

Coaching career [edit ]

Rodgers spent a large sum of time travelling about Spain studying different coaching methods, and was finally invited by coach José Mourinho to leave his function of academy film director at Reading and join the Chelsea Academy as their head youth coach in 2004 after a recommendation by Mourinho ‘s assistant and future Premier League director Steve Clarke. [ 12 ] Rodgers was promoted to reserve team coach two years former, and was kept in that position by subsequent Chelsea managers Avram Grant and Luiz Felipe Scolari. [ 13 ]

Managerial career [edit ]

Watford [edit ]

On 24 November 2008, Rodgers left Chelsea to become the director of Championship club Watford. [ 18 ] Rodgers won only two of his beginning ten league games as director, leaving Watford in the delegating zone by January. Watford ‘s mannequin dramatically improved, however, and Rodgers was able to guide them to finish 13th, avoiding relegation. [ 19 ]

Reading [edit ]

Weeks after guaranteeing Watford ‘s survival, and following the resignation of Steve Coppell as Reading coach, Rodgers cursorily became the favored to succeed him and rejoin his honest-to-god club. [ 20 ] He initially distanced himself from reports linking him with the subcontract, saying that his “ concentration ( is ) amply on Watford ”. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] however, he finally agreed a cover to become the new director of Reading on 5 June 2009, after a compensation package worth an initial £500,000 with Watford was agreed, which former rose to £1 million. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] The Watford Supporters ‘ Trust stated that Rodgers ‘ reputation was “ badly damaged ” in the eyes of the supporters as a result of the move, but they nevertheless “ thank ( Rodgers ) for his efforts concluding season ” and “ ( wished ) him well for the future ”. [ 25 ] On 11 August, Rodgers got his first gain as Reading director with a 5–1 gain over League Two side Burton Albion in the beginning rung of the League Cup. Despite a well beginning in the league, a disappointing string of results followed, and Rodgers left Reading by common accept on 16 December, just over six months after his arrival, with Reading one home above relegation in the Championship. [ 26 ]

Swansea City [edit ]

Rodgers accepted an offer to become the coach of Championship side Swansea City on 16 July 2010. [ 27 ] Prior to this appointment, he had been asked to join the coach staff at Manchester City under director Roberto Mancini. [ 28 ] His begin as Swansea director was very successful, leading to Rodgers being named the Championship Manager of the Month for February 2011 after Swansea won five out of the six league games they played that calendar month, while keeping four clean sheets. [ 29 ] By 25 April 2011, Rodgers had managed to comfortably secure Swansea City ‘s place in the 2011 Championship Play-Offs for promotion into the Premier League, with a convincing 4–1 victory over Ipswich Town at the Liberty Stadium. [ 30 ] On 16 May 2011, Rodgers led Swansea to the 2011 Championship Play-Off final as the favourites after defeating underdog Nottingham Forest over two legs in the semi-final. [ 31 ] He faced his old clubhouse Reading in the final examination at Wembley Stadium on 30 May 2011, which Swansea won 4–2 thanks in depart to a hat-trick from Scott Sinclair, meaning Swansea became the first gear Welsh team ever to gain promotion to the Premier League. [ 32 ] Rodgers was praised by the media and supporters for consoling Reading coach Brian McDermott and owner John Madejski before receiving the trophy. [ 33 ] Rodgers ‘ first gear win as a Premier League director came on 17 September 2011, when Swansea beat West Bromwich Albion 3–0 at the Liberty Stadium. [ 34 ] Despite many predicting before the season began that Swansea were favourites to be relegated, their introduction season proved very impressive, as they picked up points against Liverpool, Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea, keeping them well above the relegation zone. [ 35 ] [ 36 ] [ 37 ] [ 38 ] In January 2012, Swansea claimed their first base away win of the season at Aston Villa, a month which besides saw them beat arsenal 3–2 at home and hold Chelsea to a 1–1 draw. This saw Rodgers earn his first Premier League Manager of the Month award. [ 39 ] [ 40 ] [ 41 ] In February, Rodgers signed a new three-and-a-half-year compress to keep him at the clubhouse until July 2015. [ 42 ]

liverpool [edit ]

2012–13 season [edit ]

Rodgers with Liverpool in 2014 On 1 June 2012, Rodgers was unveiled as the fresh Liverpool coach on a three-year compress, following the passing of Kenny Dalglish two weeks prior. [ 43 ] [ 44 ] Rodgers ‘ appointment was immediately endorsed by former colleague and Real Madrid coach José Mourinho. [ 45 ] In July 2012, Rodgers wrote an open letter to the Swansea City supporters, thanking both the staff and supporters for his time at the club, and wishing them well for the future. [ 46 ] Days former, Rodgers held his first train seance at Melwood as the team reported back for pre-season education. [ 47 ] [ 48 ] On 2 August 2012, Rodgers oversaw his first competitive game as Liverpool director, a 1–0 succeed in the UEFA Europa League against Belarusian club Gomel, and won his first home game in charge in the second leg one week late. [ 49 ] In his foremost league crippled as coach on 18 August, Liverpool lost 3–0 against West Brom at The Hawthorns. [ 50 ] His first win in the league came against Norwich City at Carrow Road, Liverpool winning 5–2. [ 51 ] On 31 October, Rodgers welcomed his erstwhile cabaret Swansea to Anfield in the one-fourth polish of the League Cup, a match Liverpool lost 3–1. [ 52 ] On 6 December, Liverpool defeated Udinese 1–0 away in the Europa League to qualify for the round of golf of 32 as group winners. [ 53 ] On 27 January 2013, Liverpool were knocked out of the FA Cup in the one-fourth round, amazingly losing 3–2 to League One team Oldham Athletic. [ 54 ] Liverpool finished in seventh stead in the Premier League in his first season in cathexis, one position higher than the former season. [ 55 ]

2013–14 season [edit ]

At the start of the 2013–14 season, Rodgers was named the Premier League Manager of the Month for August 2013 as Liverpool won their first three league games of the season. [ 56 ] In January 2014, he was fined £8,000 after making comments about referee Lee Mason after a 2–1 loss to Manchester City in December 2013. [ 57 ] He was late named Manager of the Month for the second time that season for March 2014, after Liverpool won all five of their games that month to go top of the Premier League. [ 58 ] A melt of 11-straight wins for Liverpool left them five points absolved at the top of the Premier League with good three matches to play. [ 59 ] however, they then suffered a 2–0 home defeat to Chelsea on 27 April. [ 60 ] This result handed the advantage to Manchester City in the entitle slipstream. In their adjacent game away to Crystal Palace on 5 May, Liverpool led 3–0 with 11 minutes to go, but the game finished 3–3. [ 61 ] Liverpool ended the temper as Premier League runner-up, two points behind champions Manchester City. [ 62 ] Liverpool scored 101 league goals in the season, the club ‘s most since the 1895–96 season and the third-highest in Premier League history. [ 63 ] Later that month, Rodgers was named the LMA Manager of the year, becoming the first Liverpool coach to win the award in its 20-year history. [ 64 ] [ 65 ] On 26 May 2014, Rodgers signed a new four-year contract at Liverpool. [ 66 ]

2014–15 temper [edit ]

Liverpool were eliminated from the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League after drawing against Basel in their final examination group match, dropping into the Europa League. [ 67 ] The Reds were subsequently knocked out in the Europa League round of 32 after losing 4–5 on penalties to Turkish side Beşiktaş. [ 68 ] On 19 April 2015, Liverpool were defeated by Aston Villa in the FA Cup semi-final. Liverpool finished the season with a 6–1 get the better of to Stoke, finishing sixth in the Premier League. This think of Rodgers became the first gear Liverpool coach since the 1950s not to win a trophy after three seasons in charge. [ 69 ] Despite this, Rodgers received the back of Liverpool ‘s owners. [ 70 ]

2015–16 season [edit ]

On 4 October 2015, Liverpool played their 225th Merseyside bowler hat against Everton with the game ending again in a 1–1 draw. This was the fifth time in Liverpool ‘s previous six games that they had taken a 1–0 lead, then to have the game end in a 1–1 draw ; while they had barely one win in their previous nine games. [ 71 ] Just one hour after the game, Rodgers was sacked, leaving Liverpool in tenth place after eight matches played. [ 72 ] [ 73 ] Later, it became known that the decision to sack him had already been made anterior to the peer against Everton. [ 74 ] The adopt sidereal day, Rodgers released a instruction through the League Managers Association state, “ I am, of course, incredibly disappointed to be leaving … [ but ] it has been both an honor and a prerogative to manage one of the game ‘s bang-up clubs. ” [ 75 ] Rodgers ‘ signings for Liverpool included James Milner, Roberto Firmino, Philippe Coutinho, Adam Lallana, Joe Gomez, Dejan Lovren, Divock Origi and Mario Balotelli. [ 76 ]

celtic [edit ]

2016–17 temper [edit ]

Rodgers with Celtic in 2018 Rodgers was appointed coach of scottish Premiership champions Celtic on a 12-month roll abridge on 20 May 2016, following the exit of Ronny Deila. [ 77 ] Upon his arrival in Glasgow, Rodgers spoke of his admiration for the deep Tommy Burns, the early Celtic player and director who was in charge of Reading when Rodgers began his coaching career. [ 78 ] On 12 July, in his first competitive game in charge, Celtic lost 1–0 away to Gibraltar ‘s Lincoln Red Imps in the foremost leg of their second qualifying round of the 2016–17 Champions League. [ 79 ] He said of the surprise resultant role, “ There is obvious disappointment. There is no embarrassment. ” [ 80 ] Celtic overcame their one-goal deficit with a 3–0 winnings at Celtic Park. On 23 August 2016, Celtic qualified for the group phase of the 2016–17 Champions League for the first time in three years after a 5–4 aggregate victory over Hapoel Be’er Sheva. [ 81 ] In the foremost game of the group stage, 13 September 2016, Rodgers suffered a 7–0 get the better of against Barcelona at Camp Nou, this was Brendan Rodgers ‘ heaviest defeat and the worst result for Celtic in european competition. [ 82 ] On 27 November 2016, Rodgers won his first trophy as a director as Celtic beat Aberdeen 3–0 in the final examination of the Scottish League Cup. [ 83 ] The win besides gave Celtic their 100th major trophy. [ 84 ] On 31 December 2016, Rodgers became the first coach in Celtic history to win his opening three games against Rangers. This victory meant Celtic went 19 points clean, with a game in hand, in the 2016–17 scottish Premiership table. It besides secured Celtic their 5th straight league victory, 58 points from a possible 60, and stretched their unbeaten run in domestic football to 24 games. [ 85 ] On 2 April 2017, Celtic defeated Hearts 5–0 to secure the club ‘s sixth consecutive league claim, with eight games to spare. [ 86 ] Five days subsequently, Rodgers signed a new four-year shrink with Celtic. [ 87 ] As Celtic ‘s unbeaten domestic political campaign continued, they subjected Rangers to their heaviest kill at Ibrox since 1915, thrashing their rivals 5–1 on 29 April. [ 88 ] [ 89 ] Celtic ‘s 2–0 winnings over Hearts on 21 May saw them finish 30 points ahead of second-placed Aberdeen in the league with a record 106 points, and the team become the first scottish side to complete a top-flight temper undefeated since 1899. [ 90 ] On 27 May 2017, Celtic defeated Aberdeen 2–1 to win the scottish Cup, securing a domestic soprano for the fourth time in their history, and ending the 2016–17 season unbeaten in all domestic competitions. [ 91 ]

2017–18 temper [edit ]

On 4 November 2017, Rodgers guided Celtic to a 4–0 victory over St Johnstone. This victory meant Celtic were unbeaten for their last 63 domestic games. The victory besides meant they surpassed the 100-year British-held recorded for back-to-back domestic games undefeated, which was besides held by Willie Maley ‘s Celtic team, set in 1917 at 62. [ 92 ] On 26 November 2017, Rodgers won his fourth trophy in a row as a director as Celtic beat Motherwell 2–0 in the 2017 Scottish League Cup Final. Rodgers became the beginning coach in the clubhouse ‘s history to win his foremost four domestic trophies and besides stretch the unbeaten domestic record to 65 games. [ 93 ] This unbeaten campaign finally ended after 69 games, ending with a 4–0 loss to Hearts. [ 94 ] On 29 April 2018, Rodgers secured his second and Celtic ‘s seventh consecutive league title with a 5–0 win against Rangers at Celtic Park. This gain besides extended Celtic ‘s unbeaten run against Rangers to 12 games. [ 95 ] The season ended with Rodgers winning the first ‘Double Treble ‘ ( a treble in two back-to-back seasons ) in scottish football history with a 2–0 scots Cup Final win over Motherwell on 19 May 2018. [ 96 ]

2018–19 temper [edit ]

Rodgers said that he turned down an overture from a chinese club during the summer of 2018. He told BBC Scotland : “ With China it ‘s boastful money, but I ‘ve found happiness here. ” [ 97 ] After failing to qualify for the Champions League, [ 98 ] Celtic qualified in moment place from the group stage of the UEFA Europa League. [ 99 ] They were knocked out by Valencia in the round of 32, 3–0 on aggregate. [ 100 ] Celtic won the Scottish League Cup in December 2018, Rodgers ‘ seventh consecutive trophy with the club. [ 101 ] In February 2019, with Celtic leading the premiership by eight points, Rodgers departed Celtic, joining English Premier League clubhouse Leicester City. [ 102 ]

Leicester City [edit ]

2018–19 season [edit ]

In February 2019, Rodgers was appointed director of Leicester City, following the sack of Claude Puel. [ 102 ] [ 103 ] [ 104 ] Rodgers ‘ first game in accusation of The Foxes was on 3 March 2019 away against former cabaret Watford. The game ended in a 2–1 defeat, with Andre Gray scoring a 92nd-minute achiever for the Hornets. [ 105 ] In Rodgers ‘ home debut, his second game in charge, Leicester won 3–1 over struggling Fulham. Striker Jamie Vardy scored his hundredth goal for the club in the match. [ 106 ]

2019–20 season [edit ]

On 6 December 2019, Rodgers signed a contract extension keeping him at the club until 2025. At the point of signing the cover, his team had recorded 7 wins in a row and sit second in the table after 15 Premier League games. [ 107 ] In his first full moon season, Rodgers guided Leicester to fifth rate and consequently qualifying for the UEFA Europa League group phase. [ 108 ]

2020–21 temper [edit ]

They started the 2020–21 season powerfully, beating Manchester City 5–2 away from home on 27 September 2020, meaning that Rodgers is the first gear director whose team have scored 5 goals against a team managed by Pep Guardiola. [ 109 ] In Europe, Leicester managed to win the Europa League group with Braga, AEK Athens and Zorya Luhansk to progress to the round of 16, but they were eliminated by Slavia Prague after a 0–0 away draw in Czech Republic and a 0–2 home passing. [ 110 ] On 15 May 2021, he led Leicester City to win the first base FA Cup entitle in their history, after a 1–0 succeed over Chelsea in the final. [ 111 ] The end of the temper in the league saw a fierce struggle between Leicester, Chelsea and Liverpool for the remaining UEFA Champions League spots. Despite being in third home for most of the season, a 1–2 personnel casualty to Chelsea in the penultimate round saw Leicester drop to 5th put after Liverpool ‘s 3–0 frustration of Burnley, with Leicester and Liverpool tied on points and Chelsea up in one-third via a nongregarious point. [ 112 ] Despite Chelsea ‘s 1–2 loss against Aston Villa giving them a prospect to a fourth-place end, Leicester could n’t take advantage due to a dramatic 2–4 loss to Tottenham Hotspur after maintaining a 2–1 lead until Kasper Schmeichel ‘s own goal in the 76th hour, coupled with a brace from Gareth Bale. Thus, Leicester once again finish up one-fifth, qualifying for Europa League. [ 113 ]

management style [edit ]

Rodgers believes in his teams keeping possession of the ball and playing a flowing sink and attacking bet on with the ball constantly moving ; defensively, he likes his team to put a distribute of pressure on the opposing team. [ 114 ]

personal life [edit ]

Rodgers separated from his wife, Susan, in the summer of 2014 ; the copulate divorced in December 2015. They have two children – a son, Anton, besides a football player, [ 117 ] and a daughter, Mischa. [ 5 ] Rodgers got engaged to Charlotte Searle in February 2016, [ 118 ] and they married in June 2017. [ 119 ] He is a boyhood Celtic sports fan. [ 120 ] On 6 March 2019, thieves broke into his home in Glasgow, stealing family possessions and medals he won at Celtic. [ 121 ] In June 2011, Rodgers joined a team representing the Football League to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in help of Marie Curie Cancer Care in honor of his mother – who died in 2010 – and his father – who died of cancer in 2011. [ 122 ] In June 2014, he was awarded an honorary doctor of Science academic degree by the University of Ulster. [ 123 ] Rodgers speaks spanish and italian. [ 124 ] His dub is “ vaulting horse Rodgers ”, after the amusing undress character Buck Rogers. [ 18 ] [ 125 ] In May 2020, Rodgers said that he and his wife had tested plus for COVID-19 in March the lapp year after showing symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic – both of them made full recoveries. [ 126 ] Rodgers likened his breathe difficulties to the altitude when he climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. [ 127 ] The pair wear losses in olfactory property, preference, and forte for three weeks before being tested convinced. [ 127 ]

managerial statistics [edit ]

As of match played 5 December 2021

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team

From

Record

Ref.

P
W
D
L
Win %

Watford

24 November 2008[a]

5 June 2009

31
13
6
12
0 41.9
[18][23][129][130]
Reading

5 June 2009

16 December 2009

23
6
6
11
0 26.1
[131]
Swansea City

16 July 2010

1 June 2012

96
43
20
33
0 44.8
[131]
Liverpool

1 June 2012

4 October 2015

166
83
41
42
0 50.0
[131]
Celtic

20 May 2016

26 February 2019

169
118
25
26
0 69.8
[131]
Leicester City

26 February 2019[b]
Present
134
67
28
39
0 50.0
[102][105][133]

Total

619
330
126
163
0 53.3

Honours [edit ]

coach [edit ]

Swansea City
Celtic
Leicester City
Individual