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Brendan Rodgers
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Key facts
- 1988
- Northern Ireland Schools
- 2009
- Reading
- 2025
- Al Qadsiah
- Full name
- Brendan Rodgers
- Date of birth
- ( 1973-01-26 ) 26 January 1973 (age 53)
- Place of birth
- Carnlough , Northern Ireland
- Height
- 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
- Position
- Defender
- Current team
- Al Qadsiah (head coach)
- 1984 1987
- Ballymena United
- Years
- Team
- 1987 1990
- Ballymena United
- 1990 1993
- Reading
- 1993 1994
- Newport (Isle of Wight)
- 1994 1995
- Witney Town
- 1995 1996
- Newbury Town
- 2006 2008
- Chelsea Reserves
- 2008 2009
- Watford
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Brendan
- Family name
- Rodgers
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Carnlough
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Sport
- association football
- Position played
- defender
- Country for sport
- Northern Ireland
- Image
- Brendan Rodgers 2014 (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 170
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Encyclopedic overview
Brendan Rodgers (born 26 January 1973) is a Northern Irish professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Saudi Pro League side Al Qadsiah.
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 age 20. He remained at Reading as a coach and then academy director, and continued to play non-league football at Newport IOW, Witney Town and Newbury Town for several years. After a period travelling around Spain to study coaching methods, he was invited by José Mourinho to join Chelsea as youth manager in 2004, later being promoted to reserve manager in 2006.
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