- Mike Smith (football manager)
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For other people named Michael Smith, see Michael Smith (disambiguation).
Mike Smith Personal information Full name John Michael Smith Date of birth 1938 (age 72–73) Place of birth England Teams managed Years Team 1974–1979 Wales 1979–1982 Hull City 1985–1988 Egypt 1994–1995 Wales Mike Smith is an English former football manager. Before becoming a manager, he had a playing career as an amateur, playing for the Corinthian Casuals and was a part of the Great Britain squad in the 1960 Olympic Games. Smith became the first English-born manager and first full-time manager of the Wales national football team, when he succeeded Dave Bowen in 1974, and guided Wales to the quarter-finals of the 1976 European Football Championship. He was replaced by Mike England in 1979 and after managing Hull City A.F.C. (1979–1982), he later returned for a second spell with the national team. In the mid 1980s Smith became the manager of Egypt, leading the team to victory in the 1986 African Cup of Nations.[1]
External links
- Mike Smith profile at the League Managers Association
- Mike Smith profile at Soccerbase.
References
- ^ Davies, Martin (2005-11-17). "British graveyard?". BBC Sport Online. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/4446310.stm. Retrieved 2008-08-15.
Wales national football team – managers Hull City A.F.C. – managers Ramster (1904–05) · Langley (1905–13) · Chapman (1913–14) · Stringer (1914–16) · Menzies (1916–21) · Lewis (1921–23) · McCracken (1923–31) · Green (1931–34) · Hill (1934–36) · Menzies (1936) · Blackburn (1936–46) · Buckley (1946–48) · Carter (1948–51) · Jackson (1952–55) · Brocklebank (1955–61) · Britton (1961–69) · Neill (1970–74) · Kaye (1974–77) · Collins (1977–78) · Houghton (1978–79) · Smith (1979–82) · B. Brown (1982) · Appleton (1982–84) · Horton (1984–88) · Gray (1988–89) · Appleton (1989) · Ternent (1989–91) · Dolan (1991–97) · Hateley (1997–98) · Joyce (1998–2000) · Russell (2000) · Little (2000–02) · Russell (2002) · Mølby (2002) · Russell (2002) · Taylor (2002–06) · Parkinson (2006) · P. Brown (2006–10) · Dowie (2010) · Pearson (2010–)
Egypt national football team – managers Hegazi (1920–24) · McCrae (1934–36) · Abdullah (1940–44) · Keen (1947–48) · Jones (1949–52) · National Committee (1953–54) · Broćić (1954–55) · Fahmy (1955–58) · El-Guindy & Bastan (1958) · Titkos (1959–61) · El-Guindy & Bastan (1962) · Sidqui (1963) · Vendler (1964) · Kovač (1965) · Abdou Saleh El-Wahsh & El Sabagh (1969–70) · Cramer (1971–74) · Pape (1975–77) · Nenković (1977–78) · Ismail (1978) · Bundzsák (1979) · Sidqui (1980) · El-Hajj (1980) · El-Sharqawy (1980) · Heddergott (1980–82) · Abdou Saleh El-Wahsh & Osman (1982–85) · Smith (1985–88) · Sidqui (1988) · El-Gohary (1988–90) · Weise (1990–91) · El-Gohary (1991–93) · Rădulescu (1993–94) · Ismail (1994) · de Ruiter (1994–95) · Saleh (1995) · Krol (1995–96) · Gaafar (1996–97) · El-Gohary (1997–99) · Salama (1999) · Gili (1999–2000) · El-Gohary (2000–02) · Saleh (2002–04) · Tardelli (2004) · Shehata (2004–11) · Ramzy (2011) · Bradley (2011–)
Categories:- English football managers
- Hull City A.F.C. managers
- Egypt national football team managers
- Wales national football team managers
- Expatriate football managers in Wales
- Living people
- 1938 births
- English football manager stubs
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