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Brendan Rodgers
Brendan Rodgers
Personal information
Full name: Brendan Rodgers
Date of birth: 26 January 1973 (1973-01-26) (age 52)
Place of birth:    Carnlough, Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland
Height: 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Playing position: Defender
Club information
Current club Flag of Scotland Celtic (manager)
Youth clubs
1984–1987 Flag of Northern Ireland Ballymena United
Senior clubs
Years Club App (Gls)
1987-1990
1990-1993
1993-1994
1994-1995
1995-1996
Flag of Northern Ireland Ballymena United
Flag of England Reading
Flag of England Newport
Flag of England Witney Town
Flag of England Newbury Town

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National team
1988 Flag of Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Schools 0000(0)
Teams managed
2008–2009
2009
2010–2012
2012–2015
2016–2019
2019–2023
2023–
Flag of England Watford
Flag of England Reading
Flag of Wales Swansea City
Flag of England Liverpool
Flag of Scotland Celtic
Flag of England Leicester City
Flag of Scotland Celtic

Brendan Rodgers (born 26 January 1973) is a Northern Irish professional football manager and former player who is currently manager of Scottish Premiership club Celtic.

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 the age of 20. He remained at Reading as a coach and then Academy Director, and continued to play non-league football at Newport, 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 leave Reading and join Chelsea as youth manager in 2004, later being promoted to reserve manager in 2006.

Honours[]

As a manager[]

Swansea City

Celtic

Individual[]

  • Premier League Manager of the Month: January 2012, August 2013, March 2014
  • Football League Championship Manager of the Month: February 2011
  • PFA Scotland Manager of the Year: 2016–17
  • SFWA Manager of the Year: 2016–17
  • Scottish Premiership Manager of the Season: 2016–17
  • Scottish Premiership Manager of the Month: August 2016, October 2016, December 2016, April 2017, September 2017

Personal life[]

Rodgers was born on 26 January 1973 in Carnlough, Northern Ireland. Rodgers has two children with his ex-wife Susan. He has a son called Anton, who is currently playing in League One for Swindon Town, and a daughter called Mischa.

External links[]

Celtic FC
Celtic F.C. squad - 2024–25

Barkas · Jullien · Taylor · Starfelt · Scales · Bitton · Giakoumakis · Furuhashi · 10 Ajeti · 11 Abada · 12 Soro · 14 Turnbull · 15 Hart · 16 McCarthy · 17 Jota · 18 Rogic · 19 Johnston · 20 Carter-Vickers · 21 Ideguchi · 23 Bolingoli · 26 Urhoghide · 29 Bain · 38 Maeda · 41 Hatate · 42 McGregor (c) · 47 Murray · 49 Forrest · 54 Montgomery · 56 Ralston · 57 Welsh · 65 Hazard · 77 Dembélé · 88 Juranović · – Kenny ·

Manager:  Flag of Northern Ireland Brendan Rodgers
Celtic FC
Current Scottish Premiership managers

Thelin (Aberdeen) · Rodgers (Celtic) · Docherty (Dundee) · Goodwin (Dundee United) · Critchley (Heart of Midlothian) · Gray (Hibernian) · McInnes (Kilmarnock) · Kettlewell (Motherwell) · Clement (Rangers) · Cowie (Ross County) · Valakari (St Johnstone) · Robinson (St Mirren)

Watford Football Club - Managers

Goodall (1903–10) • Kent (1910–26) • Pagnam (1926–29) • McBain (1929–37) • Findlay (1938–47) • Bray (1947–48) • Hapgood (1948–50) • Gray (1950–51) • Green (1951–52) • Goulden (1952–55) • Paton (1955–56) • Goulden (1956) • McBain (1956–59) • Burgess (1959–63) • McGarry (1963–64) • Furphy (1964–71) • Kirby (1971–73) • Keen (1973–77) • Taylor (1977–87) • Bassett (1987–88) • Harrison (1988–90) • Lee (1990) • Perryman (1990–93) • Roeder (1993–96) • Taylor (1996) • Jackett (1996–97) • Taylor (1997–2001) • Vialli (2001–02) • Lewington (2002–05) • Boothroyd (2005–08) • Mackay (2008) • Rodgers (2008–09) • Mackay (2009–11) • Dyche (2011–12) • Zola (2012–13) • Sannino (2013–14) • Garcia (2014) • McKinlay (2014) • Jokanović (2014–15) • Flores (2015–16) • Mazzari (2016–17) • Silva (2017–18) • Gracia (2018–19) • Sánchez Flores (2019) • Pearson (2019–20) • Ivić (2020) • Xisco (2020–21) • Ranieri (2021–22) • Hodgson (2022) • Edwards (2022) • Bilić (2022–23) • Wilder (2023) • Ismaël (2023) •

Reading Football Club - Managers

Sefton (1897–1901) • Sharp (1901–02) • Matthews (1902–20) • Marshall (1920) • Jack Smith (1920–22) • The Board (1922–23) • Chadwick (1923–25) • Bray (1925–26) • Wylie (1926–31) • Joe Smith (1931–35) • Butler (1935–39) • Cochrane (1939) • Edelston (1939–47) • Drake (1947–52) • Jack Smith (1952–55) • May & Carter (1955c) • Johnston (1955–63) • Bentley (1963–69) • Henderson (1969c) • Mansell (1969–72) • Wallbanks (1972c) • Hurley (1972–77) • Evans (1977–84) • Branfoot (1984–89) • Chatterley (1989c) • Porterfield (1989–91) • Niedzwiecki (1991c) • Haselden (1991c) • McGhee (1991–94) • Gooding & Quinn (1994–97) • Bullivant (1997–98) • Burns (1998–99) • Pardew (1999–2003) • Dillon (2003c) • Coppell (2003–09) • Rodgers (2009) • McDermott (2009–13) • Dolan (2013c) • Adkins (2013–14) • Clarke (2014–15) • Kuhl (2015c) • McDermott (2015–16) • Stam (2016–18) • Clement (2018) • Marshall (2018c) • Gomes (2018–19) • Bowen (2019–20) • Paunović (2020–22) • Ince & Gilkesc (2020) • Ince (2022–23) • Hunti (2023) • Sellés (2023–)

Swansea City Football Club - Managers

Whittaker (1912–14) • Bartlett (1914–15) • Bradshaw (1919–26) • Thomson (1927–31) • Harris (1934–39) • Green (1939–47) • McCandless (1948–55) • Burgess (1955–58) • Morris (1958–65) • Davis (1965–66) • Lucas (1967–69) • Bentley (1969–72) • Gregg (1972–75) • Griffiths (1975–78) • Toshack (1978–83) • Livermore (1983) • Toshack (1983–84) • Chappell (1984) • Appleton (1984) • Bond (1984–85) • Hutchison (1985–86) • Yorath (1986–89) • Evans (1989–90) • Yorath (1990–91) • Burrows (1991–95) • Smith (1995) • Rimmer (1995–96) • Cullis (1996) • Rimmer (1996) • Mølby (1996–97) • Adams (1997) • Cork (1997–98) • Hollins (1998–01) • Addison (2001–02) • Freestone (2002) • Cusack (2002) • Flynn (2002–04) • Curtis (2004) • Jackett (2004–07) • Nugent (2007) • Martínez (2007–09) • Sousa (2009–10) • Rodgers (2010–12) • Laudrup (2012–14) • Monk (2014–15) • Curtisc (2015–16) • Guidolin (2016) • Bradley (2016) • Curtisc (2016–17) • Clement (2017) • Brittoncp (2017) • Carvalhal (2017–18) • Potter (2018–19) • Cooper (2019–21) • Martin (2021–23) • Duff (2023) •

Liverpool Football Club - Managers

Barclay and McKenna (1892–96) • Watson (1896–1915) • Ashworth (1919–23) • McQueen (1923–28) • Patterson (1928–36) • Kay (1936–51) • Welsh (1951–56) • Taylor (1956–59) • Shankly (1959–74) • Paisley (1974–83) • Fagan (1983–85) • Dalglish (1985–91) • Souness (1991–94) • Evans (1994–98) • Evans and Houllier (1998) • Houllier (1998–2004) • Benítez (2004–10) • Hodgson (2010–11) • Dalglish (2011–12) • Rodgers (2012–15) • Klopp (2015–24) • Slot (2024–)

Celtic Football Club - Managers

Maley (1897–1940) • McStay (1940–45) • McGrory (1945–65) • Stein (1965–78) • Fallonc (1975–76) • McNeill (1978–83) • Hay (1983–87) • McNeill (1987–91) • Brady (1991–93) • Connorc (1993) • Macari (1993–94) • Burns (1994–97) • Starkc (1997) • Jansen (1997–98) • Vengloš (1998–99) • Barnes (1999–2000) • Dalglishc (2000) • O'Neill (2000–05) • Strachan (2005–09) • Mowbray (2009–10) • Lennon (2010–14) • Deila (2014–16) • Rodgers (2016–19) • Lennon (2019–21) • Kennedyc (2021) • Postecoglou (2021–23) Rodgers (2023–)

Leicester City F.C. - Managers

Gardner (1884–92) • Marson (1892–94) • Lee (1884–92) • Jackson (1895–97) • Clark (1897–98) • Johnson (1897–1912) • Bartlett (1912–14) • Ford (1914–15) • Linney (1915–19) • Hodge (1919–26) • Orr (1926–32) • Hodge (1932–34) • Lochhead (1934–36) • Womack (1936–39) • Bromilow (1939–45) • Mather (1945–46) • Duncan (1946–49) • Bullock (1949–55) • Halliday (1955–58) • Gillies (1958–68) • O'Farrell (1968–71) • Bloomfield (1971–77) • McLintock (1977–78) • Wallace (1978–82) • Milne (1982–86) • Hamilton (1986–87) • Pleat (1987–91) • Little (1991–94) • McGhee (1994–95) • O'Neill (1995–2000) • Taylor (2000–01) • Bassett (2001–02) • Adams (2002–04) • Levein (2004–06) • Kelly (2006–07) • Worthington (2007) • Allen (2007) • Megson (2007) • Holloway (2007–08) • Pearson (2008–10) • Sousa (2010) • Eriksson (2010–11) • Pearson (2011–15) • Ranieri (2015–17) • Shakespeare (2017) • Appletonc (2017) • Puel (2017–19) • Stowell & Sadlerc (2019) • Rodgers (2019–23) • Maresca (2023–24) • Cooper (2024) • van Nistelrooy (2024–)

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