Dougie Freedman

Dougie Freedman
	Dougie Freedman
Personal information
Full name:	Douglas Alan Freedman
Date of birth:	25 May 1974 (age 51)
Place of birth:	Glasgow, Scotland
Height:	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position:	Striker
Club information
Current club	Al-Diriyah (sporting director)
Youth clubs
1992–1994	Queens Park Rangers
Senior clubs
National team
Teams managed
2011–2012; 2012–2014; 2015–2016; 2017–2025; 2025–	Crystal Palace; Bolton Wanderers; Nottingham Forest; Crystal Palace (sporting director); Al-Diriyah (sporting director)

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Douglas Alan "Dougie" Freedman (born 25 May 1974) is a Scottish professional football manager and former player, who is currently the sporting director of Saudi Second Division League club Al-Diriyah.

External links[]

Palace Legends – Dougie Freedman Crystal Palace FC
Profiles – Dougie Freedman Crystal Palace FC
Dougie Freedman profile at Soccerbase
[1] Player Fact File resume by Palace supporters' website

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Crystal Palace Football Club - Managers
Robson (1905–07) • Goodman (1907–25) • Maley (1925–27) • Mavin (1927–30) • Tresadern (1930–35) • Bromilow (1935–36) • Moyes (1936) • Bromilow (1936–39) • Irwin (1939–47) • Butler (1947–49) • Rooke (1949–50) • Dawes & Slade (1950–51) • Scott (1951–54) • Spiers (1954–58) • G. Smith (1958–60) • Rowe (1960–62) • Graham (1963–66) • Rowe (1966^c) • Head (1966–72) • Allison (1973–76) • Venables (1976–80) • Walley (1980^c) • Allison (1980–81) • Gradi (1981) • Kember (1981–82) • Mullery (1982–84) • Bassett (1984) • Coppell (1984–93) • A. Smith (1993–95) • Coppell (1995–96) • Bassett (1996–97) • Coppell (1997–98) • Lombardo & Brolin (1998^p) • Noades & Lewington (1998^c) • Venables (1998–99) • Coppell (1999–2000) • A. Smith (2000–01) • Kember (2001^c) • Bruce (2001) • Kember & Bullivant (2001^c) • Francis (2001–03) • Kember (2003) • Symons (2003^c) • Dowie (2003–06) • Taylor (2006–07) • Symons (2007^c) • Warnock (2007–10) • Hart (2010) • Burley (2010–11) • Freedman (2011–12) • Lawrence & Fleming (2012^c) • Holloway (2012–13) • Millen (2013^c) • Pulis (2013–14) • Millen (2014^c) • Warnock (2014) • Millen (2014–15^c) • Pardew (2015–16) • Allardyce (2016–17) • de Boer (2017) • Hodgson (2017–21) • Vieira (2021–23) • Hodgson (2023–24) • Glasner (2024–)

Bolton Wanderers Football Club - Managers
Rawthorne (1874–85^s) • Bentley (1885–86^s) • Struthers (1886–87^s) • Norris (1887^s) • Bentley (1887–95^s) • Downs (1895–96^s) • Brettell (1896–98^s) • Somerville (1898–1910) • Settle (1910–15) • Mather (1915–19) • Foweraker (1919–44) • Rowley (1944–50) • Ridding (1950–68) • Lofthouse (1968–70) • McIlroy (1970) • Meadows (1970) • Lofthouse (1971) • Armfield (1971–74) • Greaves (1974–80) • Anderson (1980–81) • Mulhall (1981–82) • McGovern (1982–85) • Wright (1985) • Neal (1985–92) • Rioch (1992–95) • McFarland (1995–96) • Todd (1996–99) • Allardyce (1999–2007) • Lee (2007) • Megson (2007–09) • Coyle (2010–12) • Freedman (2012–14) • Lennon (2014–2016) • Parkinson (2016–2019) • Hill (2019–2020) • Evatt (2020–)

Nottingham Forest Football Club - Managers
Radford (1889–97) • Haslam (1897–(1909) • Earp (1909–12) • Masters (1912–25) • Baynes (1925–29) • Hardy (1930–31) • Watson (1931–36) • Wightman (1936–39) • Walker (1939–60) • Beattie (1960–63) • Carey (1963–68) • Gillies (1969–72) • Mackay (1972–73) • Brown (1973–75) • Clough (1975–93) • Clark (1993–96) • Pearce (1996–97) • Bassett (1997–99) • Adams (1999) • Atkinson (1999) • Platt (1999–2001) • Hart (2001–04) • Kinnear (2004) • Harford (2004–05) • Megson (2005–06) • Barlow & McParland (2006) • Calderwood (2006–08) • Pemberton (2008–09) • Davies (2009–11) • McClaren (2011) • Kelly (2011) • Cotterill (2011–12) • O'Driscoll (2012) • McLeish (2012–13) • Davies (2013–14) • Brazil (2014) • Pearce (2014–15) • Freedman (2015–16) • Williams^c (2016) • Montanier (2016–17) • Brazil^c (2017) • Warburton (2017) • Brazil^c (2017–18) • Karanka (2018–(19) • Ireland^c (2019) • O'Neill (2019) • Lamouchi (2019–20) • Hughton (2020–21) • Reid^c (2021) • Cooper (2021–23) • Santo (2023–25) • Postecoglou (2025) • Dyche (2025–)

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Personal information
Dougie Freedman

Full name:	Douglas Alan Freedman
Date of birth:	25 May 1974 (1974-05-25) (age 51)
Place of birth:	Glasgow, Scotland
Height:	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position:	Striker
Club information
Current club	Al-Diriyah (sporting director)
Youth clubs
1992–1994	Queens Park Rangers
Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)
1994–1995 1995–1997 1997–1998 1998–2000 2000–2008 2008 2008–2010 Total	Barnet Crystal Palace Wolverhampton Wanderers Nottingham Forest Crystal Palace → Leeds United (loan) Southend United	047 0(27) 090 0(31) 029 0(10) 070 0(18) 237 0(64) 011 00(5) 036 00(6) 520 (161)
National team
1994–1995 2001–2002	Scotland U21 Scotland	008 00(2) 002 00(1)
Teams managed
2011–2012 2012–2014 2015–2016 2017–2025 2025–	Crystal Palace Bolton Wanderers Nottingham Forest Crystal Palace (sporting director) Al-Diriyah (sporting director)