Lee Carsley

Lee Carsley
	Lee Carsley
Personal information
Full name:	Lee Kevin Carsley
Date of birth:	28 February 1974 (age 51)
Place of birth:	Birmingham, England
Height:	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Club information
Current club	England U21 (manager); England (interim)
Youth clubs
1992–1994	Derby County
Senior clubs
National team
Teams managed
2012; 2013; 2015; 2017; 2020–2021; 2021–; 2024–	Coventry City (caretaker); Coventry City (caretaker); Brentford; Birmingham City (caretaker); England U20; England U21; England (interim)

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Lee Kevin Carsley (born 28 February 1974) is a professional football coach and former player who is currently head coach of England U21s and interim manager of the England national team.

In a playing career lasting 17 years, Carsley played as a midfielder in the Premier League and Football League with Derby County, Blackburn Rovers, Coventry City, Everton and Birmingham City. Born in Birmingham, England, Carsley represented the Republic of Ireland at international level and was chosen for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

After retiring from playing in 2011, Carsley entered coaching with Coventry City. He held youth roles with Coventry, Brentford, Manchester City and Birmingham City, serving each club (bar Manchester City) as interim first team manager. Carsley joined the England youth setup as a specialist coach in 2015, before being appointed head coach of England U20 in 2020 and then being promoted to England U21 in 2021 and leading them to victory in the European Championship in 2023.

External links[]

Lee Carsley profile at Soccerbase

Coventry City Football Club - Managers
Stanley (1883–85^s) • Hathaway (1885–87^s) • Morgan (1887–92^s) • Kirk (1893^s) • Maley (1893^s) • Collins (1893–95^s) • Cashmore (1895–1900^s) • Newhall (1900–02^s) • O'Shea (1902–05^s) • Beaman (1905–08^s) • Harris (1908–09^s) • Buckle (1909–10) • Wallace (1910–13) • Scott-Walford (1913–15) • Howard (1915–17^c) • Clayton (1919) • Pollitt (1919–20) • Evans (1920–24) • Harbourne (1924^c) • Kerr (1924–28) • McIntyre (1928–31) • Slade (1931^c) • Storer (1931–45) • Bayliss (1945–47) • Frith (1947–48) • Storer (1948–53) • Fairbrother (1953–54) • Elliott (1954–55^c) • Carver (1955–56) • Raynor (1956) • Warren (1956–57) • Frith (1957–61) • Hill (1961–67) • Cantwell (1967–72) • Dennison (1972^c) • Mercer (1972–74) • Milne (1974–81) • Sexton (1981–83) • Gould (1983–84) • Mackay (1984–86) • Curtis (1986–87) • Sillett (1987–90) • Butcher (1990–92) • Howe (1992^c) • Gould (1992–93) • Neal (1993–95) • Atkinson (1995–96) • Strachan (1996–2001) • Nilsson (2001–02) • Ogrizovic & Peake (2002^c) • McAllister (2002–03) • Black (2003–04) • Ogrizovic (2004^c) • Reid (2004–05) • Heath (2005^c) • Adams (2005–07) • Heath (2007^c) • Dowie (2007–08) • Harbin & Bunn (2008^c) • Coleman (2008–10) • Harrison (2010^c) • Boothroyd (2010–11) • Harrison & Thorn (2011^c) • Thorn (2011–12) • Shaw & Carsley (2012^c) • Robins (2012–13) • Carsley (2013^c) • Pressley (2013–15) • MacFarlane & Hockaday (2015^c) • Mowbray (2015–16) • Venus^c (2016) • Slade (2016–17) • Robins (2017–)

Brentford Football Club - Managers
Lewis (1900–03) · Molyneux (1903) · Lewis^c (1903– 04) · Molyneux (1904–06) · Crone^c (1906) · Brown (1906–08) · Parsonage (1908) · Halliday (1908–12) · Rhodes (1912–15) · Halliday (1915–21) · Mitchell (1921–22) · Halliday (1924–26) · Curtis (1926–49) · Gibbons (1949– 52) · Bain (1952–53) · Lawton (1953) · Monk^c (1953) · Dodgin, Snr. (1953–57) · MacDonald (1957–65) · Cavanagh (1965–66) · Gray (1966–67) · Sirrel (1967–69) · Fenton^c (1969) · Blunstone (1969–73) · Everitt (1973–75) · Willard^c (1975) · Docherty (1975–76) · Lyons^c (1976) · Dodgin, Jnr. (1976–80) · Callaghan (1980–84) · Blunstone^c (1984) · McLintock (1984–87) · Perryman (1987–90) · Holder (1990–93) · Webb (1993–97) · Lock^c (1997) · May (1997) · Adams (1997–98) · Noades (1998–2000) · Lewington (2000–01) · Coppell (2001–02) · Downes (2002–04) · Thompson^c (2004) · Allen (2004–06) · Rosenior (2006) · Fitzgerald (2006–07) · Quin^c (2007) · Butcher (2007) · Scott (2007–11) · Forster (2011) · Rösler (2011–13) · Kernaghan^c (2013) · Warburton (2013–15) · Dijkhuizen (2015) · Carsley (2015) · Smith 2015–18) · Frank (2018–25) · Andrews (2025–) ·

Birmingham City Football Club - Managers
Jones (1892–1908) · Watson (1908–10) · McRoberts (1910–15) · Richards (1915–23) · Beer (1923–27) · Harvey (1927–28) · Knighton (1928–33) · Liddell (1933–39) · Camkin (1939–44) · Goodier (1944–45) · Storer (1945–49) · Brocklebank (1949–54) · Turner (1954–58) · Turner and Beasley (1958) · Beasley (1958–60) · Merrick (1960–64) · Mallett (1964–65) · Cullis (1965–70) · Goodwin (1970–75) · Bell (1975–77) · Ramsey (1977–78) · Smith (1978–82) · Saunders (1982–86) · Bond (1986–87) · Pendrey (1987–89) · Mackay (1989–91) · Macari (1991) · Cooper (1991–93) · Fry (1993–96) · Francis (1996–2001) · Bruce (2001–07) · McLeish (2007–11) · Hughton (2011–12) · Clark (2012–14) · Rowett (2014–16) · Zola (2016–17) · Redknapp (2017) · Cotterill (2017–18) · Monk (2018–19) · Clotet (2019–20) · Karanka (2020–21) · Bowyer (2021–22) · Eustace (2022–23) · Rooney (2023–24) · Mowbray (2024) · Venus^c (2024) · Rowettⁱ (2024) · Davies (2024–)

Template:England national under-21 football team managers

England national football team - Managers
Winterbottom (1946–62) • Ramsey (1962–74) • Mercer (caretaker) (1974) • Revie (1974–77) • Greenwood (1977–82) • Robson (1982–90) • G. Taylor (1990–93) • Venables (1993–96) • Hoddle (1996–99) • Wilkinson (caretaker) (1999) • Keegan (1999–2000) • Wilkinson (caretaker) (2000) • P. Taylor (caretaker) (2000–01) • Eriksson (2001–06) • McClaren (2006–07) • Capello (2008–12) • Pearce (caretaker) (2012) • Hodgson (2012–16) • Allardyce (2016) • Southgate (2016–24) • Carsley (interim) (2024–)

Ireland
Irish competitions Irish Coaches Irish players Irish Stadiums

Republic of Ireland – 2002 FIFA World Cup
1. Given 2. Finnan 3. Harte 4. Cunningham 5. Staunton 6. Roy Keane 7. McAteer 8. Holland 9. Duff 10. Robbie Keane 11. Kilbane 12. Kinsella 13. Connolly 14. Breen 15. Dunne 16. Kiely 17. Quinn 18. G. Kelly 19. Morrison 20. O'Brien 21. Reid 22. Carsley 23. A. Kelly Manager: Mick McCarthy

Personal information
Lee Carsley

Full name:	Lee Kevin Carsley
Date of birth:	28 February 1974 (1974-02-28) (age 51)
Place of birth:	Birmingham, England
Height:	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Club information
Current club	England U21 (manager) England (interim)
Youth clubs
1992–1994	Derby County
Senior clubs
Years	Club	App (Gls)
1994–1999 1999–2000 2000–2002 2002–2008 2008–2010 2010–2011 Total	Derby County Blackburn Rovers Coventry City Everton Birmingham City Coventry City	138 00(5) 046 0(10) 047 00(4) 166 00(12) 048 00(2) 025 00(2) 472 0(35)
National team
1995 1997 1997–2008	Republic of Ireland U21 Republic of Ireland B Republic of Ireland	001 00(0) 001 00(0) 040 00(0)
Teams managed
2012 2013 2015 2017 2020–2021 2021– 2024–	Coventry City (caretaker) Coventry City (caretaker) Brentford Birmingham City (caretaker) England U20 England U21 England (interim)