Chris O'Loughlin (football manager)

Chris O'Loughlin
Personal information
Full name Chris O'Loughlin
Date of birth (1978-08-06) 6 August 1978
Place of birth Belfast, Northern Ireland
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Cliftonville
Larne
Teams managed
2007 Orlando Pirates (Assistant Coach)
2008 Supersport United (Academy Coach)
2009 AS Vita
2011 AS Vita
2012 Melbourne Victory (Assistant Coach)
2013–2015 Sint-Truiden (Assistant Coach)
2015–2016 Sint-Truiden
2016–2017 Charlton Athletic (Assistant Coach)
2017–2018 Sint-Truiden (Assistant Coach)
2018– Kortrijk (Assistant Coach)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Chris O'Loughlin (born 6 August 1978 in Belfast) is a professional football coach who is currently an assistant coach at Kortrijk.

O'Loughlin played for Cliftonville and Larne in his native Northern Ireland.[1] O'Loughlin, who had lived for much of his childhood in South Africa, started his coaching career as an assistant coach with the Orlando Pirates in 2007. In 2008, he became an academy coach for Supersport United. In 2009, he was named head coach of the Democratic Republic of Congo club AS Vita[1] and brought them to the quarter final of the CAF Cup. He came back to AS Vita for the 2011 season and qualified them for the CAF Champions League. In 2012, he was named assistant coach of the Melbourne Victory by Jim Magilton. Season 2013-2014 he was appointed as assistant coach of K. Sint-Truidense V.V. to head coach Yannick Ferrera in Belgium. In June 2014 his contract was extended by the club for another season up to June 2015.[2]

O'Loughlin was appointed manager of Sint-Truiden in September 2015, after Ferrera moved to manage Standard Liège. He was replaced by Ivan Leko at the end of the 2015-16 season. He joined the coaching staff at Charlton Athletic F.C. in December 2016 and was named as first team coach until the end of the 2016/17 season.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Watson, Denise (26 November 2011). "From Cliftonville to Congo". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "Chris O'Loughlin re-signs with STVV in Belgium". Legion Sports. Legion Sports. 11 June 2014. Archived from the original on 11 February 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  3. ↑ "Richie Barker joins Karl Robinson's backroom staff". 21 December 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2017.
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