Gregor Rioch
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Gregor Rioch | ||
| Date of birth | 24 June 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Sutton Coldfield, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Coventry City (Academy Manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Luton Town | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1995 | Luton Town | 0 | (0) |
| 1993 | → Barnet (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1995–1996 | Peterborough United | 18 | (0) |
| 1996–1999 | Hull City | 68 | (1) |
| 1999–2001 | Macclesfield Town | 59 | (6) |
| 2001–2002 | Shrewsbury Town | 46 | (2) |
| 2002–2003 | Northwich Victoria | 33 | (1) |
| 2003–2004 | Shrewsbury Town | 19 | (0) |
| 2003 | → Northwich Victoria (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2004 | Leigh RMI | 0 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2004–2006 | Køge BK | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Gregor Rioch (born 24 June 1975 in Sutton Coldfield, England) is an English former professional footballer. Rioch has been a UEFA A licence coach since the age of 23 and became the holder of the prestigious UEFA Pro Licence coaching award in July 2011. He is currently the Academy Manager with Coventry City. His Father is former Scotland international and Arsenal F.C manager Bruce Rioch.
Playing career
Gregor Rioch started his football career as an apprentice at Luton Town, During this time he joined Barnet on loan where he made his league debut at the age of 18 in a 4-2 defeat to Leyton Orient. He moved to Peterborough United in 1995, before joining Hull City a year later and becoming the club captain at the age of 22. After three years with the Tigers he joined Macclesfield Town, under the management of Sammy McIlroy and Gil Prescott. Rioch left the Silkmen on transfer deadline day in 2001 and joined Kevin Ratcliffe at Shrewsbury Town. He spent two seasons at the Salop and was a key player during the 2002-03 season that just missed out on a play-off place on the last game of the season.
Rioch joined Northwich Victoria in 2003–04, before he returning to Shrewsbury Town for second spell under a new regime of Jimmy Quinn and Dave Cooke who were previously in charge at Northwich. Rioch played 19 games in the team that got promotion from the Conference back into the Football League via the play-offs.
Rioch also returned to Northwich Victoria for a second spell in March 2004, this time on loan. He was asked to take the team as a caretaker manager on the last game of the season following the sacking of Shaun Teale. Rioch finished an 11 year playing career before going into management with a short spell with Leigh RMI.[1]
Scotland selected Rioch for one of their youth sides, but he was ineligible to play for the national team because neither Greg or his parents were born in Scotland, even though his father had captained Scotland.[2]
Coaching career
On leaving Leigh, he was appointed manager of Danish club Køge BK. He spent two years as the youngest manager in Denmark at the tender age of 29 before returning to England in 2006 to coach Manchester City's under-17s, then their reserves. After only a year, he left to become the academy manager of Coventry City [1] in 2007 and has gone on to develop a number of talented players for the club's first team.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Academy Manager – Gregor Rioch". Coventry City F.C. 2009-02-24. Retrieved 2009-05-22.
- ^ "SFA go back to schooling rule in talent search". The Herald. 5 March 2011. Retrieved 5 March 2011.
External links
- 1975 births
- Living people
- English footballers
- English football managers
- Expatriate football managers in Denmark
- Association football defenders
- Luton Town F.C. players
- Barnet F.C. players
- Peterborough United F.C. players
- Hull City A.F.C. players
- Macclesfield Town F.C. players
- Shrewsbury Town F.C. players
- Northwich Victoria F.C. players
- Leigh Genesis F.C. players
- Køge BK managers