Johnny Giles

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Johnny Giles
Giles in 2013.jpg
2014
Personnel
Surname Michael John Giles
birthday November 6, 1940
place of birth Dublin ,  Ireland
position midfield
Juniors
Years station
1956-1957 Manchester United
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1957-1963 Manchester United 93 (10)
1963-1975 Leeds United 383 (87)
1975-1977 West Bromwich Albion 75 0(3)
1978 Philadelphia Fury 21 0(0)
1977-1983 Shamrock Rovers
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1959-1979 Ireland 59 0(5)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1973-1980 Ireland (player-coach)
1975-1977 West Bromwich Albion (player-manager)
1977-1983 Shamrock Rovers (player-manager)
1981-1983 Vancouver Whitecaps
1984-1985 West Bromwich Albion
1 Only league games are given.

Michael John "Johnny" Giles (born November 6, 1940 in Dublin ) is a former Irish football player and coach . He spent his playing career successfully at Manchester United and Leeds United, among others . For the Irish national football team , he played 59 international matches in just under 20 years.

Giles came to Manchester from Dublin in 1956, where his first club was Manchester United . With United he won the FA Cup in 1963 and went to Leeds a year later. With Leeds United Giles was twice English champion, twice FA Cup winner and won the Exhibition Cities Cup in 1968 and 1971 . For Leeds United, the midfielder scored 114 goals in 525 games. His last stop in professional football was West Bromwich Albion . There he worked as a player-coach until 1977. He was featured 59 times for the Irish national football team and scored five times in the goal. Giles later became the first player-coach of the Irish national team, but missed the qualification for the European Championship in 1976. After working at West Brom, Giles moved to the coaching bench of the Shamrock Rovers before he mainly coached clubs in North America in the 1980s. Today he works as a sports journalist for Irish radio.

For his autobiography A Football Man - My Autobiography , Giles received the Irish Book Award in the sports book category in 2010 .

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SURNAME Giles, Johnny
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Giles, Michael John (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH November 6, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Dublin