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Mick McDermott
Personal information
Full name Michael McDermott
Date of birth (1974-02-07) 7 February 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth Belfast, Northern Ireland[1]
Position(s) Defender[2]
Team information
Current team
Glentoran (Head coach)
Youth career
Cliftonville
Distillery
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1995 Rhode Island Rams[3] 68 (8)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–1998 Connecticut Wolves 36 (0)
1999–2000 Raleigh Capital Express 29 (0)
2001 Long Island Rough Riders 21 (0)
Total 96 (0)
International career
1992 Northern Ireland U18 3 (0)
Managerial career
2002–2003[4] Connecticut Wolves (assistant)
2002–2003[5] Quinnipiac Bobcats (assistant)
2004–2006[6] Oregon State Beavers (assistant)
2006–2010 Al Ain (fitness coach)
2011–2012 Iran (fitness coach)
2012–2016 Al-Nasr (assistant)
2017 Esteghlal (assistant)
2017 Esteghlal (caretaker)
2018–2019 Iran (assistant)
2019 Colombia (assistant)
2019– Glentoran
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Michael "Mick" McDermott (born 1974 in Belfast) is a Northern Irish former professional football player, and current manager of Glentoran. McDermott has held various coaching roles in professional football clubs as well as at the international level.

Early life

McDermott attended Belfast Boys' Model School and played for Cliftonville and Distillery at youth levels.[7] He won a soccer scholarship at the University of Rhode Island.[8] He made three caps for Northern Ireland national under-18.[9]

Playing career

He has played in USL Second Division.[10][11][12]

Coaching career

He has held coaching positions at some of Asia's biggest Clubs; Al Ain FC (Abu Dhabi), Esteghlal FC (Tehran), Al Nasr FC (Dubai). Previously he was the Fitness Coach of Iran national football team[13][14] during their successful World Cup 2014 qualification campaign. Prior to his second spell with the Iran National team, on 2 July 2017, he was appointed as the Assistant Manager of Iranian football club Esteghlal.[15] After a brief spell as 'interim' Manager, on 30 October 2017 he terminated his contract with Esteghlal on mutual agreement.[16]

After leaving Esteghlal FC he returned to the Iran National team / Team Melli to work alongside Carlos Queiroz as an Assistant Coach for the 2018 Russia World Cup and also for the Asian Cup 2019 in UAE where they were knocked out in the semi-final by Japan. When Queiroz became the head coach of Colombia in February 2019 it was announced that Mick would join him but an agreement was not reached with the Colombian FA.[17][18]

On 31 March 2019, Mick took the job of Glentoran manager with imminent investment due to come into the club. Interim Manager Gary Smyth, who could no longer fulfil the role due to a lack of necessary UEFA coaching qualifications, returned to his former role as Assistant.[19]

Although Mick hails from the west of Belfast city, he has gone on record to quote that "The Sun Rises in the East"

Managerial statistics

As of match played 4 January 2020
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
Esteghlal (caretaker) 21 September 2017 2 October 2017 1 1 0 0 2 1 +1 100.00
Glentoran 31 March 2019 Present 36 21 8 7 76 42 +34 058.33
Total 37 22 8 7 78 43 +35 059.46

Personal life

McDermott married to Karla in 1996, who was also a fellow student at University of Rhode Island and a U.S. citizen. As of 2019, the couple have two sons Malakai (9) and Michael Jr. (12); and two daughters Kiera (17) and Kali (19).[20][21]

Honours

Managerial

Glentoran

Individual

References

  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ https://www.socceramerica.com/publications/article/18141/1998-umbro-select-all-star-classic-rosters-sched.html
  3. ^ Rhode Island Records (PDF), CSTV, p. 13, archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2019
  4. ^ [2]
  5. ^ http://www.quinnipiacbobcats.com/sports/wsoc/2010–11/releases/205135828_1
  6. ^ [3]
  7. ^ https://www.irishnews.com/sport/footballsoccer/2018/06/25/news/belfast-man-mcdermott-aiming-to-help-iran-shock-portugal-and-cr7-1365098/
  8. ^ https://www.soccerbanter.org/mick-mcdermott
  9. ^ https://pac-12.com/article/2004/03/16/mick-mcdermott-accepts-mens-soccer-assistant-position
  10. ^ http://socceroutsider.com/bios/michael-mcdermott[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ http://articles.courant.com/2002-08-08/features/0208080123_1_kick-stoppage-time-connecticut-wolves
  12. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2004-12-20. Retrieved 2012-01-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  13. ^ [4]
  14. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-02-03. Retrieved 2012-07-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  15. ^ "میک مک‌ درموت علاوه بر بدنساز، دستیار منصوریان هم شد" [A part from being a fitness coach, Mick McDermott will be Mansourian's assistant as well] (in Persian). Tarafdari.
  16. ^ "قرارداد میک مک درموت با استقلال فسخ شد" [Mick McDermott's contract was terminated] (in Persian). Tarafdari. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
  17. ^ [5]
  18. ^ ورزش3: میلیونر ایرانی در ایرلند باشگاه می خرد.
  19. ^ "Mick McDermott Appointed Head Coach | Glentoran FC". www.glentoran.com. Retrieved 2019-03-31.
  20. ^ https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/belfast-news/glentoran-manager-mick-mcdermotts-wife-16963124
  21. ^ https://www.irishnews.com/news/northernirelandnews/2019/09/24/news/glentoran-fc-manager-mick-mcdermott-s-wife-tells-of-visa-nightmare--1720230/
  22. ^ https://pac-12.com/article/2004/03/16/mick-mcdermott-accepts-mens-soccer-assistant-position