Allan Freese
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Allan Earel Freese[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 7 July 1956 | ||
| Place of birth | Estcourt, South Africa | ||
| Position(s) | Left-back, left-winger | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Highlands Park F.C. (manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Dynamos | |||
| Leicester City (South Africa) | |||
| Orlando Pirates | |||
| Benoni United | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2013 – 2015 | Platinum Stars | ||
| 2015 – | Highlands Park F.C. | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Allan Freese (born 7 July 1956) is a retired South African football (soccer) player and now the assistant coach at Premier Soccer League club Highlands Park F.C,[2] whom he guided to the Premier Soccer League after winning the 2015/16 PSL Promotion Playoffs.
Freese was replaced as Highlands Park head coach by Gordon Igesund after five league games into the 2016/17 PSL season and redeployed into the club's development coaching.[3] He acted as the club's Head of Development before he took up a role as Head Coach with Royal Eagles in the NFD, when their coach Kosta Papic had taken ill and needed to undergo an urgent surgery in his homeland. Freese took permanent charge of the team still in the NFD at the start of the 2017/18 season, but following a poor start to their campaign, separated with Royal Eagles after just four matches.
Once the respected mentor and coach became available his former club Highlands Park F.C roped him in as assistant coach to longtime friend Owen Da Gama following a their failed debut Premier Soccer League season. They led the club to successful promotion campaign where they broke numerous records in a swift return to Premier Soccer League. Together they led the club to unprecedented 7th position finish on the table in the 2018/19 season.
Freese who holds a level 3 SAFA coaching qualification coupled with a KNVB qualification is active as a Coaches Instructor for the national body SAFA. He is active in his local community of Eldorado Park assisting in technical matters and presentations to amateur clubs and coaches.
Honours
Platinum Stars
- 2013 MTN8 winner
- 2013 Telkom KnoHckout winner
Highlands Park
2015/16 PSL Promotion Playoffs Champion[4]
References
- ^ Kickoff PSL Yearbook 2013/2014, p. 38
- ^ http://www.soccerladuma.co.za/news/articles/categories/south-africa/allan-freese-takes-charge-at-highlands/209397
- ^ www.realnet.co.uk. "Allan Freese heads up Highlands Park academy". Kick Off. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
- ^ Kickoff Yearbook 2016/17 p.18. 2016.