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Gordon Igesund Personal information Full name Gordon George Igesund Date of birth July 26, 1956 Place of birth Durban, South Africa Playing position Striker (retired) Club information Current club Moroka Swallows (manager) Senior career* Years Team Apps† (Gls)† 1980–1981 GAK 5 (1) 1981–1984 Admira Wacker 76 (25) Teams managed 1995 African Wanderers 1996–2000 Manning Rangers 2000–2001 Orlando Pirates 2001–2002 Santos Cape Town 2002–2006 Ajax Cape Town 2006–2008 Mamelodi Sundowns 2008–2009 Maritzburg United 2009–2010 Free State Stars 2010– Moroka Swallows * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).Gordon Igesund (born July 26, 1956 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal) is a former South African football (soccer) player and coach who became manager of Premier Soccer League club Moroka Swallows in 2010.[1]
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Playing career
A prolific striker during his heyday, Igesund played for Durban City, Durban United, Highlands Park, Durban Bush Bucks, AmaZulu, D'Alberton Callies, African Wanderers and also in Austria for GAK and Admira Wacker.
Coaching career
Igesund is a record-breaking coach in South Africa, having become the only man to coach four different top-flight teams to the Premier Soccer League championship. He first made his name when he led unfashionable coastal team Manning Rangers to the inaugural PSL title in the 1996/97 season. He followed this up in the 2000/01 season with another title, this time at the helm of Soweto giants Orlando Pirates. Despite his success with the Buccaneers, Igesund was not popular with the Pirates faithful, who demanded a more attacking and entertaining brand of football than the efficient and controlled game that Igesund had fostered, leading to his departure.
He proved his critics wrong the very next season, taking another unfashionable team, Cape Town’s Santos, to a surprise PSL title in 2001/02. But the nomadic Igesund was soon changing his allegiance again, this time moving to Ajax Cape Town, the satellite club of Dutch giants Ajax Amsterdam. Igesund’s time with Ajax proved rather unsuccessful and he left the team at the end of the 2005/06 season. He replaced Sundowns’ co-coaches Miguel Gamondi and Neil Tovey. Igesund added to his record number of PSL titles leading Sundowns to a comfortable PSL win in 2007.
Coaching honours
- 1996/97 PSL champion (Manning Rangers)
- 2000/01 PSL champion (Orlando Pirates)
- 2001/02 PSL champion (Santos)
- 2000 BP Top Eight Cup winner (Orlando Pirates)
- 2006/07 PSL champion (Sundowns)
- 2007 SAA Supa 8 winner (Sundowns)
References
Categories:- 1956 births
- VfB Admira Wacker Mödling players
- Association football forwards
- Living people
- People from Durban
- South African football (soccer) managers
- South African association football players
- White South African association football players
- White South African people
- AmaZulu F.C. players
- Grazer AK players
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