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This article is about the Northern Irish football manager. For other people with the same name, see Brendan Rodgers (disambiguation).

Brendan Rodgers
Personal information
\n Rodgers as Leicester City manager in 2021
Full name	\nBrendan Rodgers^[1]
Date of birth	\n (1973-01-26) 26 January 1973 (age 52)^[2]
Place of birth	\nCarnlough, Northern Ireland
Height	\n5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)^[3]
Position(s)	\nDefender
Team information
Current team	\nCeltic (manager)
Youth career
1984\u20131987	\nBallymena United
Senior career\"
Years	\nTeam	\nApps	\n(Gls)
1987\u20131990	\nBallymena United	\n	\n
1990\u20131993	\nReading	\n0	\n(0)
1993\u20131994	\nNewport (Isle of Wight)	\n	\n
1994\u20131995	\nWitney Town	\n	\n
1995\u20131996	\nNewbury Town	\n	\n
International career
1988	\nNorthern Ireland Schools^[4]	\n7	\n(0)
Managerial career
2006\u20132008	\nChelsea (Reserves)
2008\u20132009	\nWatford
2009	\nReading
2010\u20132012	\nSwansea City
2012\u20132015	\nLiverpool
2016\u20132019	\nCeltic
2019\u20132023	\nLeicester City
2023\u2013	\nCeltic
\n\"Club domestic league appearances and goals

Brendan Rodgers (born 26 January 1973) is a Northern Irish professional football manager and former player who is manager of Scottish Premiership club Celtic.\n

Rodgers began his career as a defender at Ballymena United, where he stayed until he was signed by Reading at the age of 18, although a genetic knee condition forced him to retire at age 20. He remained at Reading as a coach and then academy director, and continued to play non-league football at Newport IOW, Witney Town and Newbury Town for several years. After a period travelling around Spain to study coaching methods, he was invited by Jos\u00e9 Mourinho to leave Reading and join Chelsea as youth manager in 2004, later being promoted to reserve manager in 2006.\n

In 2008, he was appointed manager of Watford, where he remained until he accepted an offer to become manager of his former club Reading in 2009. He left the club by mutual consent after some disappointing results six months later. He returned to management with Swansea City in 2010, leading the club to promotion to the Premier League, the first Welsh team to do so, before guiding them to finish 11th the following season. On 1 June 2012, Rodgers accepted an offer to become the new manager of Liverpool, whom he led to runners-up position in the league in the 2013\u201314 season before his dismissal in October 2015. \n

Rodgers became manager of Celtic in May 2016 and led them to an undefeated domestic season in his first year, and trebles in both of his first two seasons. He left Celtic for Leicester City in February 2019, winning the 2021 FA Cup in his second full season, before he left by mutual consent in April 2023. He returned to Celtic in June 2023 and won his third Scottish league title in his first season back at the club.\n

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Team\n	From\n	To\n	Record\n	Ref.\n
P	W	D	L	Win %\n
Watford\n	24 November 2008^[a]\n	5 June 2009\n	31\n	13\n	6\n	12\n	041.94\n	^[18]^[23]^[159]^[160]\n
Reading\n	5 June 2009\n	16 December 2009\n	23\n	6\n	6\n	11\n	026.09\n	^[161]\n
Swansea City\n	16 July 2010\n	1 June 2012\n	96\n	43\n	20\n	33\n	044.79\n	^[161]\n
Liverpool\n	1 June 2012\n	4 October 2015\n	166\n	83\n	41\n	42\n	050.00\n	^[161]\n
Celtic\n	20 May 2016\n	26 February 2019\n	169\n	118\n	25\n	26\n	069.82\n	^[161]\n
Leicester City\n	26 February 2019^[b]\n	2 April 2023\n	204\n	92\n	42\n	70\n	045.10\n	^[103]^[106]^[163]\n
Celtic\n	19 June 2023\n	Present\n	93\n	66\n	15\n	12\n	070.97\n	^[161]\n
Total\n	781\n	420\n	155\n	206\n	053.78\n	\n

v t e Current Scottish Professional Football League managers
2024\u201325 Premiership	\n Thelin (Aberdeen) \n Rodgers (Celtic) \n Docherty (Dundee) \n Goodwin (Dundee United) \n Critchley (Heart of Midlothian) \n Gray (Hibernian) \n McInnes (Kilmarnock) \n Wimmer (Motherwell) \n Clement (Rangers) \n Cowie (Ross County) \n Valakari (St Johnstone) \n Robinson (St Mirren) \n
2024\u201325 Championship	\n McCabe (Airdrieonians) \n S. Brown (Ayr United) \n Tidser (Dunfermline Athletic) \n McGlynn (Falkirk) \n Imrie (Greenock Morton) \n Rankin (Hamilton Academical) \n Martindale (Livingston) \n Vacant (Partick Thistle) \n Davidson (Queen's Park) \n Robson (Raith Rovers) \n
2024\u201325 League One	\n Graham (Alloa Athletic) \n Gibson (Annan Athletic) \n Gold and Hamilton (Arbroath) \n Hartley (Cove Rangers) \n Farrell (Dumbarton) \n Kellacher (Inverness Caledonian Thistle) \n Mulgrew (Kelty Hearts) \n Petrie (Montrose) \n Murphy (Queen of the South) \n Naysmith (Stenhousemuir) \n
2024\u201325 League Two	\n Elliot (Bonnyrigg Rose) \n Young (Clyde) \n Campbell (East Fife) \n McIndoe (Edinburgh City) \n Hale (Elgin City) \n Weir (Forfar Athletic) \n J. Brown & Strachan (Peterhead) \n Maybury (Stirling Albion) \n Aitken (Stranraer) \n Samuel (The Spartans) \n

Early life

Playing career

Coaching career

Managerial career

Watford

Reading

Swansea City

Liverpool

2012\u201313 season

2013\u201314 season

2014\u201315 season

2015\u201316 season

Celtic

2016\u201317 season

2017\u201318 season

2018\u201319 season

Leicester City

2018\u201319 season

2019\u201320 season

2020\u201321 season

2021\u201322 season

2022\u201323 season

Return to Celtic

Management style

Personal life

Managerial statistics

Honours

Manager

See also

References

External links

Brendan Rodgers. Personal Life and Relationships

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