Alex Weaver

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Alex Weaver
Personal information
Full name Alexander Weaver
Place of birth Stoke-on-Trent, England
Managerial career
YearsTeam
2013 Hougang United
2013–2015 Warriors FC
2016–2017 Yverdon Sport (Academy Manager)
2017–2018 FC Lausanne Sport (Assistant)
2018 FC Lausanne Sport (Interim)
2018–2019 Team Vaud U21
2019–2020 GC Zurich (U18 Manager)
2020–2021 FC Basel (Academy Manager)
2021–2022 Team Vaud U18
2022–2024 Yverdon Sport (Assistant)

Alex Weaver is an English UEFA Pro Licence football manager.

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Career

Weaver began coaching at 17 years old when he passed the English FA Coaching Certificate (Now FA Level 2 in Football Coaching). Having played youth football at Stoke City, Port Vale, Staffordshire U19s and then advancing into the semi-professional ranks of the North West Counties League, he began to develop his coaching experience as a youth coach at local North West Counties club, Newcastle Town FC.

In between completing the UEFA B and UEFA A coaching certificates, he attained a BSc Coaching Science Degree at Liverpool John Moores University. Aged 28, he began working full-time for Manchester United Soccer Schools, coaching in places such as Seattle, Paris, Dubai, South Africa and India. He returned to Seattle to coach Seattle Wolves FC for 18 months as they prepared to participate in the USL Second Division but the club could not manage to attain the financial support to compete in the league. Hired by Highline Premier FC, one of Washington's premier youth clubs, Weaver went on to develop HPFC's playing and coach development programs for three years before leaving the US to develop his career in Singapore.

He was appointed head coach of Hougang United, a club in the S. League in early 2013. [1] After only five months, Weaver resigned from his job, and was later appointed as head coach of rival Warriors FC in June 2013, replacing V. Selvaraj. [2] [3] He went on to guide the club to the S-League title in his first full year as head coach. In February, Warriors FC started the 2015 campaign with Asian Champions League qualifiers against Yadanarbon FC and Chinese Super League side, Guangzhou Evergrande.

Weaver has developed a reputation for his methodical planning and preparation of teams, and has regularly discussed the 'periodisation' of football conditioning methods of Raymond Verheijen in the local media, and its influence on his own coaching practice.

He left Warriors FC by mutual consent in October 2015, and joined the Singapore office of leading British sports production and media company, Sunset+Vine in January 2016, to write for its digital publication, VoxSports. In May 2016, Weaver attained the UEFA Pro Licence following completion of the final course module, in which candidates were to compile a research study on a topic of their choice. Weaver completed a 10,000 word study on 'Leadership Hierarchies in Southeast Asian Football' and presented it at the English Football Association to gain his award. In August 2016, he began working within the academy at FC Lausanne Sport in Switzerland.

In June 2023 he led Yverdon Sport to promotion and a place in the Swiss Super League. [4]

Honours

Managerial

In one full season of club management, Weaver led his club to win the domestic league. [5]

Warriors FC

S.League: 2014

Journalism career

After leaving Warriors, Weaver joined Sunset+Vine Asia (Digital) as a full-time journalist for VoxSports in January 2016, where he has been writing commentaries and articles on football for the digital news organisation.

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References

  1. ↑ Football: Alex Weaver Footballdatabase.eu
  2. ↑ "Hougang bench Weaver". 23 February 2014. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "Weaver building for Warriors future with fresh new ideas". Goal.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
  4. ↑ Youlton, Clive (6 June 2023). "Stoke coach following Roy Hodgson as minnows win promotion to Swiss top flight" . Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  5. ↑ "Warriors clinch S.League title on final day". Goal.com. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
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