Personal information | |||
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Full name | Drew Cameron Sherman | ||
Date of birth | 19 June 1987 | ||
Place of birth | Cardiff, Wales | ||
Youth career | |||
Swansea City | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2006 | Bryntirion Athletic | ||
2006–07 | Cwmbrân Town | ||
Afan Lido | |||
2008 | Shepshed Dynamo [1] | ||
Dinas Powys | |||
2009–10 | Airbus | ||
Managerial career | |||
2015–2017 | Cook Islands | ||
2017–2019 | Brisbane Roar (Technical Director) | ||
2018–2019 | Brisbane Roar Youth | ||
2019– | Melbourne Victory (General Manager) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Drew Sherman is a Welsh professional football manager who is the technical director of Melbourne Victory. He was previously the technical director of the Brisbane Roar, in addition to being the Cook Islands national team's most successful manager. [2]
Sherman previously coached at Southampton where he worked within the successful academy programme. In 2011, he became the youngest academy manager in the Football League taking the reins of Aldershot Town's academy. He has also been academy manager at Crawley Town.
Sherman holds the UEFA Pro and A Licences, passing his A Licence at the age of 21 through the Football Association of Wales in 2009. He is the son of (Australian) technical director Rob Sherman. [2]
In March 2015, Sherman was appointed as manager, and technical director, of the Cook Islands national team. During his tenure with the Cook Islands, Sherman led the national team to their highest FIFA ranking position following the nation's first competitive victories. [2]
In January 2017, Sherman was appointed as technical director of Brisbane Roar's newly formed academy. Between March and May 2017 he was placed as interim assistant manager to John Aloisi following the suspension of Ross Aloisi.
On 25 May 2019, Sherman was appointed by Melbourne Victory as general manager – technical & academy; in this role, he will be charged with overseeing the Victory's talent development pathway and youth teams, including the structure and ongoing rollout of the club's academy. [3]
Team | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
Cook Islands | 27 March 2015 | 11 February 2017 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 66.67 |
Brisbane Roar Youth | 4 June 2018 | 7 March 2019 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 60.00 |
Total | 23 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 60.87 |
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