Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 3 October 1957 | ||
Place of birth | Hull, England | ||
Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
Hull City | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1975–1980 | Hull City | 92 | (5) |
1980–1982 | Hereford United | 41 | (5) |
1982–1983 | Croydon City Arrows | 40 | (7) |
1984–1987 | Preston Makedonia | 58 | (4) |
1987–1988 | Melbourne Croatia | 41 | (2) |
1989–1991 | Croydon City Arrows | 56 | (5) |
1993 | Knox City | 17 | (0) |
Total | 345 | (28) | |
Managerial career | |||
1989–1991 | Croydon City Arrows | ||
1991–1993 | Preston Makedonia | ||
1993–1995 | Altona Magic | ||
1995–1997 | Melbourne Knights | ||
1997–1998 | Altona Magic | ||
1999–2003 | Green Gully | ||
2003–2004 | Melbourne Knights | ||
2005 | Green Gully | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ian Dobson (born 3 October 1957) is an English former football coach and player who is Director of Coaching at Green Gully Soccer Club.. He has won the Victorian Premier League Coach of the Year Award twice.
Dobson first arrived in Australia in 1982 and played for the Croydon City Arrows in the State League before being snapped up by National League side Preston Makedonia. Coincidentally Dobson's first coaching role came in 1989 with the Croydon City Arrows in a career which would span three decades to include a National Soccer League Championship with the Melbourne Knights, a National Soccer League Cup, also with the Melbourne Knights, two Victorian Premier League titles with Altona Magic (1995, 1997) and six Victorian Premier League titles with Green Gully.
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