Jon Rudkin

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Jon Rudkin (born 13 January 1968) is an English football coach currently working for Leicester City and Oud-Heverlee Leuven as its Director of Football, alongside his role as Academy Director. [1]

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Leicester City

Youth roles

Rudkin was appointed the Academy Manager at Leicester City in June 2003 having previously been a schoolboy in the City youth system himself when he was 16 and working as a youth coach since 1998.[ citation needed ] After working as a coach on a part-time basis Rudkin took up the full-time post of Head Coach at the then centre of excellence.[ citation needed ] During that period Leicester produced a number of outstanding talents which have progressed from the Academy to local radio– including Emile Heskey and Matt Piper.[ citation needed ]

Rudkin holds the UEFA Pro licence and has completed the Academy Director's licence.[ citation needed ] On 29 August 2007, he jointly took over managerial responsibility of Leicester after Martin Allen left by mutual consent. [2]

Rudkin has since overseen the development of players through the Leicester City youth academy such as Andy King, Joe Mattock, Richard Stearman, Jeffrey Schlupp and Liam Moore.[ citation needed ] All five having gained international recognition in the form of either a full international cap or an Under-21 international cap.[ citation needed ]

Director of Football

On 14 December 2014, Rudkin replaced the outgoing Terry Robinson as director of football. Since his appointment Rudkin has received criticism from Leicester fans for missing out on a number of transfer targets. This culminated in an embarrassing episode for the club in August 2017, where transfer documentation was sent to the Football Association 14 seconds too late to complete the signing of Sporting Lisbon midfielder Adrien Silva. This is despite Rudkin having sanctioned the sale of midfielder Danny Drinkwater to Chelsea only minutes earlier. [3]

On 2016, Rudkin served as director of the Oud-Heverlee Leuven under the King Power International Group.

On deadline day 2023, yet another transfer issue occurred at Leicester under Rudkin’s watchful eye, as multiple transfer deals for out-of-favour striker Patson Daka fell through, reportedly due to Rudkin’s own mismanagement. The blunder left the club bereft of funds, and the player in a squad where he was fourth-choice striker.

Managerial statistics

Managerial record by team and tenure
TeamFromToRecordRef
PWDLWin %
Leicester City (caretaker)29 August 200713 September 20071010000.0 [2] [4] [5]
Leicester City (caretaker)24 October 201115 November 20113102033.3
Total1010000.0—

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References

  1. ↑ Jon Rudkin to mastermind Leicester City's January transfer dealings in role as new director of football Archived 15 August 2015 at the Wayback Machine , Leicester Mercury , Retrieved on 15 December 2014
  2. 1 2 "Allen ends brief Leicester reign". BBC Sport. 29 August 2007. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  3. ↑ "Leicester City Makes Change In Director Of Football Role". Leicester City F.C. Retrieved on 14 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Megson excited by Leicester job". BBC Sport. 13 September 2007. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Results/matches: 2007/08". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 18 May 2016.
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