Justin Walley

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Justin Walley
Personal information
Place of birth Huntingdon, England
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013-18 Riga United FC 60 (5)
2018 FK Cesis 4 (0)
2019-20 Riga United FC 3 (1)
2020-23 FK Aliance 3 (0)
International career
2018 Matabeleland 1 (0)
Managerial career
2013-2014 Riga United FC
2014-2016 Riga United Ladies
2017 FK Aliance
2017-2018 Matabeleland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Justin Walley is an English football manager, former player and published author who is the press and communications director of the Marshall Islands Soccer Federation.

Career

In 2007, Walley founded Latvian side Riga United. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] After that, he was appointed manager of Matabeleland. [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] In 2023, he was appointed press and communications director of the Marshall Islands Soccer Federation. [23]

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References

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  2. "Hospitals, secret police & the English explorer who managed an African state". planetfootball.com. 7 March 2019.
  3. "JUSTIN WALLEY: THE ENGLISH COACH GUNNING FOR SUCCESS AT THE CONIFA WORLD CUP WITH ZIMBABWE'S MINNOWS". thesefootballtimes.co. March 2018.
  4. "Justin Walley - CONIFA WORLD CUP & Military Coups". britishfootballcoaches.com. 17 January 2019.
  5. "Justin Walley: The travelling coach". soccercoachweekly.net.
  6. "Justin Walley: From Latvia with Love". heartof.football. 27 January 2022.
  7. "Zach Lowy and Justin Walley Discuss "One Football, No Nets"". breakingthelines.com.
  8. "We had 17 players in the back of a truck' - Meet the man carrying the hopes of Matabeleland". goal.com.
  9. "Interview: Justin Walley, Matabeleland Manager". thenationalstudent.com.
  10. "Riga's international soccer club scores film first". eng.lsm.lv.
  11. "England fan's bid to break football shirt record". BBC News. 2 June 2010.
  12. ""Пил пять ночей подряд. Нужен перерыв". Почему английский фанат хочет жить в России". sport-express.ru. 23 June 2018.
  13. "Получивший работу в турcфере после твита англичанин: Алтай – природа, Санкт-Петербург – архитектура, а Казань значит "чувствовать себя как дома"". sntat.ru.
  14. ""ОН УЛЕТЕЛ, НО ОБЕЩАЛ ВЕРНУТЬСЯ!"". yalkyn.ru. 3 July 2018.
  15. "One Football, No Nets by Justin Walley". wsc.co.uk.
  16. "How football is repairing wounds of violence and poverty in Zimbabwe". metro.co.uk (Archived).
  17. "How Managing Matabeleland Is About Finance as Much as Football". theculturetrip.com. 11 May 2018.
  18. "Why the CONIFA World Football Cup matters to Matabeleland". skysports.com.
  19. "'For the people of Matabeleland, this team is a massive breakthrough'". the42.ie. 4 May 2020.
  20. "Football in Zimbabwe: Hopes, fears – and in need of direction (part two)". prostinternational.com.
  21. "Justin Walley, The Englishman Who Manages In Africa".
  22. "The Matabeleland challenge". gameofthepeople.com. 11 March 2018.
  23. "I'm absolutely delighted to announce that I'm now the Press & Communications Director for the last country on earth without a national team - the Marshall Islands".