Louis Lancaster

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Louis Lancaster
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Personal information
Full name Louis Alan Lancaster [1]
Date of birth (1981-10-09) 9 October 1981 (age 42)
Place of birth Barking, England
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Wealdstone
Hertford Town
Berkhamsted
2014 Welwyn Garden City 1 (0)
Managerial career
2012 Brentford U18
2016 Shanghai Shenxin (assistant)
2017–2019 Taiwan (assistant)
2019 Taiwan
2020 Utah Royals (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Louis Lancaster (born 9 October 1981) is an English professional football coach, notable for his role as head coach of Chinese Taipei national football team [2] and coaching Jadon Sancho. [3]

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Early life

Born in Barking, Lancaster was raised in Hatfield in Hertfordshire. During his youth he had stints at professional academies however failed to secure a contract. Lancaster played semi-professional football for Welwyn Garden City, Hertford Town, Berkhamsted and Wealdstone. [4]

Managerial career

Lancaster holds a UEFA Pro License and an Elite Coaching License. [5] He has held coaching positions at Portsmouth and Brentford. [6] He also worked with future England international Jadon Sancho [7] [8] during his time at Watford, [9] [10] where he spent three seasons.

In 2011, Lancaster was selected as one of 16 coaches from the past decade to participate in the inaugural FA Elite Coaches Award delivered by Dick Bate and Alistair Smith. He went on to complete his UEFA Pro Licence in 2013 where he also completed an in-depth study on the topic of mavericks. It was on this course he met Gary White. Lancaster assisted White at Shanghai Shenxin in China League One [11] and with the Chinese Taipei national football team. [12] In their time with the National Team, they reached the nation's highest ever FIFA ranking [13] and won their first title in 49 years. [14]

Chinese Taipei national team

Lancaster was appointed the head coach of the Chinese Taipei national team on 18 January 2019, his first senior management position. [15] [16]

Lancaster secured his first win charge on 11 June 2019, when Taiwan defeated Hong Kong 0–2, [17] with both goals scored by Chen Hao-wei. He was sacked in December 2019. [18]

Utah Royals

On 18 February 2020, Utah Royals announced that Lancaster had joined as an assistant. [19] Lancaster's time in Utah came to an end in December 2020 when it was announced that the Royals would cease operations and their player-related assets transferred to the expansion Kansas City NWSL team. [20]

Career statistics

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueFA CupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Welwyn Garden City 2004–05 [21] Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division33000033
Hatfield Town 2005–06 [1] Hertfordshire Senior County League Premier Division21000021
Hertford Town 2007–08 [22] Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division160306 [lower-alpha 1] 0250
Welwyn Garden City 2013–14 [4] Spartan South Midlands League First Division10000010
Career total2243060314
  1. ↑ 2 appearances in Spartan South Midlands League Challenge Trophy 2 appearances in Spartan South Midlands League Premier Division Cup, 1 appearance in Herts Senior Cup, 1 appearance in Herts Charity Cup

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