Robert Sherman (born 21 August 1960) is a Welsh football manager and former footballer who manages the Fiji national football team.
Sherman grew up in Aberystwyth, Wales.[ citation needed ]
Sherman attended Ysgol Penglais School in Wales. [1]
Sherman has been described as a "highly respected figure in football and coaching education globally". [2] He was described as "helped nurture Gareth Bale and Aaron Ramsey in his previous role at the Welsh FA". [3] He worked as technical director of Football Federation Australia, where he was described as "charged with rekindling Australian soccer’s stagnant youth development system... will oversee a review into academy structures and pathways, incorporating NPL and grassroots clubs, and assess the controversial national compensation scheme, where junior clubs earn a pittance for producing talent". [4]
Sherman mainly operated as a left-winger. [5]
Sherman is the father of Welsh football manager Drew Sherman.
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