Alex Weaver is an English

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Career

Weaver began coaching at 17 years old when he passed the

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Coaching Certificate (Now FA Level 2 in Football Coaching). Having played youth football at

Stoke City Stoke City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. The team competes in the , the second level of the English football league system. Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, the cl ...

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, Staffordshire U19s and then advancing into the semi-professional ranks of the

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, he began to develop his coaching experience as a youth coach at local North West Counties club, Newcastle Town FC. In between completing the UEFA B and UEFA A coaching certificates, he attained a BSc Coaching Science Degree at

Liverpool John Moores University Liverpool John Moores University (abbreviated LJMU) is a public university, public research university in the city of Liverpool, England. The university can trace its origins to the Liverpool Mechanics' School of Arts, established in 1823. This ...

. Aged 28, he began working full-time for Manchester United Soccer Schools, coaching in places such as

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, South Africa and India. He returned to Seattle to coach

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for 18 months as they prepared to participate in the

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but the club could not manage to attain the financial support to compete in the league. Hired by Highline Premier FC, one of

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's premier youth clubs, Weaver went on to develop HPFC's playing and coach development programs for three years before leaving the US to develop his career in

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

. He was appointed head coach of

Hougang United Hougang United Football Club is a professional football club based in Hougang, Singapore. The club competes in the Singapore Premier League, the top tier of Singaporean football. Founded in 1998 as Marine Castle United, the club changed its ...

, a club in the S. League in early 2013. After only five months, Weaver resigned from his job, and was later appointed as head coach of rival

Warriors FC Warriors Football Club was a Singaporean professional football club based in Choa Chu Kang, Singapore, that played in the Singapore Premier League, the top division of football in Singapore. Before changing their name on 20 January 2013, they ...

in June 2013, replacing V. Selvaraj. He went on to guide the club to the S-League title in his first full year as head coach. In February, Warriors FC started the 2015 campaign with

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qualifiers against Yadanarbon FC and

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side,

Guangzhou Evergrande Guangzhou Football Club (), previously Guangzhou Evergrande (), was a Chinese professional football club based in Guangzhou, Guangdong. Historically, Guangzhou FC played its home matches at various grounds in their home city, most notably at T ...

. Weaver has developed a reputation for his methodical planning and preparation of teams, and has regularly discussed the 'periodisation' of football conditioning methods of Raymond Verheijen in the local media, and its influence on his own coaching practice. He left

by mutual consent in October 2015, and joined the Singapore office of leading British sports production and media company, Sunset+Vine in January 2016, to write for its digital publication, VoxSports. In May 2016, Weaver attained the UEFA Pro Licence following completion of the final course module, in which candidates were to compile a research study on a topic of their choice. Weaver completed a 10,000 word study on 'Leadership Hierarchies in Southeast Asian Football' and presented it at the English Football Association to gain his award. In August 2016, he began working within the academy at FC Lausanne Sport in

Switzerland Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland ...

. In June 2023 he led Yverdon Sport to promotion and a place in the

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Honours

Managerial

In one full season of club management, Weaver led his club to win the domestic league. ;

S.League:

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Journalism career

After leaving Warriors, Weaver joined Sunset+Vine Asia (Digital) as a full-time journalist for VoxSports in January 2016, where he has been writing commentaries and articles on football for the digital news organisation.

References

External links

Warriors coach Alex Weaver fasts for a day , Goal.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Weaver, Alex Living people Sportspeople from Stoke-on-Trent English football managers Singapore Premier League managers Hougang United FC managers Warriors FC managers Year of birth missing (living people) Alumni of Liverpool John Moores University