Bryan Paul Klug (born 8 October 1960) is an English former professional

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and

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. He is currently the Head of Coaching and Player Development at the Ipswich Town Academy.

Playing career

Born in Coventry, Klug began his football career as an apprentice with

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. He joined

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on loan in March 1980 and made his Football League debut with them, although after returning to Ipswich in July 1980, he still did not make a first team appearance.Stats at Pride of Anglia
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, finishing his

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career with Peterborough United, before moving to non-league with Chelmsford City. Klug played in the

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final for Sudbury Town vs Tamworth in 1989, crossing for Dave Hubbick to head home after 7 minutes. The match ended 1–1.

Coaching career

Klug returned to Ipswich as a youth-team coach in 1987. He worked his way up through the youth coaching system over a number of years, eventually becoming director of the newly formed academy at Ipswich in 1998. The Ipswich academy experienced years of success under Klug's management, producing a high number of first-team players graduating from the youth system, whilst also winning the

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in 2005. Following the appointment of Jim Magilton as manager of Ipswich in the summer of 2006, Klug became Magilton's assistant. Working with the first-team alongside Magilton until 2009. In January 2009, Klug took on a new role as Head of Football Development, with him overseeing coaching development, scouting and fitness throughout the first-team and academy at Ipswich. He took over as

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of Ipswich on 22 April 2009, following the sacking of Magilton. However, a day later,

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was appointed as manager. In January 2010, it was announced that Klug had been sacked from the club after new manager

decided to trim the staff at the club. After leaving Ipswich, he joined the coaching set up at Tottenham Hotspur, overseeing the coaching of the Premier League side’s academy schoolboys up to the age of 16. Klug worked his way up to become the assistant academy manager and head of player development at Tottenham. He left his role at the Tottenham academy in June 2012 to return to Ipswich to become the club's academy director. Following the departure of Mick McCarthy towards the end of the 2017–18 season, Klug was made caretaker manager for the final four games. On 30 May 2018,

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was announced as full-time manager, replacing Klug. In October 2018 Klug was again made caretaker manager at Ipswich, following Hurst's sacking after Ipswich winning just once in 15 games.

Personal life

In May 2013, Klug completed his seventh marathon, after running the Edinburgh Marathon, having also previously run the London and New York City marathons to raise money for local charities.

Managerial statistics

References

External links

Bryan Klug profile
at the Ipswich Town F.C. website {{DEFAULTSORT:Klug, Bryan 1960 births Living people Footballers from Coventry English footballers Association football midfielders Ipswich Town F.C. players Wimbledon F.C. players Chesterfield F.C. players Peterborough United F.C. players Sudbury Town F.C. players Chelmsford City F.C. players English Football League players Ipswich Town F.C. managers English football managers English Football League managers Ipswich Town F.C. non-playing staff Tottenham Hotspur F.C. non-playing staff