Graham Harvey (born 11 February 1984) is an English

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manager and former player who is the

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of Australian club

Redlands United Redlands United Football Club is an association football club based in Cleveland, Brisbane, Queensland. The club, formed in 1918, is one of the oldest soccer clubs in Queensland. It re-entered the top tier, Brisbane Premier League (BPL), in 201 ...

Club career

After being released by

Stevenage Borough Stevenage Football Club (known as Stevenage Borough Football Club until 2010) is a professional association football club based in the town of Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England. The club competes in EFL League One, the third level of the Engli ...

as a youth player, Harvey played semi-professional football for

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, as well as Whitsunday Miners in Australia.

Managerial career

After graduating with a Masters in Sports Coaching from

Loughborough University Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a public university, public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university sinc ...

, Harvey worked at a number of English clubs as a youth coach. His first foray into management came in Australia, where he managed

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, Whitsunday Miners and most notably Western Pride. Following his managerial stints in Australia, Harvey was appointed assistant manager at Hong Kong club

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. He left this role in 2019 and returned to Australia joining

as their technical director. He also went on to work as assistant for the China women's under-16 football team, as well as the

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. In June 2021, he was appointed manager of Filipino side Kaya–Iloilo under a short-term contract to lead the club's debut campaign in the

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. His first game in charge was the play-off round, where they defeated

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1–0 to qualify for the competition proper. However, Kaya lost all their matches in Group F, which contained defending champions

Ulsan Hyundai Ulsan HD FC (), formerly Ulsan Hyundai FC, is a South Korean professional football club based in Ulsan that competes in the K League 1, the top tier of South Korean football. Founded in 1983 as Hyundai Horang-i, they joined the K League in 198 ...

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champions BG Pathum United, and

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champions

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. At the end of his contract, Harvey returned to Redlands United.

Career statistics

Managerial

References

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