Kenny Lowe (born 6 November 1961) is an English football coach and former player who is the manager of Australian side

Perth SC Perth Soccer Club is an Australian professional soccer club based in West Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1987 as the result of a merger between three local clubs, though its pre-merger history is regarded to be that of Perth ...

. Kenny played for ten clubs in England, and had a stint in Australia also. He later managed

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and Barrow before returning to

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to work in football, where he would undertake a five-year tenure as the manager of A-League side

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Playing career

Lowe played for ten clubs during his career, which started on a part-time basis in 1981 with

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, while he served an apprenticeship as a pipe-fitter and welder with

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. He moved to Australia in 1986 to play for Spearwood Dalmatinacs in the Western Australia Premier League before returning to England. He was twice signed by manager

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, first for £40,000 for

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in 1991 and secondly at

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for £75,000, when at the age of 31 he turned professional. He finally ended his career at the age of 39. He also won two caps with the England semi-professional team.

Managerial career

Lowe started his managerial career with

as joint manager with

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. He returned to Barrow in 1999 when the club had just four players. He stayed at Barrow for four seasons during which time they remained in administration. He left Barrow to move to Australia where he was appointed assistant manager at

. He also coaches at the

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national training centre, taking charge of the team in inter-state matches. Following the sacking of

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as Perth Glory's head coach, Lowe was appointed as the caretaker coach. On 22 April 2014 Lowe was appointed as full-time coach of Perth Glory, after winning just 4 of 17 games as caretaker coach. In his first full season in charge of the Glory he led them to the final of the

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. On 20 April 2018 Lowe was sacked as the head coach of Perth and was appointed technical director of the club's academy. Lowe departed as the Glory's longest serving A-League manager. On 13 November 2018, Lowe was appointed as an assistant coach of the Socceroos for their friendlies in November. He continued in this role for the Socceroos' Asian Cup defence in January. In July 2023, following the departure of

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as head coach, Lowe became interim coach of Perth Glory once again for a post-season game against

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and the

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play-off against

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Personal life

He was born in

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, County Durham, and now lives in

, Western Australia. His sister,

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, is a former England netball international.

Career statistics

Source:

Managerial statistics

Honours

Individual *

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: 1991–92 Fourth Division, 1992–93 Third Division

References

External links

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Kenny Lowe career stats
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