Leigh Manson is a Scottish

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manager and the founder and current president of

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Total Football in Japan. Manson has been coaching with the sport for 20 years, he has also played in clubs like the Queen of the South and Gretna in Scotland and the

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in the United States. He also served as head coach of

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which then competed in the United Football League.

Career

Leigh Manson is the founder and president of Total Football in Japan. He was licensed as a Union of European Football Associations (

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) B coach with awards from the

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. He was a part of the training of Philippines national under-23 football team as their preparation to the

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. They held their training with the squad every day for two weeks.

Global

Brian Reid was replaced by Manson to coach for

, a Philippine-based football club. He made his debut in the United Football League, the premier football league in the country against Loyola Meralco Sparks in a 4–0 loss.

Davao Aguilas

In May 2018, Manson was hired by the

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club, Davao Aguilas as an assistant coach to their newly appointed head coach, Melchor Anzures.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Global FC * United Football League:

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; runner-up

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2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

* UFL FA Cup:

* UFL FA League Cup runner-up:

* PFF Club Championship runner-up: 2014–15

References

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