Simon Alexander McMenemy (born 6 December 1977) is a Scottish
football manager and the current technical director of
Liga 2 club
Persela Lamongan. Previously, he had spells as manager of
Bhayangkara, Maldivian side
New Radiant,
Indonesia Super League club
Pelita Bandung Raya,
Mitra Kukar in Indonesia,
Äồng Tâm Long An in Vietnam,
Loyola Meralco Sparks in Philippines, the
Philippines national team and the
Indonesia national team.
He rejoined Bhayangkara in 2021 as technical director.
His first job in football was for
Brighton & Hove Albion as a development officer.
McMenemy then worked for sportswear giant
Nike.
He was the assistant coach of English
non-League football side
Worthing before moving on to management.
Previously, he applied for the
Clyde vacancy in his native Scotland in 2014 but lost out to
Barry Ferguson.
Coaching career
Haywards Heath Town
McMenemy started his career in coaching as manager of
Sussex County League club
Haywards Heath Town.
Philippines
Through
Chris Greatwich, one of his former players at club
Lewes
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, McMenemy heard about the vacant coaching job in the Philippines. Five weeks after applying, he received an offer from the
Philippine Football Federation, the governing body of football in the country, to coach the
Philippines national team.
After an undefeated group campaign, one win and two draws, the Philippines qualified second in the group to face the
Indonesia national team in the semi-finals. The team was eventually defeated 2–0 on aggregate with Indonesia's
Cristian Gonzáles scoring a goal in each leg of the semi-final. Both the home and away legs were held in Indonesia as the Philippines didn't have a stadium that met the international standard set by
AFF.
The win of the Philippines over the
Vietnam national football team during the group phase of the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup was ranked as one of the "Top 10 soccer stories of 2010" by columnist Georgina Turner of American sports magazine ''
Sports Illustrated
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''.
McMenemy left the Philippines in January 2011 and was replaced by
German manager
Michael Weiß.
Loyola Meralco Sparks
On 26 August 2014, McMenemy was named head coach of the Loyola Meralco Sparks of the United Football League, replacing Vince Santos, who led the team to the 2013 Cup title but was unable to win the more prestigious UFL league titles in the past two years.
On 31 January 2015, McMenemy won his first silverware as a professional coach and as a Sparks manager. In December 2016, Loyola announced that McMenemy had left the club.
Bhayangkara
Indonesian club
Bhayangkara appointed McMenemy to lead the club as its head coach on 23 December 2016. Bhayangkara won the Indonesian Liga 1 on that moment.
Indonesia
On 20 December 2018, McMenemy was appointed by the
Football Association of Indonesia as the head coach of the national team, replacing
Bima Sakti.
PSSI decided to sack McMenemy on 6 November 2019 over the national team's deteriorating performance during
2022 World Cup qualification, shortly after Indonesia was awarded hosting rights for the
2021 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
Managerial statistics
Honours
Loyola Meralco Sparks
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United Football League Division 1: runners-up
2014
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PFF National Men's Club Championship:
2014–15
Bhayangkara
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Liga 1:
2017
Individual
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Liga 1 Best Coach:
2017
References
External links
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Simon McMenemy Interview
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1977 births
Living people
Footballers from Aberdeen
Scottish men's footballers
Worthing F.C. players
Haywards Heath Town F.C. players
Burgess Hill Town F.C. players
Kajaanin Haka players
Scottish football managers
Philippines national football team managers
Long An FC managers
PS Mitra Kukar managers
Madura United F.C. managers
United Football League (Philippines) managers
Bhayangkara Presisi Lampung F.C. managers
Men's association football players not categorized by position
Indonesia Super League managers
Liga 1 (Indonesia) managers
Indonesia national football team managers
Scottish expatriate football managers
Expatriate football managers in Indonesia
Expatriate football managers in Vietnam
Expatriate football managers in the Philippines
Expatriate football managers in the Maldives
Scottish expatriate sportspeople in the Maldives
Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Vietnam
Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia
Scottish expatriate sportspeople in the Philippines