Anthony James Pulis (born 21 July 1984) is a Welsh

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coach and former player who is currently the head coach of Miami FC in the USL Championship. A journeyman for much of his career Pulis represented

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Stoke City Stoke City Football Club is a professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which competes in the . Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, it changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke ...

Torquay United Torquay United Football Club is a professional football club based in Torquay, Devon, England. The team currently compete in the , the fifth tier of English football. They have played their home matches at Plainmoor since 1921 and are nicknamed ...

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, Grimsby Town, Bristol Rovers,

Southampton Southampton () is a port city in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in southern England. It is located approximately south-west of London and west of Portsmouth. The city forms part of the South Hampshire built-up area, which also covers Po ...

, Lincoln City, Stockport County,

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and Aldershot Town during 10 years spent playing in England before moving abroad and establishing himself in the USL Pro with Orlando City. He made four appearances for the Wales under-21 team, but did not represent his country at senior level.

Club career

Portsmouth

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-born Pulis began his career as a trainee with

whilst his father

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managed the club, turning professional in July 2003. Despite his father's sacking after only 10 months in charge, Anthony stayed at

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, hoping to break into the club's

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. He made just one first team appearance for Pompey, as a substitute in the 2–0 League Cup win away to

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on 9 November 2004.

Stoke City

In December 2004, after failing to make an impact on the Portsmouth first team, Anthony Pulis and teammate

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each signed two and a half-year contracts with the elder Pulis' side,

. Almost immediately after his arrival at Stoke, Anthony joined

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, making his league debut as a first-half substitute for Alex Russell as Torquay lost 2–1 at home to Stockport County on 1 January 2005. However his appearances were limited and his loan spell was cut short. Pulis once again found his first team opportunities scarce after his father was dismissed and replaced by Johan Boskamp prior to the 2005–06 season. In February 2006, he joined Doncaster Rovers on trial, however no permanent deal materialised and he returned to Stoke. Towards the end of the 2005–06 season he was loaned to

, linking up with his father for the third time in his career. After his loan spell, Pulis returned to the Britannia Stadium for the 2006–07 season, coinciding with his father's June 2006 managerial reappointment there. He moved, along with

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, to Grimsby Town on loan on 23 November 2006. However, he made only nine appearances before his loan spell was cut short due to injury. In his second-last appearance, he was substituted at half-time as Grimsby suffered a 4–0 loss to

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. The 2007–08 season started brightly for Pulis. He gained his first assist for the club, as his corner set up a

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header in a 3–2 defeat to

, however injury problems kept him sidelined for several months thereafter. He was loaned out again, on this occasion to Bristol Rovers, however he made only one appearance for the club before his loan spell was curtailed due to another injury. In his only appearance for the club, a 14-minute cameo in a 2–0 defeat to Doncaster Rovers, Pulis conceded a

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and was booked.

Southampton

In August 2008 Pulis moved to Southampton on a two-year contract a free transfer. He joined

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team Lincoln City on one-month loan in October 2009 making his debut on 10 October in a 1–0 away win against

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. Pulis became an instant first team regular at Lincoln but left the club when his loan contract expired on 7 January 2010. He had spent the previous six weeks on the injured list. In October 2010, he joined Stockport County on loan for a month and made his debut for the club on 9 October 2010 in a match against Gillingham, a club his father managed, in which he scored a consolation goal for Stockport. This was his first competitive goal of his eight-year career. The loan was extended into a second and third month. Pulis joined

on loan in February 2011 but was sent off 29 minutes into his debut, a 3–0 defeat at home to

. Anthony Pulis was released by Southampton on 21 May 2011, having never made a first-team appearance for the club.

Aldershot Town

At the start of August 2011, it was announced that Pulis had signed for

side Aldershot Town, on a one-year contract. He went on to make five league and two League Cup appearances for the club, of which he only started one game.

Orlando City

In January 2012 Pulis joined USL Pro side Orlando City, Stoke's American affiliate in the third tier of the

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. He scored his first goal for the Lions against the

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in a 2–0 win. In his three seasons at Orlando, the club won one USL Pro Championship and two Commissioner's Cups. Pulis was a player-coach during his three years playing for Orlando and at the end of the 2014 season he announced his retirement from playing to move into coaching full-time.

Coaching career

Orlando City B

On 15 October 2015, Pulis was announced as the head-coach of USL League One club Orlando City B.

Saint Louis FC

On 20 November 2017, Pulis stepped down as the head coach of Orlando City B and signed as a head-coach with Saint Louis FC.

Inter Miami CF

On 1 March 2021,

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announced Pulis as an assistant coach.

Miami FC

On 29 November 2021, Pulis was announced as the new head coach of Miami FC.

Personal life

Pulis is a Catholic and regularly attends church. He is the son of Welsh football manager Tony Pulis and the nephew of former footballer

Ray Pulis Raymond Pulis (born 21 November 1964) is a former footballer, who played in the English Football League for Newport County where he made one Football League appearance. He later joined Trowbridge Town. His brother Tony is also a former profess ...

Career statistics

*Sourced fro
Soccerbase.com
:A. The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the

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References

External links

Anthony Pulis Interview
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pulis, Anthony 1984 births Living people Footballers from Bristol Welsh Roman Catholics Welsh footballers Association football midfielders Portsmouth F.C. players Stoke City F.C. players Torquay United F.C. players Plymouth Argyle F.C. players Grimsby Town F.C. players Bristol Rovers F.C. players Southampton F.C. players Lincoln City F.C. players Stockport County F.C. players Barnet F.C. players Aldershot Town F.C. players Orlando City SC (2010–2014) players English Football League players USL Championship players Wales under-21 international footballers Welsh expatriate footballers Welsh expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate soccer players in the United States Orlando City SC non-playing staff Welsh football managers Orlando City B coaches Saint Louis FC coaches Miami FC coaches USL Championship coaches Welsh expatriate football managers Expatriate soccer managers in the United States Inter Miami CF non-playing staff Association football coaches