Alexander Matthew Inglethorpe (born 14 November 1971) is an English former

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who played as a

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for

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and

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. He is now the Academy Director at

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Biography

Playing career

Born in

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, England, Inglethorpe began his playing career at

. However, despite staying at the club for five years, he made only two starts and ten substitute appearances in league matches. Following a loan spell at

in 1995, he signed for

. In 2000, he moved to

, where he ended his professional career following a brief loan spell at

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, for whom he played only a single match in the

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Coaching career

Inglethorpe started his coaching career at

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in a player-manager role. While at Leatherhead he had to manage the team on a budget of just £500 a week. In his interview to James Pearce of the Chester Chronicle he included "While I was there, I worked in a warehouse and I coached the Under-18s at Lewisham College. I had 70 to 80 youngsters and a bag of balls and had to make the most of it. It was hard but they were good times." Inglethorpe returned to Leyton Orient as U-19 coach in January 2004. He was appointed manager of Exeter in October 2004. During his tenure at Exeter the club drew 0–0 with

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in the FA Cup. Whilst managing in non-League he also served as Assistant Manager of the

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, but left the post in October 2005 as he was unhappy with claims he used the post to tap up other clubs' players. In June 2006 he left Exeter to join the coaching staff at Tottenham, having also been offered the manager's job at

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. Following the sacking of

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, he served as assistant to caretaker manager

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until the appointment of

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. After Ramos was sacked, Inglethorpe was due to take charge of the Tottenham team for a league match against

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, though this was prevented by the quick appointment of

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. In November 2012 he left Tottenham after six years to join

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' backroom staff at

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as a reserve team coach.Reds make Academy coach changes
liverpoolfc.com, 27 November 2012 In August 2014 Inglethorpe was promoted from the under-21s manager to academy director at Liverpool.

References

External links

liverpoolfc.com Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Inglethorpe, Alex Living people 1971 births Sportspeople from Epsom English footballers Association football forwards Watford F.C. players Barnet F.C. players Leyton Orient F.C. players Exeter City F.C. players Canvey Island F.C. players English football managers Exeter City F.C. managers Tottenham Hotspur F.C. non-playing staff Leatherhead F.C. players Liverpool F.C. non-playing staff