Colin Bell (born 5 August 1961) is an English

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manager and former player who coaches the

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Playing career

Bell began his career at Leicester City, but did not break into the first team and left for Germany aged 20. Bell played for

VfL Hamm VfL Hamm/Sieg is a German association football club from the town of Hamm, Rhineland-Palatinate. The club's greatest success has been promotion to the tier three Oberliga Südwest in 1982 and 1985, with the club spending nineteen seasons at thi ...

and

1. FSV Mainz 05 1. Fußball- und Sportverein Mainz 05 e. V., usually shortened to 1. FSV Mainz 05, Mainz 05 () or simply Mainz (), is a German sports club, founded in 1905 and based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. 1. FSV Mainz 05 play in the Bundesliga, the top ...

, featuring in the

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for the latter.

Coaching career

Bell retired to take up coaching in 1989. He managed TuS Koblenz for seven years, before joining the coaching staff of

1. FC Köln 1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., commonly known as simply FC Köln () or FC Cologne in English, is a German professional football club based in Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs ''Kölner Ballspi ...

in 1996. In 1999, he took on his most high-profile role to date, managing Dynamo Dresden, but was not successful – the team failed to qualify for the restructured

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, and dropped to the Oberliga (level four) for the first time. He was sacked before the end of the season. After spells managing

SV Waldhof Mannheim SV Waldhof Mannheim is a multi-sports club, located in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg. It is most known for its association football team; however, there are also professional handball and table-tennis sides. The club today has a membership of over ...

's reserve team, and

SC Preußen Münster SC Preußen Münster (English: Prussia Münster) is a German sports club based in Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia which is mostly recognised for its football section. The football team currently plays in Regionalliga West which is the fourth tie ...

, he worked at TuS Koblenz as assistant manager and youth coach. In 2011, he signed for

SC 07 Bad Neuenahr SC 07 Bad Neuenahr was a German football club from Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate. The best-known section within the club was its women's football team, which was founded in 1969 and won the German Championship in 1978. ''Sportclub ...

in Germany's Women's Bundesliga. Two seasons later, Bell became the manager of

1. FFC Frankfurt Eintracht Frankfurt is a German women's association football club based in Frankfurt. Its first team currently plays in the German top flight, Frauen-Bundesliga. From 1998 to 2020, the club was known as 1. FFC Frankfurt. Eintracht have won sev ...

. The team won the

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and the

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. In December 2015, he left 1. FFC Frankfurt to coach

Avaldsnes IL Avaldsnes Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Avaldsnes, Karmøy, Rogaland. It was founded on 16 June 1937. The club has sections for football and handball. Women's football The women's team began play in 1989, winning the 1st Division of ...

. In July 2016, he returned to Germany to coach

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. On 8 February 2017, Colin Bell was appointed the Senior International Manager of the

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, replacing Sue Ronan. He took up his new position from 13 February 2017. On 29 June 2019, he was appointed as the Assistant Head Coach at

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club Huddersfield Town. On 18 October 2019, he was appointed as the manager of the

, with a contract to run up to and including the 2022 Women's Asian Cup. He became the first ever manager to guide South Korea to the final of a Women's Asian Cup, guiding South Korea to the final of the 2022 edition, where South Korea finished runners-up after losing to

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Honours

1. FFC Frankfurt * *

: 2014–15

References

External links

Colin Bell
at fsv05.de * 1961 births Living people Footballers from Leicester English footballers English expatriate footballers English football managers English expatriate football managers Leicester City F.C. players 1. FSV Mainz 05 players English expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Germany Dynamo Dresden managers 2. Bundesliga players SC Preußen Münster managers English expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate football managers in Norway Republic of Ireland women's national football team managers South Korea women's national football team managers TuS Koblenz managers 1. FSV Mainz 05 II managers Association football defenders {{England-footy-defender-1960s-stub