Glen George Salmon (born 24 December 1977) is a retired

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and current manager of

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' B-team.

Career

Salmon was born in the

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n capital of

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(now Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe) and grew up in South Africa. He spent almost one decade playing in Europe for

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and

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in the

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and PAOK in Greece. Salmon made his international debut against

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on 2 February 2000 and has been capped three times in total. Scored on debut for Kempton Park in a 7–2 win over Luso Africa Stars .

Coaching career

From the summer 2013 until the summer 2019, Salmon worked as an academy manager for

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. On 21 August 2019, he was appointed manager of

' B-team.Pirates appoint new coach
kickoff.com, 21 August 2019

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* 1977 births Living people South African people of British descent White Rhodesian people South African soccer players Zimbabwean footballers Association football forwards SuperSport United F.C. players NAC Breda players FC Groningen players PAOK FC players Eredivisie players Super League Greece players South African expatriate soccer players Expatriate footballers in the Netherlands South African expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands Expatriate footballers in Greece South African expatriate sportspeople in Greece South Africa international soccer players 2000 African Cup of Nations players Sportspeople from Harare White South African people Zimbabwean emigrants to South Africa {{SouthAfrica-footy-bio-stub