Leigh Manson is a Scottish

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manager and the founder and current president of

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Total Football in Japan. Manson has been coaching with the sport for 20 years, he has also played in numerous clubs like the Queen of the South and Gretna in Scotland and the

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in the United States. He also served as head coach of

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which then competed in the United Football League.

Football career

Leigh Manson is the founder and president of Total Football in Japan. He was licensed as a Union of European Football Associations (

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) B coach with numerous awards from the

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. He was a part of the training of

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as their preparation to the

2013 Southeast Asian Games The 2013 Southeast Asian Games ( my, ၂၀၁၃ ခုနှစ် အရှေ့တောင် အာရှ အားကစား ပြိုင်ပွဲ), officially known as the 27th Southeast Asian Games, or the 27th SEA Games, and comm ...

. They held their training with the squad every day for two weeks.

Global

Brian Reid was replaced by Manson to coach for

, a Philippine-based football club. He made his debut in the United Football League, the premier football league in the country against

Loyola Meralco Sparks Loyola Football Club is a Filipino association football club based in Metro Manila. The club has won one UFL Cup and one PFF National Men's Club Championship. Founded as Loyola Agila Football Club in 2006, the club changed its name to Loyola M ...

in a 4–0 loss.

Davao Aguilas

In May 2018, Manson was hired by the

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club,

Davao Aguilas F.C. The Davao Aguilas Football Club (abbreviated as DAFC) is a Philippines, Filipino professional association football, football club based in the city of Tagum, Davao del Norte. From 2017 to 2018, the club has played in the Philippines Football Leag ...

as an assistant coach to their newly appointed head coach, Melchor Anzures.

Managerial statistics

Honours

Global FC * United Football League:

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**''Runners-up'':

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**''Runners-up'':

* PFF Club Championship **''Runners-up'': 2014–15

References

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