Simon Alexander McMenemy (born 6 December 1977) is a Scottish football

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. Previously he had spells as manager of Bhayangkara, Maldivian side

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, Indonesia Super League club

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, Mitra Kukar in Indonesia, Đồng Tâm Long An in Vietnam,

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in Philippines, the Philippines national team and the Indonesia national team. He rejoined Bhayangkara in 2021, but as technical director His first job in football was for

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as a development officer. McMenemy then worked for Sportswear giants

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. He was the assistant coach of English non-League football side

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before moving onto management. Previously, he'd applied for the

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vacancy in his native

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in 2014, but lost out to

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Coaching career

Haywards Heath Town

McMenemy started his career in coaching as manager of Sussex County League club Haywards Heath Town.

Philippines

Through Chris Greatwich, one of his former players at club Lewes, McMenemy heard about the vacant coaching job in the Philippines. Five weeks after applying, he received an offer from the

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, the governing body of football in the country, to coach the Philippines national team. After an undefeated group campaign, one win and two draws, the Philippines qualified second in the group to face the Indonesia national team in the semi-finals. The team was eventually defeated 2–0 on aggregate with Indonesia's Cristian Gonzáles scoring a goal in each leg of the semi-final. Both the home and away legs were held in Indonesia as the Philippines didn't have a stadium that met the international standard set by

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during the group phase of the 2010 AFF Suzuki Cup was ranked as one of the "Top 10 soccer stories of 2010" by columnist Georgina Turner of American sports magazine ''

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''. McMenemy left the Philippines in January 2011, and was replaced by

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manager Michael Weiß.

Loyola Meralco Sparks

On 26 August 2014, McMenemy was named head coach of the Loyola Meralco Sparks of the United Football League, replacing Vince Santos, who led the team to the 2013 Cup title but was unable to win the more prestigious UFL league titles in the past two years. On 31 January 2015, McMenemy won his first silverware as a professional coach and as a Sparks manager. In December 2016, Loyola announced that McMenemy had left the club.

Bhayangkara

Indonesian club Bhayangkara appointed McMenemy to lead the club as its head coach on 23 December 2016. Bhayangkara won the Indonesian Liga 1 on that moment.

Indonesia

On 20 December 2018, McMenemy was appointed by

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as the head coach of national team, replacing

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. PSSI decided to sack McMenemy on 6 November 2019 over the national team's deteriorating performance during 2022 World Cup qualification, shortly after Indonesia was awarded hosting rights for the

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Honours

Loyola Meralco Sparks * United Football League Division 1: runners-up

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: 2014–15 Bhayangkara * Liga 1:

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Individual * Liga 1 Best Coach:

References

External links

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Simon McMenemy Interview
{{DEFAULTSORT:McMenemy, Simon 1977 births Living people Footballers from Aberdeen Scottish footballers Worthing F.C. players Haywards Heath Town F.C. players Burgess Hill Town F.C. players Kajaanin Haka players Scottish football managers Scottish expatriate football managers Philippines national football team managers Expatriate football managers in Indonesia Expatriate football managers in Vietnam Expatriate football managers in the Philippines Expatriate football managers in the Maldives PS Mitra Kukar managers Madura United F.C. managers United Football League (Philippines) managers Men's association football players not categorized by position Indonesia national football team managers Scottish expatriate sportspeople in the Maldives Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Vietnam Scottish expatriate sportspeople in Indonesia Scottish expatriate sportspeople in the Philippines