Liam Daish
Irish international footballer and manager / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Liam Sean Daish (born 23 September 1968) is a football coach, manager and former professional player who was appointed academy manager at Birmingham City in 2022.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Liam Sean Daish[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1968-09-23) 23 September 1968 (age 55)[2] | ||
Place of birth | Portsmouth,[2] England | ||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-half | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Birmingham City (academy manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
1984–1986 | Portsmouth | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1986–1988 | Portsmouth | 1 | (0) |
1988–1994 | Cambridge United | 139 | (4) |
1988 | → Barnet (loan) | 12 | (0) |
1994–1996 | Birmingham City | 73 | (3) |
1996–1999 | Coventry City | 31 | (2) |
1999–2003 | Havant & Waterlooville | 120 | (10) |
Total | 374 | (12) | |
International career | |||
1992–1996 | Republic of Ireland | 5 | (0) |
1994 | Republic of Ireland B | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2000–2004 | Havant & Waterlooville (joint) | ||
2004–2005 | Welling United (caretaker) | ||
2005–2013 | Ebbsfleet United | ||
2014–2015 | Nuneaton Town | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Daish was a centre-half who played in the Football League for Portsmouth, Cambridge United and Birmingham City, in the Premier League for Coventry City, and in non-league football for Barnet and Havant & Waterlooville. Born in England, he was capped five times at senior level by the Republic of Ireland, for which he qualified by descent.
After his playing career was shortened by a knee injury in 2002, he continued his football career as a manager and coach. He had spells as manager of Havant & Waterlooville, Welling United (on a caretaker basis), Ebbsfleet United and Nuneaton Town, and coached for five years in Portsmouth's academy before joining Birmingham City as academy manager.