Full name Ian Dobson Years Team Playing position | Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 ⁄2 in) Place of birth Hull, England Name Ian Dobson | |
Date of birth (1957-10-03) 3 October 1957 (age 58) | ||
Ian Dobson (born 3 October 1957) is a former Australian football (soccer) player who has won the Victorian Premier League Coach of the Year Award twice. Currently Dobson is Director of Coaching at Green Gully Soccer Club. Dobson first arrived in Australia in 1982 and played for the Croydon City Arrows in the State League before being snapped up by National League side Preston Makedonia. Coincidentally Dobson's first coaching role came in 1989 with the Croydon City Arrows in a career which would span three decades to include a National Soccer League Championship with the Melbourne Knights, a National Soccer League Cup, also with the Melbourne Knights, two Victorian Premier League titles with Altona Magic (1995, 1997) and six Victorian Premier League titles with Green Gully.
Honours
As coach;
1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2010, 2011 (Green Gully Cavaliers)