Full name Jason Withe Years Team Position Forward 1986?-1989 West Bromwich Albion Height 1.93 m | Playing position Role Football player Name Jason Withe | |
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Date of birth (1971-08-16) 16 August 1971 (age 44) | ||
Place of birth Liverpool, England | ||
Jason Withe (born 16 August 1971) is an English former football player, turned coach and manager.
Contents
- Football career
- Post football coaching career
- Management career in East South East Asia
- Return to the UK
- Manager
- References
Football career
The son of former Aston Villa striker and European Cup winner Peter Withe, Jason Withe's professional career did not see the success of his father's with much of his time spent playing in the reserves and non-league. He spent 1986 to 1990 with West Bromwich Albion before spending some time in Finland with KPV Kokkola in 1990. Returning to England, he played for Stafford Rangers, Stockport County, Crewe Alexandra, Burnley and Telford United.
Post-football coaching career
His first post-football job in coaching was at Birmingham City where he was Community Football Director which was followed by time with Aston Villa where he worked as a coach educator. He was also employed as a Football Association (FA) tutor, delivering FA qualifications to budding coaches.
Management career in East/ South East Asia
He was 'Head Coach' of Thailand Premier League side BEC Tero Sasana, leading the side to domestic double in 1999–2000. He moved to Singapore to become manager of Home United who play in the S-League where he steered them to a respectable second place in 2002. A moved back to Thailand followed as Technical Director and then Head Coach of Bangkok Bank FC. In 2005, he became Assistant National Team Manager for the Indonesia Football Association.<
Return to the UK
Withe moved back to the UK where he obtained his UEFA Pro Licence in 2006 and in 2007 became Head of Youth for Aldershot Town. He then scouted for Norwich City During this period he was also chairman of Knowle.
A spell as Director of Football for Southam United followed in 2010.
He was appointed as the centre director of Leicester City Girls Centre of Excellence in June 2011.