Adam Owen
 | This biographical article is written encyclopedic . (June 2020) |
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 5 September 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Wrexham, Wales | ||
| Position(s) | Defender/Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Wrexham | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1999 | Wrexham | ||
| 1999–2000 | Newtown | ||
| 2001–2002 | Connah's Quay | ||
| 2002–2003 | Cefn Druids | ||
| 2004–2005 | East Stirlingshire | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2003–2006 | Celtic (Performance) | ||
| 2006–2007 | Sheffield Wednesday (Assistant) | ||
| 2007–2013 | Rangers (Performance Director) | ||
| 2008–2018 | Wales (Assistant) | ||
| 2013–2014 |
Sheffield Utd (Assistant) | ||
| 2014–2017 | Servette FC (Assistant) | ||
| 2017–2018 | Lechia Gdańsk (Head Coach) | ||
| 2018–2019 |
Hebei China Fortune F.C. (Performance Director) | ||
| 2019-2021 | Seattle Sounders FC (Performance Director) | ||
| 2022–2023 | Hibernian (Assistant) | ||
| 2021–2024 | Lech Poznań (Technical Advisor) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Adam Owen Ph.D (born 5 September 1980) is a Welsh UEFA PRO Licence football coach, high-performance expert and former player.
Playing career
Owen was born and raised in
Coaching career
Owen started his coaching career at Wrexham whilst still playing. Upon leaving Wrexham, he joined Scottish club
Following nearly seven years at Rangers, he moved to English club Sheffield United in May 2013 to take up the dual role of Assistant Manager and Performance Director.[3] After 12 months in Sheffield, in the summer of 2014 Owen left to join Swiss club Servette on a three-year contract adding a promotion and league championship at his time with the club.
After seeing out his contract with Servette, Owen joined Polish Ekstraklasa club Lechia Gdańsk at the end of June 2017.[4] He left his position in March 2018 citing a change of club philosophy as the reason, but stated the chance to manage such a big club at a young age was an incredible experience and one he was immensely proud of. [5]
Following
In June 2022 he joined Scottish club Hibernian as assistant manager, whilst maintaining his role as Technical Advisor with Lech Poznań[7]. Owen left Hibernian in August 2023 after helping the club to a 5th place SPL league position, and qualifying for the UEFA Europa Conference League in order to resume his Technical role with Polish giants Lech Poznań.[8].
International work
Owen was a part of the Wales management staff from August 2009 until March 2018 initially working under both Brian Flynn and Gary Speed. He was part of Chris Coleman's successful 2016 European Championships management staff reaching the semi-final stage versus Portugal. He remained in the Wales backroom team under new manager Ryan Giggs but left his position following their 2018 China Cup Final appearance versus Uruguay.
Additional
Apart from his main coaching and performance positions, Owen held a coaching consultancy role with Portuguese club
Owen also holds positions as an Associate Researcher role with
Honours
Coaching
Club
- Rangers
- Scottish Premier League: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
- Scottish Third Division: 2012–13
- Scottish Cup: 2007–08, 2008–09
- 2010–11
- UEFA Cup Finalist: 2007–08
- Servette
- 2015–16
- Seattle Sounders
- 2020
- Lech Poznań
- Ekstraklasa Champions 2021-22
International
- Wales
References
- ^ "EAST STIRLINGSHIRE : 1948/49 & 1955/56 - 2013/14". Post War English & Scottish Football League A - Z Player's Transfer Database. Neil Brown. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ^ "Sounders FC hires Adam Owen as High Performance Director & Technical Advisor". soundersfc.com. 11 June 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ^ "Weir recruits assistant". Sheffield United FC. 21 June 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ^ "Wales - A.Owen". Soccerway. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- ^ "Adam Owen: Wales fitness coach on eight months as a Polish top-flight boss". BBC Sport. 21 March 2018.
- ^ "Adam Owen interview: Seattle Sounders role for best British coach you might not have heard of". Sky Sports. 7 July 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ^ "Lee Johnson Confirms His Hibernian Backroom Team". www.hibernianfc.co.uk. Hibernian FC. 5 June 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
- ^ "Lee Johnson: Hibs sack manager after 'disappointing start to domestic campaign'". BBC Sport. 27 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
- ^ "Informações sobre o Benfica LAB". www.slbenfica.pt.
- ^ "Football Conditioning: A Modern Scientific Approach - Periodization - Seasonal Training - Small Sided Games". SoccerTutor.com.
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