Eddie Thomson
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Edward Thomson | ||
Date of birth | 25 February 1947 | ||
Place of birth | Rosewell, Scotland | ||
Date of death | 21 February 2003 | (aged 55)||
Place of death | Sydney, Australia | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
Whitehill Welfare | |||
Penicuik Athletic | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1966–1973 | Heart of Midlothian | 162 | (4) |
1973–1976 | Aberdeen | 91 | (1) |
1976 | San Antonio Thunder | 19 | (3) |
1977–1980 | Sydney City | 65 | (2) |
Total | 337 | (10) | |
International career | |||
1969 | Scottish Football League XI[1] | 1 | (0) |
1969–1970 |
Scotland U23 | 3 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1980–1986 | Sydney City | ||
1986–1989 |
Sydney Olympic | ||
1984 |
Australia B | ||
1984–1988 |
Australia (Assistant coach) | ||
1989–1990 |
Football Federation Australia (Coaching director) | ||
1990–1996 | Australia | ||
1997–2000 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Eddie Thomson (25 February 1947 – 21 February 2003) was a Scottish
Career
Born in
It was at this time he retired from playing and immediately became the full-time coach of
His national coaching career did not start there however. He became coach of Australia B in 1984 before becoming assistant coach of the
He was also coach of the Australian Olympic football team at the same time. In 1992, after defeating the Netherlands in a memorable encounter to qualify for the 1992 Summer Olympics, the team came within one game of the gold medal match, losing 6–1 to Poland before losing 1–0 to Ghana in the bronze medal playoff.
In 1994, after allegations of inappropriate involvement in player transfers, an inquiry, chaired by retired New South Wales judge Donald Stewart, was set up to investigate these claims. The report published recommended his sacking, but he stayed on in the end. Shortly after guiding the Olympic side through the 1996 Summer Olympics in which Australia failed to get past the group stage, Eddie resigned to take charge of Japanese side Sanfrecce Hiroshima. During his time there, a number of Australians, such as Aurelio Vidmar, Graham Arnold and Steve Corica also played there.
Career statistics
Club
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club[5][6][7] | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Heart of Midlothian | 1966–67 | Scottish Division One
|
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
1967–68 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1 | ||
1968–69 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | ||
1969–70 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
1970–71 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
1971–72 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 3 | ||
1972–73 | 24 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | ||
Total | 162 | 4 | 16 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 199 | 6 | ||
Aberdeen | 1972–73 | Scottish Division One
|
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
1973–74 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 47 | 1 | ||
1974–75 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | ||
1975–76 | Scottish Premier Division
|
28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | |
1976–77 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
Total | 91 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 121 | 2 | ||
San Antonio Thunder | 1976 | North American Soccer League | 19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 |
Sydney City | 1977 | National Soccer League | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 18 | 0 |
1978 | 23 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 26 | 2 | ||
1979 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 15 | 1 | ||
1980 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 0 | ||
Total | 65 | 2 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 71 | 3 | ||
Career total | 337 | 10 | 28 | 2 | 41 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 410 | 14 |
Managerial statistics
Team[8] | From | To | Record | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 1997 | 2000 | 126 | 58 | 3 | 65 | 46.03% |
Honours
Player
Heart of Midlothian
- Scottish Cup runners-up: 1967–68
Sydney City
Manager
Sydney City
- National Soccer League: 1980, 1981, 1982[9]
- NSL Northern Division: 1984, 1985[9]
- NSL Cup: 1986[9]
- NSL Charity Shield: 1982
Sydney Olympic
- National Soccer League runners-up: 1986[10]
- NSL Premiership runners-up: 1986[10]
- NSL Cup runners-up: 1989[10]
Australia
- 1996
- Trans-Tasman Cup: 1991, 1995
Australia U23
Individual
- NSL Coach of the Year: 1981, 1984, 1985[10]
- National Soccer Hall of Fame: 2002 Inductee[9]
Death
He returned to Australia in 2000 and shortly afterwards, he was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, which he died of in 2003.
References
- ^ "Eddie Thomson – Scotland Football League Record from 19 Nov 1969 to 19 Nov 1969 clubs – Heart of Midlothian".
- Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2021.. Oz Football. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
"Australia Under 23 National Team "Olyroos" – 1996 Match" - ^ "NASL-Eddie Thomson".
- ^ "Eddie Thomson". fitbastats.com. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- ^ "Eddie Thomson – Hearts Career – from 22 Mar 1967 to 12 Mar 1973". londonhearts.com. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ "Aberdeen Football Club Heritage Trust – Player Profile". afcheritage.org. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ "NASL-Eddie Thomson". nasljerseys.com. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ "J. League Data Site". data.j-league.or.jp. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Vale Eddie Thomson". The World Game. 27 April 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
- ^ Herald Scotland. 22 February 2003. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
External links
- Eddie Thomson at Aussie Footballers
- Eddie Thomson at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
- Eddie Thomson manager profile at J.League (archive) (in Japanese)