 Viveash (right) as assistant manager of Coventry City in 2020 with managerMark Robins | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adrian Lee Viveash[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1969-09-30)30 September 1969 (age 56) | ||
| Place of birth | Swindon, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)[2] | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Middlesbrough (assistant head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Swindon Town | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1995 | Swindon Town | 54 | (3) |
| 1992–1993 | →Reading (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 1994–1995 | →Reading (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 1995 | →Barnsley (loan) | 2 | (1) |
| 1995–2000 | Walsall | 202 | (13) |
| 2000–2002 | Reading | 66 | (3) |
| 2002–2003 | →Oxford United (loan) | 11 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Swindon Town | 15 | (0) |
| 2004 | →Kidderminster (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2004 | →Kidderminster (loan) | 7 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Aldershot Town | 6 | (0) |
| 2005–2007 | Cirencester Town | 44 | (3) |
| Total | 425 | (23) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2007–2008 | Cirencester Town | ||
| 2017–2024 | Coventry City (assistant) | ||
| 2025– | Middlesbrough (assistant) | ||
| 2025 | Middlesbrough (caretaker) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Adrian Lee Viveash (born 30 September 1969) is an Englishfootball coach and former professional player who is currently assistant head coach ofEFL Championship clubMiddlesbrough.
Viveash is most known for his spells withSwindon,Reading andWalsall during the 1990s. He played in the Reading team which won theDivision Two title in 1994, reached theDivision One playoff final in 2000, and achieved promotion to the Championship in 2001. He also helped Walsall reach Division One in 1999.
Viveash began his career with home-town clubSwindon Town before joiningWalsall in 1995. After two loan spells earlier in his career Viveash joinedReading permanently on 3 July 2000 on a three-year contract.[3] He joinedOxford United on loan on 6 October 2002 with a view to a permanent move but a deal could not be agreed and he returned to Reading after two months.[4][5] Viveash was released by Reading following the2002–03 season and made a return to Swindon on 27 June 2003.[6][7]
On 2 March 2004 Viveash joinedKidderminster Harriers on loan until the end of the season and on 6 August he returned for another loan spell, this time for one month.[8][9] He moved toConference National sideAldershot Town on a short-term contract on 3 December 2004 after having his Swindon Town contract terminated by mutual consent the day before.[10][11] He was released by Aldershot on 7 January 2005 and joinedCirencester Town later that month.[12][13][14]
In May 2007 he took over as manager ofCirencester Town.[15] On 14 September 2008 Viveash resigned as manager after 16 months in charge to take up a coaching role withChelsea's academy.[16] His final match in charge was a 2–1 derby defeat byCinderford Town in which Viveash was sent to the stands for protesting against Cinderford's equaliser.[17]
In July 2011 Viveash became Under-18 team manager at Chelsea having previously served as assistant academy and assistant reserve team coach.[18] In June 2014, followingDermot Drummy's promotion to international head coach, Adi Viveash took charge of the club's Under-21 squad for the 2014–15 season.[19]
In May 2017, following nine successful years with Chelsea, Viveash left his role as development squad manager.[20]
He joinedCoventry City as assistant manager toMark Robins in July 2017 following his departure from Chelsea. The pair subsequently led Coventry to two promotions in three seasons.
In May 2023, Viveash signed a new four-year contract at Coventry City.[21]
On 1 July 2024, Coventry City announced that Viveash had left the club after seven years as assistant manager.
On 24 June 2025,Middlesbrough announced that Viveash would joinRob Edwards' backroom staff.[22]
