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| Full name | Michael John Smith | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 1937 (1937) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Hendon, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 21 July 2021 (aged 83) | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| Corinthian Casuals | |||||||||||||||||
| Managerial career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1974–1979 | Wales | ||||||||||||||||
| 1979–1982 | Hull City | ||||||||||||||||
| 1985–1988 | Egypt | ||||||||||||||||
| 1994–1995 | Wales | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Michael John Smith (1937 – 21 July 2021[1]) was an Englishfootball manager, who managed theWales andEgypt national teams andHull City. Before becoming a manager, he had a playing career as an amateur, playing for theCorinthian Casuals.
Smith was born inHendon, the son of a professional footballer. As a youth, he represented Middlesex at Under-15 and Under-18 levels and was a member of the FA Youth team which played a tournament inStrasbourg in 1953.[2]
He trained atLoughborough College of Education before becoming a teacher. He decided to remain in teaching rather than becoming a professional footballer but played as an amateur for theCorinthian Casuals.[2]
Smith spent nine years coaching in Sussex before becoming team manager and coach to the Conference of English Grammar Schools. He was then appointed theFootball Association of Wales Director of Coaching with responsibility for managing the Welsh amateur and youth international teams.[2]
In 1974, Smith succeededDave Bowen to become the first English-born manager and first full-time manager of theWales national football team. He guided Wales through their qualifying group before losing a play-off against Yugoslavia to reach the Finals proper of the1976 European Football Championship.[2] He was replaced byMike England in 1979.[3]
In December 1979, he was appointed manager ofHull City but was sacked, along with coachCyril Lea, in March 1982.[2]
Following a spell in sports promotion inNottingham,[2] Smith became the manager ofEgypt in 1985. He led the team to victory in the1986 African Cup of Nations; the only British manager to have won the competition as a coach.[4]
He left the Egyptian side in 1988, following which he was appointed Football development consultant to Anglesey County Council, overseeing their school of excellence inHolyhead. He also took charge of the Wales Youth team in 1989–90[2] before returning to the Wales national team role for 18 months from April 1994 to September 1995.[3]
His death was announced on 22 July 2021. He was 83.[5][6]
Egypt
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