Michael Beale (football coach)
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This article is about the English football coach. For the English cricketer of the same name, see Michael Beale (cricketer).
Michael Beale (born 4 September 1980) is an English football manager who was most recently head coach of Championship club Sunderland.[1]
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Date of birth | (1980-09-04) 4 September 1980 (age 43) | ||
Place of birth | Bromley, London, England | ||
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Years | Team | ||
1998–2001 | Charlton Athletic | ||
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2022 | Queens Park Rangers | ||
2022–2023 | Rangers | ||
2023–2024 | Sunderland |
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Beale played football as a youth, but retired at 21 and became a coach. He worked for Chelsea, Liverpool and São Paulo. After stints working as first team coach with Steven Gerrard at Rangers and Aston Villa, Beale became manager of Queens Park Rangers in June 2022. He left QPR after five months to become manager of Rangers, but was sacked from that role in October 2023. Beale subsequently joined Sunderland in December 2023, lasting 12 games in charge, before being sacked in February 2024.