Ivan Cleary
Australian rugby league coach and former rugby league footballer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ivan Cleary (born 1 March 1971) is an Australian professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of the Penrith Panthers in the National Rugby League (NRL) and a former professional rugby league footballer who played as a fullback and centre in the 1990s and 2000s.
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Born | (1971-03-01) 1 March 1971 (age 53) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 89 kg (14 st 0 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Fullback, Centre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As of 6 April 2024 |
He is a former head coach of the Wests Tigers and New Zealand Warriors, as well as the three time NRL Premiership winning head coach of the Penrith Panthers, who led the Panthers to three straight premierships in 2021, 2022 and 2023, becoming the first coach to do so in the NRL era. As a player, Cleary was a goal-kicking fullback who played club football in Australia and New Zealand, setting a new record for most points scored in a season during the 1998 NRL Premiership. He is the father of Panthers' co-captain Nathan Cleary.