Gary van Egmond

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Personal information
Gary van Egmond

Full name	Gary van Egmond
Date of birth	June 29, 1965 (1965-06-29) (age 42)
Place of birth	Sydney, Australia
Playing position	Manager (former Defender)
Club information
Current club	Newcastle Jets
Youth clubs
	Manly-Warringah
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1982-1986 1987-1989 1989-1990 1990-1991 1991-1997 1996-1997 1997-1998 1998 2001	APIA Leichhardt Footscray JUST Marconi Stallions Roda JC Marconi Stallions Wollongong City Wolves Bonnyrigg White Eagles Blacktown City Manly-Warringah	007 (0) 061 (1) 025 (1) 010 (0) 109 (8) 021 (0) 017 (0) 008 (0)
National team²
1988-1989	Australia	0015 (0)
Teams managed
1998-2000 2001 2001-2003 2005-2006 2006-present	Northern Spirit FC (Youth) Manly-Warringah Newcastle Breakers (Asst.) Newcastle Jets (Asst.) Newcastle Jets
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 August 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of 14 August 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Gary van Egmond (born June 29, 1965) is an Australian football (soccer) manager who is currently in charge of the A-League team Newcastle Jets.

1 Playing Career
2 Managerial career
3 Honours
- 3.1 Player
- 3.2 Manager
4 External links

[edit] Playing Career

Van Egmond began his playing career with APIA Leichhardt in 1982. It was not until he joined Footscray JUST in 1987 that he established himself as a prominent player in the NSL before moving overseas to play for Roda JC. He made his Socceroos debut in the 1988 Seoul Olympics under Frank Arok and went on to have success with Marconi Stallions in the 1990's - where he won a NSL championship and played in 3 finals.

[edit] Managerial career

Van Egmond began his coaching career with success as youth coach of Northern Spirit FC before he won the state-league grand final on his return to Manly-Warringah as head coach in 1999. He then joined Newcastle Breakers as the Assistant Coach in 2001. After Round 7 of season 2006-07, the Jets were last and winless, so existing coach Nick Theodorakopoulos was replaced by Van Egmond. Van Egmond turned the Jets season around, making him very popular within the Newcastle community. With a 0-3-4 record for the first 7 games, Van Egmond helped the Jets to a 8-3-3 record for the final 14, securing the Jets a place in the A-League finals and cementing his job at the club for the 2007-08 season. In the 2007-08 season Van Egmond guided the Newcastle Jets to second place on the league table and then to the A-League Championship.