Martin Ling

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Martin Ling
Personal information
Full name	Martin Ling
Date of birth	July 15, 1966 (1966-07-15) (age 41)
Place of birth	West Ham, London, England
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Leyton Orient
Number	Manager
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1983–1986 1986 1986–1991 1991 1991–1996 1996–2000 2000	Exeter City Swindon Town Southend United → Mansfield Town (loan) Swindon Town Leyton Orient Brighton & Hove Albion	117 (14) 002 0(0) 136 (30) 003 0(0) 150 (10) 148 0(8) 008 0(1)
Teams managed
2003–present	Leyton Orient
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Martin Ling (born July 15, 1966) is an English football manager and former player, currently managing Leyton Orient of League One. As of November 2007 Ling is the seventh longest serving manager of a league club in England.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Managerial career 3 Managerial stats 4 External links

[edit] Playing career

Ling started his career with Exeter City before a five year spell with Southend United. He first played for Orient in 1996, when he joined from Swindon Town. He was a left-winger in the Swindon side that won promotion to the Premier League (via the Division One playoffs) in 1993. He transferred to Brighton and Hove Albion in 2000 and played 8 games for them. Later that year he rejoined Orient as a coach. He played for Purfleet in the Isthmian League until September 2001.

[edit] Managerial career

He was appointed manager of Leyton Orient in December 2003 after a spell as caretaker manager. In the 2005–06 league campaign he guided Orient to automatic promotion from League Two on the final day of the season, and then successfully kept the club in League One in the following season.

[edit] Managerial stats

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	L	D	Win %
Leyton Orient		September 27, 2003	Present	218	82	74	62	37.61

[edit] External links

• Martin Ling career stats at Soccerbase
• Martin Ling management career stats at Soccerbase

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