John Benjamin Toshack - Football Coach

John Benjamin Toshack (born 22 March 1949) is a Welsh former professional football player and manager. He began his playing career as a teenager with his hometown club Cardiff City, becoming the youngest player to make an appearance for the side when he made his debut in 1965. After establishing himself in the first-team, he went on to make over 200 appearances and scored 100 goals in all competitions after forming a striking partnership with Brian Clark. In 1970, he joined First Division side Liverpool, where he formed a noted forward partnership with Kevin Keegan and Steve Heighway that helped the club to win two league titles, the European Cup, the UEFA Cup on two occasions, the FA Cup and the UEFA Super Cup. His partnership with Keegan was so effective that the two were described as telepathic. Mounting injuries eventually led to him securing his release from Liverpool to join Swansea City as player-manager in March 1978. He led the club to three promotions in four seasons, elevating them from the Fourth Division to the First Division in a feat that led former Liverpool manager Bill Shankly to describe him as the "manager of the century". During his career, he scored over 150 goals in the Football League in more than 350 appearances and also represented Wales at international level, winning 40 caps and scoring 13 goals. He resigned from Swansea in 1984 after suffering relegation and embarked on a managerial career abroad, taking charge of Sporting CP in Portugal and later Spanish side Real Sociedad, winning the Copa del Rey in 1987. Two years later, he was appointed manager of Real Madrid and led them to a fifth consecutive La Liga title with a record total of points and goals scored. Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License - Full article

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Swansea City	78/84

Sporting Lisbon	84/85

Real Sociedad	85/89

Real Madrid	89/90

Real Sociedad	91/94

Wales	94

Deportivo La Coruña	95/97

Beşiktaş	97/99
Champions 97/98	6

Real Madrid	99
Champions 98/99	2
Champions 99/00	6

AS Saint-Etienne	00

Real Sociedad	00/02
La Liga 00/01	22
La Liga 01/02	29

Catania	02/03

Real Murcia	04

Wales	04/10
Euro 08 Qual 08	12
Friendlies 07	1
Friendlies 08	5
Qualif WC 10	10
Friendlies 09	2
Friendlies 10	2
Euro Qual 12	1

North Macedonia	11/12
Euro Qual 12	4
Friendlies 11	2
Friendlies 12	3

Khazar Lankaran FK	13
Europa Qualif 13/14	4
Premyer Liqasi 13/14	14

Wydad Casablanca	14/16

Tractor SC	18