Kenny Jackett

Kenny Jackett ( born January 5, 1962 in Watford ) is a former Welsh football player and current coach. Between 1982 and 1988 he was active for the Welsh national team.

  • 2.1 Watford FC
  • 2.2 Swansea City
  • 2.3 Millwall FC
  • 2.4 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Playing career

Watford FC

Kenny Jackett made ​​his debut in the Football League Second Division 1979/80 for the English second division side FC Watford. 1981/82 he went with his team to the first division. In the First Division 1982/83 the climber reached by a regular player Kenny Jackett (41 league games / 4 goals) and scorer Luther Blissett (27 matches ), surprisingly, the runner-up behind Liverpool. In the UEFA Cup 1983/84 the club moved to victories against 1.FC Kaiserslautern and Levski Sofia in the third round and failed there at Sparta Prague ( 2:3 and 0:4 ). Successful acted the team in the FA Cup 1983/84, as the catchment succeeded to the finals of this prestigious competition. However, trained by Graham Taylor team lost the game 0-2 against Everton. In the First Division, the club established itself from Watford in mid-table, before 1987/88 was the relegation to the second division. Due to a serious knee injury ended his career Kenny Jackett 1990 at the age of 28 years prematurely.

Welsh national team

On September 22, 1982 debuted jacket in the Welsh national team in a 1-0 home victory in the qualifying match for Euro 1984 against Norway. Until 1988, he played another thirty international matches, but failed to qualify for Wales with no international tournament.

Coaching career

Watford FC

In June 1996, he was introduced as the new head coach of his home club Watford FC, who was staying in the previous year to the third tier. After a missed clear rise in the 1996/97 season he was replaced in the summer of 1997 by his former coach Graham Taylor took over in the following years the post of assistant coach.

Swansea City

In April 2004 he took over as head coach of the fourth division Swansea City. In the newly introduced Football League Two 2004/ 05 he led the club to third place, thus achieving promotion to the third division. Even in the new league the Movers acted successfully, and went into a sixth place in the play-offs one. After a Erstrundenerfolg over the Brentford FC Swansea lost the play-off final on penalties against FC Barnsley. In the second half of the season 2006/ 07 Kenny Jackett resigned as manager of Swansea City on 15 February 2007.

Millwall FC

After a temporary occupation of the coaching staff of Manchester City jacket changed on 6 November 2007 Millwall FC. After one year in the lower middle of the third division led Jackett Millwall in the Football League One 2008 /09 into play-off final. However, towards Scunthorpe United, the team lost with 2:3 missing out on promotion to the second division. The following season the club moved from the London Borough of Lewisham again into the play-off finals and managed after a 1-0 victory over Swindon Town ascension. In the new league Millwall finished the season 2010/11 as Table ninth. 2011/12 the club finished at the end of the season the 16th Place. In May 2012, Kenny Jackett was voted coach of the month of April of the second division.

Wolverhampton Wanderers

For the 2013/14 season followed suit jacket Dean Saunders as coach of second division Absteigers Wolverhampton Wanderers.

England Watford F.C. Swansea City A.F.C. Millwall F.C. Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. 1982–83 in English football 1983–84 UEFA Cup 1. FC Kaiserslautern 1983–84 FA Cup Football League First Division 1987–88 in English football Scunthorpe United F.C. Swindon Town F.C. 2010–11 Football League Championship 2011–12 Football League Championship Wayne Hennessey Carl Ikeme Georg Margreitter Sam Ricketts Bakary Sako Richard Stearman
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