Walter Smith

Walter Smith OBE ( born February 24 1948 in Lanark, Scotland ) is a former Scottish footballer and current coach. During his active time he played at the position of the defender.

Career as a player

Youth

Walter Smith was born in Lanark in Scotland. He grew up in Carmyle, a small town east of Glasgow, on. In the 1960s he began playing football. His first club was the youth team of FC Ashfield.

Professional teams

In 1966 he signed a contract with Dundee United. He was ready to schedules and worked mainly as an electrician. In September 1975 he moved for two years to Dumbarton FC, ​​but returned in 1977 back to Dundee. At the age of 29, Smith suffered a severe injury to the pelvis, which offset a damper on his career. In 1980, he finished his career. Even before he had his accident because a member of the coaching staff from Dundee United.

Career as a coach

Smith received first experience as a coach after his injury. At the time he was admitted to Jim McLean in the former coaching staff from Dundee United. In 1978 he became Scotland's U-18 coach. In this position, he won the 1982 U-18 European Championship. Between 1982 and 1986 he coached the U -21 team of the Scots, until he at the World Championships in Mexico '86 - retired Scotland in the first round as the last out - as Alex Ferguson's assistant coach acted. He then became an assistant coach at Rangers. In 1991, Smith was appointed to his first club team as head coach after Graeme Souness had resigned as coach of the Rangers. Here he won seven times in a row the championship. In 1998 he left the Rangers again. In the same year he began to train Everton. Smith's predecessor was Howard Kendall, and was succeeded in 2002 David Moyes. In the 2003/2004 season, he was briefly assistant coach at Manchester United. On 2 December 2004 the Scot took over as the successor of the German Berti Vogts the post of national coach of Scotland. 2007 Smith returned to Rangers. There he reached the finals of the UEFA Cup, but failed in 0:2 Zenit St. Petersburg

Achievements

As manager: with the Glasgow Rangers:

  • Scottish Cup: (10) 1990/91 1991/92 1992 /93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 2008/09 2009/10, 2010/11
  • Scottish Cup: ( 5) 1991/92, 1992/93, 1995/96, 2007/ 08, 2008/ 09
  • Scottish League Cup: (6 ) 1992/93 1993/94 1996/97 2007/08 2009/10, 2010/11
  • UEFA Cup: Finalist 2007/ 08

With the Scottish national team:

Personally:

  • Scottish Premier League Coach of the Year 2007/ 08, 2009/10
  • PFA Scotland Coach of the Year 2009/10
  • SFWA Coach of the Year 1991/92, 1992/93, 1993/94, 1995/96, 1996/97, 2007/ 08, 2009/10
Defender (association football) Dundee United F.C. Manchester United F.C. 2007–08 UEFA Cup Dawson Walker Ian McColl Jock Stein John Prentice (footballer born 1926) Tommy Docherty Ally MacLeod Andy Roxburgh Craig Brown (footballer born 1940) Alex McLeish George Burley Craig Levein
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