Former Manchester United striker Dwight Yorke has been named the brand new head coach of the Trinidad and Tobago nationwide workforce.
The 52-year-old takes cost of the aspect he scored 18 objectives in 72 appearances for throughout his taking part in profession.
The Trinidad and Tobago Soccer Affiliation (TTFA) president Kieron Edwards stated that Yorke’s “expertise, management, and dedication” is what the nationwide workforce wants as they purpose to safe qualification for the 2026 World Cup.
Upon taking cost of the aspect, Yorke stated: “I’m proud and privileged to obtain the honour of main the Trinidad and Tobago nationwide workforce. The chance to work with this proficient, close-knit group of gamers is one thing I stay up for.
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“Having helped Trinidad and Tobago to the semi-finals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2000, captained the aspect on the 2006 World Cup and been assistant supervisor, my love and dedication to my nationwide workforce is properly documented.
“I noticed firsthand as a participant how working collectively to attain our targets introduced pleasure and united our nation. I see that very same ambition and need in any respect ranges of the present set-up.
“As a participant, I skilled some unbelievable moments in a Trinidad and Tobago shirt. I hope they’ll proceed as head coach.”
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Yorke’s 123 objectives in 375 Premier League video games leaves him because the joint nineteenth high scorer within the competitors, presently degree with Son Heung-Min and Raheem Sterling.
Along with the 4 years he spent with United, he additionally performed for Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Birmingham Metropolis and Sunderland in addition to a spell within the A-League with Sydney FC earlier than he retires in 2009.
Yorke returned to United in 2019 to earn his teaching badges. His solely senior managerial expertise is a nine-month stint accountable for Australian aspect Macarthur, who he left in January 2023.
When requested in regards to the type of soccer his workforce would play, Yorke advised The Athletic in 2021: “I smile after I hear managers being requested this query once they begin at a soccer membership. They are saying how they need to play soccer on the entrance foot with an attacking type. Nicely, you possibly can solely try this if in case you have good defenders, you want that base. One purpose Manchester United had been so good was that we had defenders who may defend one-v-one.
“You by no means hear a supervisor say that he desires to exit and be defensive as a result of followers don’t need to hear that, so I’m not going to be becoming a member of any bandwagon. I’ll take a look at the gamers and make one of the best choice so {that a} workforce can win a recreation, how we will unlock opponents, break them down. I’d like a workforce to be comfy in two or presumably three formations and to alter these — even inside a recreation if wanted.”
Yorke takes over from 44-year-old Derek King, who had been head coach since 2022.
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