Gregg Ryder
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1987 or 1988 (age 37–38)[1] | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Hexham Tigers | |||
| Stocksfield | |||
| College career | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2010 | Viterbo University | 45 | (4) |
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2011–???? | KFS Vestmannaeyja | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2013–2018 | Knattspyrnufélagið Þróttur | ||
| 2018–2019 | Þór Akureyri | ||
| 2023–2024 | KR | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Gregg Ryder (born 1987 or 1988) is an English football coach and former player who most recently was the manager of Icelandic club KR.
Career
[edit | edit source]Ryder attended Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham and played for local clubs Hexham Tigers and Stocksfield.[3] He moved to the United States aged 18 on a soccer scholarship,[3] attending Viterbo University, playing as a forward and captaining the team for two years.[4] After returning to England, also coaching at Newcastle United, he moved to Iceland to coach.[3]
Ryder began working as an assistant coach at ÍBV in 2011,[4][5] also playing for KFS Vestmannaeyja.[4] He obtained his UEFA B coaching qualification in 2012.[6]
Ryder managed Knattspyrnufélagið Þróttur from 2013,[7] when he became the youngest-ever manager to take charge of a team in Iceland's top two divisions.[8] He won promotion in the 2015 season.[1]
After leaving the club, he was linked with a return to the UK, at Scottish club Greenock Morton and English non-league clubs Gateshead and York City.[8][9]
He became manager of Þór Akureyri in October 2018.[10][11][12][13] He left the club at the end of the 2019 season.[14][15][16][17] He was then linked with the Falkirk job in Scotland.[18]
He coached at Danish club HB Køge from 2020,[19][20] before returning to Iceland to become manager of KR in October 2023.[5][21][22][23][24] In February 2024 he was praised by Theódór Elmar Bjarnason.[25] He left KR in June 2024.[26]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Ryder is a Newcastle United fan.[9]
References
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- ^ https://viterbo.prestosports.com/sports/msoc/2005-06/bios/Gregg_Ryder
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- 1980s births
- Living people
- English expatriate men's footballers
- English expatriates in the United States
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Expatriate men's footballers in Iceland
- Men's association football forwards
- English football managers
- Newcastle United F.C. non-playing staff
- Knattspyrnufélag Reykjavíkur managers
- English expatriate football managers
- English expatriates in Iceland
- Expatriate football managers in Iceland
- English expatriate sportspeople in Denmark
- Expatriate football managers in Denmark
- Viterbo University alumni
- College men's soccer players in Wisconsin
- English football coaches
- English men's footballers
- 21st-century English sportsmen