Jason Withe

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Jason Withe
Personal information
Date of birth (1971-08-16) 16 August 1971 (age 54)
Place of birth Liverpool, England
Position Striker
Youth career
1986–1989 West Bromwich Albion
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1990 West Bromwich Albion
1990 KPV Kokkola 3 (0)
1990–1991 Burnley
1991 Crewe Alexandra
1991–1992 Stockport County[1]
1991–1992 Stafford Rangers[2]
1992–1993 Telford United
Managerial career
1999–2001 BEC Tero Sasana
2001 Thailand (Assistant)
2001–2002 Home United
2003–2005 Bangkok Bank
2005–2007 Indonesia (Assistant)
2014 Songkhla United
2015 Nakhon Pathom United
2016–2017 Sukhothai (Club Director)
2017 Super Power Samut Prakan
2018 Deffo
2021– United City
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals as of 3 July 2008

Jason Withe (born 16 August 1971) is an English former football player, turned coach and manager.

Playing career

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Withe spent 1986 to 1990 with West Bromwich Albion before spending some time in Finland with KPV Kokkola in 1990. Returning to England, he played for Stafford Rangers, Stockport County, Crewe Alexandra, Burnley and Telford United.

Coaching career

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Withe first coached at Birmingham City where he was Community Football Director which was followed by time with Aston Villa where he worked as a coach educator.[3] He was also employed as a Football Association (FA) tutor teaching potential coaches.

Withe was Head Coach of Thailand Premier League side BEC Tero Sasana,[4] leading the side to domestic double in 1999–2000. He moved to Singapore to become manager of Home United which plays in the S-League where he steered them to second place in 2002.[4] A moved back to Thailand followed as Technical Director and then Head Coach of Bangkok Bank FC.

In 2005, he became Assistant National Team Manager for the Indonesia Football Association.<[4]

Return to the UK

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Withe moved back to the UK where he obtained his UEFA Pro Licence in 2006[5] and in 2007 became Head of Youth for Aldershot Town. He then scouted for Norwich City. During this period he was also chairman of Knowle.[3][4]

A spell as Director of Football for Southam United followed in 2010.[2]

He was appointed as the centre director of Leicester City Girls Centre of Excellence in June 2011.[6][4]

Back to Asia

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As of November 2019, he was a coach with the Singapore-based youth football academy, JSSL Singapore.[4][7]

Philippines Football League team United City announced on 30 March 2021, that they have hired Withe as their head coach.[8][9] He is expected to take part in the club's 2021 AFC Champions League campaign, although he would take an informal role of being a consultant to Filipino coach Frank Muescan as Musescan lacks the appropriate license to coach a club in the continental tournament.[9]

Personal life

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Withe is the son of former Aston Villa striker and European Cup winner Peter Withe.[10]

Honours

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Manager

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BEC Tero Sasana

Home United

Indonesia

Sukhothai

References

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