Lee Johnson (football coach)

Lee Johnson

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Personal information
Full name	Lee Johnson
Date of birth	(1980-11-27) 27 November 1980
Place of birth	Dartford, England
Height
Position(s)	Central Defender
Youth career
1990–1996	Millwall F.C.
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–1999	Ebbsfleet Utd
1999–2001	Chatham Town
2001–2003	Dartford
Managerial career
2000–2005	Crystal Palace (Academy)
2006–2012	Chelsea (Academy)
2014–2015	Rwanda (Technical Director)
2014–2015	Rwanda U17
2015	Rwanda (Interim)
2015–	India U19
2015–	India (Assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Lee Alan Johnson (born 27 November 1980) is an English football manager and former football player. He is currently the head coach of India U19 and the assistant coach of India.

Coaching career

Crystal Palace Football Club

In July 2000, Lee joined Crystal Palace and spent five years working as a football development officer before sharing his role and working as a coach within the clubs youth academy.

In 2003, whilst still working for Crystal Palace, Lee became an FA Learning Tutor for The Football Association and instructed courses for Professional Football Clubs, County Football Associations, Colleges and Universities.

Chelsea Football Club

In July 2006, Lee joined Chelsea and coached within the academy for six years, coaching players from 8 to 14 years old.

Fédération Rwandaise de Football Association

In July 2014, Lee signed a two-year contract to become the National Technical Director of Rwanda. He was responsible for development, management and implementation of the federation’s national programmes which include grassroots, coach education, women's and girl's football and elite player development. Since his appointment the federation has introduced youth leagues across the country for both boys and girls. To help support this programme, Lee worked to restructure the coach education programme and developed strong partnerships with The Football Association and the German Football Federation to introduce grassroots and leadership programmes to promote standards and increase the level of coaching across the country. In addition to his role Lee has managed and prepared the U17s and U23s National teams to compete in the AFCON qualifiers and international friendlies. In January 2015 he was appointed the interim National Team Coach following the resignation of the much admired Stephen Constantine who left to become the National Team Coach of India.

In July 2014 national team were ranked 134th in the world and after a run successful results Rwanda moved up to 64th in the FIFA world rankings the highest ever position in the country's history.

All India Football Federation

On 14 April 2015 it was announced that Johnson will be taking charge of the India U19 and will join Stephen Constantine coaching staff as his assistant.

Coaching Conventions

Lee has worked as a consultant and has delivered coach education programmes, workshops and seminars for a number of professional organisations and associations, one of which was Inside Soccer. In August 2012, Lee was featured as a guest clinician at the Inside Soccer International Coaches Convention which took place in New York. Lee also spent time filming a number of coaching sessions on youth development.

Since 2012, Lee has been featured at a number of coaching conventions around the world and most recently at the 2014 NSCAA Convention "Philly 2014" where presented a session on "Small Sided Games and Transition".

External links

• Lee Johnson on Twitter
• Lee Johnson on LinkedIn