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Gordon Igesund
Personal information
Full name	Gordon George Igesund
Date of birth	July 26, 1956
Place of birth	Durban, South Africa
Playing position	Striker (retired)
Club information
Current club	Free State Stars (manager)
Teams managed
1995 1996-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2006 2006-2008 2008-2009 2009-	African Wanderers Manning Rangers Orlando Pirates Santos Cape Town Ajax Cape Town Mamelodi Sundowns Maritzburg United Free State Stars
* Appearances (Goals)

Gordon Igesund (born July 26, 1956 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal) is a former South African football (soccer) player and coach who currently coaches Premier Soccer League club Free State Stars.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Coaching career 3 Coaching honours 4 References

[edit] Playing career

A prolific striker during his heyday, Igesund played for Durban City, Durban United, Highlands Park, Bush Bucks, AmaZulu, D'Alberton Callies, African Wanderers and also in Austria for GAK and Admira Wacker.

[edit] Coaching career

Igesund is a record-breaking coach in South Africa, having become the only man to coach four different top-flight teams to the Premier Soccer League Championship. He first made his name when he led unfashionable coastal team Manning Rangers to the inaugural PSL title in the 1996/97 season. He followed this up in the 2000/01 season with another title, this time at the helm of Soweto giants Orlando Pirates. Despite his success with the Buccaneers, Igesund was not popular with the Pirates faithful, who demanded a more attacking and entertaining brand of football than the efficient and controlled game that Igesund had fostered, leading to his departure. He proved his critics wrong the very next season, taking another unfashionable team, Cape Town’s Santos, to a surprise PSL title in 2001/02. But the nomadic Igesund was soon changing his allegiance again, this time moving to Ajax Cape Town, the satellite club of Dutch giants Ajax Amsterdam. Igesund’s time with Ajax proved rather unsuccessful and he left the team at the end of the 2005/06 season. He replaced Sundowns’ co-coaches Miguel Gamondi and Neil Tovey. Igesund added to his record number of PSL titles leading Sundowns to a comfortable PSL win in 2007.

[edit] Coaching honours

• 1996/97 PSL champion (Manning Rangers)
• 2000/01 PSL champion (Orlando Pirates)
• 2001/02 PSL champion (Santos)
• 2000 BP Top Eight Cup winner (Orlando Pirates)
• 2006/07 PSL champion (Sundowns)
• 2007 SAA Supa 8 winner (Sundowns)

[edit] References

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