“Postecoglou’s Background and Path to Tottenham Managerial Role”

Ange Postecoglou has been confirmed as Tottenham’s new manager, making him the first Australian to manage in the Premier League. The 57-year-old’s career has had its ups and downs, but he now has the opportunity to establish himself as a top-flight manager. Postecoglou was born in Athens, Greece, but moved to Australia when he was five due to his father losing his business during a military coup. He started his football career at the age of nine with local club South Melbourne, where he played as a left-back and captained the side. His playing career ended due to a knee injury, but not before he played under Ferenc Puskas. Postecoglou’s managerial career began at South Melbourne in 1996, where he won two league titles. He then moved on to manage within the Australian youth set-up before returning to Greece to manage in the third division. After a heated argument with TV pundit Craig Foster, he was replaced as manager of the Young Socceroos in February 2007. However, he was given another chance by Brisbane Roar in 2009 and won back-to-back A League titles before moving to Melbourne Victory and then taking on the Socceroos job. He signed a five-year deal with the national team in 2013 and led them to qualify for the 2014 World Cup, where they lost every match but turned in competitive displays against the Netherlands and Chile. The Socceroos won the 2015 Asian Cup and qualified for the 2018 World Cup before Postecoglou resigned in 2017. He then took on the job at Yokohama F. Marinos in Japan, where he struggled in his first season but won the league in 2019. Postecoglou then moved to Celtic in 2021 and won both the league title and Scotland’s domestic cups in his first year, before retaining the league title and claiming both cups again this season. He now has the chance to rebuild Tottenham into a top side, although his road to Spurs hasn’t been straightforward.