25 Facts About Alistair Edwards

Alistair Martin Edwards was born on 21 June 1968 and is an Australian former soccer player and coach.

Alistair Edwards was a favourite with Malaysian League teams Sarawak FA, Selangor FA, Singapore FA, Johor FA and Kedah FA in the 1990s.

Alistair Edwards is currently the chief executive officer at Johor Darul Ta'zim.

Alistair Edwards made a couple of appearances for the state senior side at the age of 17, before attending the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra.

In 1988, Alistair Edwards then had a spell with Rangers in Scotland.

Alistair Edwards finished as the league top scorer which he won the golden boot with 13 goals.

In 1997, Alistair Edwards returned to Malaysia to joined with Sarawak FA.

In 1998, Alistair Edwards returned to Australia to joined Perth Glory for whom he played 93 times and scored 24 goals.

Alistair Edwards played for the Australia national team between 1991 and 1997, scoring 3 goals in 19 matches, and represented Australia at the 1987 FIFA U-20 World Cup held in Chile.

In 2004, Alistair Edwards was the assistant coach at the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship in Thailand.

Alistair Edwards was then announced as the head coach of the newly created Australian side, Western Waves but limited resources forced them to dissolvement the following year.

Alistair Edwards returned to the Australia Women U-20 side and was named the head coach of the Women team at the 2006 AFC U-19 Women's Championship in Malaysia where they qualify for the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship held in Russia since joining the AFC.

From 2006 to 2009, Alistair Edwards became the Football Federation of Australia Development and High Performance Consultant where his main tasks included conducting research in Japan, the Netherlands, France and England on Talent Development and Identification as part of the FFA Development Review and to assist in the development of the FFA National Curriculum.

In 2008, Alistair Edwards was invited to Cambodia to conduct an Elite Coach Development Course on behalf of the Australian Sports Commission.

In February 2013, Alistair Edwards was named the interim manager of Perth Glory after previous manager Ian Ferguson was sacked.

Alistair Edwards then was appointed as the permanent head coach of Perth on a three-year deal.

On 17 December 2013, Alistair Edwards was sacked after a falling out with several players and Perth Glory owner Tony Sage.

In January 2016, Alistair Edwards, who was himself a former Johor striker in their historic double-winning team of 1991, was appointed as JDT's Sporting Director Johor Darul Ta'zim is a Malaysian-based football outfit that has enjoyed much success coinciding with Alistair Edwards's appointment, although it is mostly attributed to its owner, the Crown Prince of Johor, Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim.

In January 2023, Alistair Edwards got promoted to the club chief executive officer while Martin Prest will take on his former role.

Whilst playing for Perth Glory, Alistair Edwards graduated with an MBA from Edith Cowan University and entered Local Government Politics when he was elected onto the Cockburn City Council from 2002 to 2006.

Since retiring as a player, Alistair Edwards has undertaken a number of roles in sport development.

Alistair Edwards worked as a Sport Consultant at the Western Australian State Government Department of Sport and Recreation from 2002 to 2005 and has since become heavily involved in the development of football in Australia.

Alistair Edwards commentated A-League games covered by Perth radio station 90.5fm.

In May 2015, Alistair Edwards was appointed as the football commentary for Astro Arena until August 2017 where at that time, he was the Sporting Director of Johor Darul Ta'zim.

Alistair is married to a Singaporean national where he both son, Ryan Edwards is a professional footballer currently playing for SD Amorebieta in the Segunda Division while Cameron Edwards is playing for a semi-professional club, Bayswater City.