Gordon Igesund was born on 22 July 1956 and is a former South African football player and coach who was most recently the manager of Highlands Park in the Premier Soccer League.
11 Facts About Gordon Igesund
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Gordon Igesund's family lived in Port Shepstone where former Arsenal player Danny Le Roux lived.
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Gordon 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.
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Gordon Igesund then replaced Sundowns' co-coaches Miguel Gamondi and Neil Tovey.
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Gordon Igesund added to his record number of PSL titles leading Sundowns to a comfortable PSL win in 2007.
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Gordon Igesund took over hearetained as the president d coach of Moroka Swallows in November 2010.
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On 30 June 2012, Gordon Igesund was appointed as the South Africa national team coach on a two-year deal.
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Gordon Igesund was appointed head coach of SuperSport United in September 2014 and in November 2014 he led the team to the Telkom Knockout title.
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Gordon Igesund was primed to take over as coach of Zambia's national team and turned down many opportunities in the interim only to find out that the federation had tended in another direction with retained president, Edgar Lungu, deciding to have a local coach.
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Gordon Igesund returned to Highlands Park to become there manager in October 2016, where he used to play his football.
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Gordon Igesund's Austria-born son Grant Igesund was born on in 1982 and is a retired professional footballer who played as a striker for Ajax Cape Town, Manning Rangers, and Maritzburg United among others.