28 Facts About Stuart Baxter

Stuart William Baxter was born on 16 August 1953 and is an English-Scottish football coach and former player who currently manages Boavista FC in the Primeira Liga.

Stuart Baxter has previously managed clubs in Sweden, Norway, Portugal, Japan, South Africa, Turkey and India.

Stuart Baxter was born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, on 16 August 1953.

Stuart Baxter's Scottish father, Bill Baxter, was a professional footballer then playing for Wolverhampton Wanderers and later for Aston Villa.

Stuart Baxter initially grew up in England, while his father was coaching at Aston Villa, before the family moved to Scotland, where Bill had managerial jobs with East Fife and Raith Rovers.

Stuart Baxter has described himself as "a mongrel" and "proud to be British, although I feel more European".

Stuart Baxter began his playing career with Preston North End in 1973.

Stuart Baxter joined Scottish club Dundee United in October 1975, but was released the following month after playing only for the reserve team.

Stuart Baxter then moved to Australia, Sweden and the United States respectively with South Melbourne, Helsingborgs IF and San Diego Sockers.

Stuart Baxter returned to Scandinavia to begin his coaching career; he worked with Orebro SK's youth team.

Stuart Baxter moved to Japan to first coach Sanfrecce Hiroshima, between 1992 and 1994, and then Vissel Kobe, in 1997.

Stuart Baxter took over as manager of Kobe only days after an earthquake caused devastation in the city and spent two weeks living in a makeshift caravan in the club car park.

In 1998, Stuart Baxter was bought back to Sweden by AIK, where he guided them to the Swedish championship.

Stuart Baxter was hired by the Football Association to coach the England Under-19 team in 2002.

Stuart Baxter later had another short spell at Vissel Kobe before moving back to Helsingborg, this time as manager in 2006.

Stuart Baxter took the Swedish side past the group stages of the UEFA Cup in 2007 but he resigned at the end of the year.

At the beginning of 2008, Stuart Baxter was appointed manager of Finland national team on a two-year contract.

In June 2010, Stuart Baxter was strongly linked with a possible director of football position at Celtic to work alongside new manager Neil Lennon, however these hopes came to nothing as Celtic were unable to agree a settlement for Stuart Baxter's services with the Football Association of Finland.

Stuart Baxter refused to resign, attacking journalists for not understanding football well enough in order to evaluate his performance as a manager.

On 7 May 2012, Stuart Baxter was announced as the new manager of South African club, Kaizer Chiefs.

Mashamaite, who captained his former club Bidvest Wits to the Nedbank Cup title in 2010, headed home the winner just before the half-hour mark against a Pirates side that seemed hypnotized for the better part of this match Stuart Baxter won his third trophy at the club in just his third season to start off yet another season with the MTN 8 trophy on Saturday 20 September 2014.

Stuart Baxter completed his second league and cup double with Kaizer Chiefs that season, after reclaiming the PSL league title from Sundowns.

On 27 January 2016, Stuart Baxter was signed mid-season by SuperSport United.

That season Stuart Baxter led his side to Nedbank Cup glory.

On 4 May 2017, Stuart Baxter was named as South Africa coach for a second time, replacing Ephraim Mashaba, who was sacked in December 2016.

On 19 June 2020, Stuart Baxter was announced as the head coach of Indian Super League club Odisha, on a two-year contract.

In June 2021, Stuart Baxter rejoined Kaizer Chiefs for a second spell as head coach.

Stuart Baxter has been appointed by Portugal side Boavista on a deal until June 2026.