Warren Garton Joyce was born on 20 January 1965 and is an English football manager and former player, who is currently the lead coach of Nottingham Forest FC's U18 Squad.
18 Facts About Warren Joyce
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In June 2017, Warren Joyce was announced as the new manager for Melbourne City in the A-League.
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Warren Joyce was born in Oldham, Lancashire, the son of Walter Warren Joyce, the former Burnley, Blackburn Rovers and Oldham Athletic player, and began his career as a trainee with Bolton Wanderers in 1981.
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Warren Joyce broke into the first team as a midfielder and in six years made a total of 221 appearances for Bolton, scoring 21 goals.
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Warren Joyce's stay in Devon was short, with Joyce playing only 40 games and scoring four goals in his year there.
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Warren Joyce went on to play a total of 170 games for Hull scoring 19 goals, becoming club captain at Boothferry Park.
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City soon made the appointment permanent with Warren Joyce taking on the dual role of player-manager.
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Warren Joyce started coaching at Bury FC while still a player at Burnley FC in 1993 and later joined Manchester United FC's U-16s, where he worked with renowned youth coach Eric Harrison and helped develop talents such as Wes Brown and David Healy.
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Whilst still a senior player at Hull City FC, Warren Joyce was asked to step in as caretaker in 1998 eventually taking over as player-manager, where he managed to turn around the season and kept the club away from relegation.
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From 2000 to 2004, Warren Joyce was the Assistant Academy Director at Leeds United FC, where he won 3 Premier League youth titles and the Premier League National Champions Cup alongside developing important players such as James Milner, Aaron Lennon and Scott Carson.
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Warren Joyce oversaw the development of talents such as Marcus Rashford, Paul Pogba, Jesse Lingard and Adnan Januzaj into the 1st team and established himself as the most successful reserves manager ever in the club's history by winning 6 Premier League titles, 2 runners-up finishes and 9 major international cups in 8 years.
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Warren Joyce departed the club after 4 months after a life-threatening eye injury.
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In 2017, Warren Joyce joined Australian A-League side Melbourne City FC, where he took the club to a 3rd place finish, semi-final position in the playoffs and quarter-finals of the Australia Cup in his 1st season.
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Warren Joyce worked on developing important talents for the club, with 9 players making it to the Australian Olympic Football Team and 20 players going on to play in the Australian A-League.
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Warren Joyce oversaw the sale of Daniel Arzani for an A-League record of $8m and promoted talents such as Riley McGree, Connor Metcalfe, Denis Genreau and Nathaniel Atkinson.
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Warren Joyce joined Salford City FC in 2019 as the Development Coach and won the EFL Trophy for the 1st time in the club's history.
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Warren Joyce worked on developing young talents at the club, helping Luke Burgess revive his career in league football and assisting 5 players from the club into to play professional league football.
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In 2021, Warren Joyce was appointed as the U-18s Development Coach at Nottingham Forest FC, where he reached the FA Youth Cup final for the first time in the club's history in 2022.