Jon Rudkin
Encyclopedia
Jon Rudkin is an English
football
coach
currently working for Leicester City
as its academy director.
After working as a coach on a part-time basis Rudkin took up the full-time post of Head Coach at the then centre of excellence.
During that period Leicester produced a number of outstanding talents which have progressed from the Academy to the first team – including Emile Heskey
and Matthew Piper.
Rudkin holds the UEFA
A licence and has completed the Academy Director's licence. On August 29, 2007, he jointly took over managerial responsibility of Leicester after Martin Allen left on mutual consent.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
coach
Coach (sport)
In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...
currently working for Leicester City
Leicester City F.C.
Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...
as its academy director.
Leicester City
Rudkin was appointed the Academy Manager at Leicester City in June 2003 having previously been a schoolboy in the City youth system himself when he was 16.After working as a coach on a part-time basis Rudkin took up the full-time post of Head Coach at the then centre of excellence.
During that period Leicester produced a number of outstanding talents which have progressed from the Academy to the first team – including Emile Heskey
Emile Heskey
Emile William Ivanhoe Heskey is an English footballer who plays for Aston Villa as a striker.Born in Leicester, Heskey started his career with hometown club Leicester City after progressing through their youth system, making his first team debut in 1995...
and Matthew Piper.
Rudkin holds the UEFA
UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....
A licence and has completed the Academy Director's licence. On August 29, 2007, he jointly took over managerial responsibility of Leicester after Martin Allen left on mutual consent.