Tony Awor
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Anthony Robert "Tony" Awor is a sports agent
from London who is licensed by the Football Association. His involvement in football has seen him be a player then coach before athlete management. He attended Isleworth and Syon School
alongside Mo Farah and Owais Shah
. He played youth football with Carlton Cole
who grew up in the same area of west London, which has also produced other players such as Michael Mancienne
, Steven Caulker
, Nana Ofori-Twumasi
and Michael Bryan
.
, which lead to a role as a youth coach. His coaching career in England has seen him work with elite level youth players for Brentford F.C.
, Chelsea F.C.
and Q.P.R.. After completing his degree Awor moved to the USA and began doing player development for Major League Soccer
which also saw him work with the New England Revolution
and San Jose Earthquakes
. His experience in the states was invaluable and Awor made the decision to move from coaching to athlete management. Having spent 3 months in East Africa during 2011 he scouted the highly rated Ugandan International Godfrey Walusimbi
and arranged trials with Allsvenskan
club BK Hacken
.
Sports agent
A sports agent procures and negotiates employment and endorsement contracts for an athlete.In return, the sports agent generally receives between 4 and 10% of the athlete's playing contract, and 10 to 20% of the athlete's endorsement contract, though these figures vary...
from London who is licensed by the Football Association. His involvement in football has seen him be a player then coach before athlete management. He attended Isleworth and Syon School
Isleworth and Syon School
Isleworth and Syon School is a secondary comprehensive school, with sixth form, for boys aged 11 to 18 years. It is situated on Ridgeway Road, Isleworth, within the London Borough of Hounslow, England. The number of pupils is more than a thousand - up from eight hundred in 1995...
alongside Mo Farah and Owais Shah
Owais Shah
Owais Alam Shah is an English cricketer. A middle-order batsman, he played for Middlesex between 1996-2010, before joining Essex CCC in the winter of 2010. He has represented England in all forms of the games.Between 2001 and 2009, he played 71 ODIs and 17 Twenty20 Internationals...
. He played youth football with Carlton Cole
Carlton Cole
Carlton Michael Cole Okirie is an English footballer who plays as a striker for West Ham United in the Npower Championship....
who grew up in the same area of west London, which has also produced other players such as Michael Mancienne
Michael Mancienne
Michael Ian Mancienne is an English footballer who plays for German Bundesliga club Hamburger SV as a defender.Schooled primarily as a centre back, Mancienne can also play as a defensive midfielder as well as both fullback positions as he showed during appearances for Chelsea, and multiple loan...
, Steven Caulker
Steven Caulker
Steven Roy Caulker is an English under-21 international footballer who plays as a centre back for Premier League club Swansea City on loan from Tottenham Hotspur....
, Nana Ofori-Twumasi
Nana Ofori-Twumasi
Seth Nana Ofori-Twumasi is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Northampton Town.-Early life:Ofori-Twumasi was born in Accra, Ghana and moved to England at the age of nine. He grew up on a housing estate in west London....
and Michael Bryan
Michael Bryan
Michael Bryan is a Dutch R&B/Soul singer who has had some success in the Netherlands. He had collaborations with K-Liber , The Partysquad and Lange Frans & Baas B...
.
Early career
Tony Awor attended Buckinghamshire New University and graduated with a Bsc in Sports Management and Football when he was not offered any professional terms with a club. During his education he continued to play semi-professionally and also took his coaching badges with Wycombe Wanderers F.C.Wycombe Wanderers F.C.
Wycombe Wanderers Football Club is an English professional football team from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, which has been promoted to Football League One after finishing third in Football League Two in the season 2010–11. The club's nicknames are "The Chairboys" and "The Blues", and they play...
, which lead to a role as a youth coach. His coaching career in England has seen him work with elite level youth players for Brentford F.C.
Brentford F.C.
Brentford Football Club are a professional English football club based in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow. They are currently playing in Football League One....
, Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...
and Q.P.R.. After completing his degree Awor moved to the USA and began doing player development for Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer
Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...
which also saw him work with the New England Revolution
New England Revolution
The New England Revolution is an American professional association football club based in Foxborough, Massachusetts which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada...
and San Jose Earthquakes
San Jose Earthquakes
The San Jose Earthquakes professional soccer team is located in the San Jose, California, United States suburb of Santa Clara, and participates in Major League Soccer , the top level soccer league in the United States and Canada....
. His experience in the states was invaluable and Awor made the decision to move from coaching to athlete management. Having spent 3 months in East Africa during 2011 he scouted the highly rated Ugandan International Godfrey Walusimbi
Godfrey Walusimbi
Godfrey Walusimbi is a Ugandan professional footballer who plays for Bunamwaya SC in the Ugandan Super League. He is a left back however has been played in a number of positions by Bobby Williamson for the National Team. He is regarded as the best left back in Uganda and has a cultured left foot...
and arranged trials with Allsvenskan
Allsvenskan
Allsvenskan is a Swedish professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Swedish football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 16 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Superettan...
club BK Hacken
BK Häcken
BK Häcken is a Swedish football club based in Gothenburg. The club, formed on 2 August 1940, is currently playing in the Swedish premier division, Allsvenskan after being promoted in 2008.- The beginning :...
.