Ange Postecoglou has lived as much as the promise he made again in September.
“I all the time win issues in my second yr. Nothing has modified,” the Tottenham supervisor stated after back-to-back defeats early within the Premier League marketing campaign.
That narrative has adopted him all season but eight months later, Postecoglou delivered on his phrase by main Tottenham to the Europa League title with a 1-0 victory over Manchester United within the ultimate in Bilbao on Wednesday.
So, this is a run-down of these second-season trophies received by Postecoglou throughout his profession:
South Melbourne (1996-2000)
In his first job as a head coach, Postecoglou received Australia’s top-flight title — the Nationwide Soccer League — in his second season with South Melbourne and once more the next yr.
Brisbane Roar (2009-12)
Postecoglou achieved the identical feat at Brisbane Roar, profitable the league title — by now it was known as the A-League — in his second season and retaining it the next yr.
Australia (2013-17)
Through the second yr of Postecoglou’s four-year stint with the Socceroos, Australia hosted the Asian Cup in early 2015 and reached the ultimate towards South Korea. The Australians conceded an equalizer in stoppage time — coincidentally scored by present Tottenham captain Son Heung-min — however clinched a 2-1 win after additional time. It was Australia’s first Asian Cup title.
Yokohama F. Marinos (2018-21)
In his first massive job outdoors Australia, Postecoglou misplaced the Japanese Cup ultimate in his first season with Yokohama F. Marinos however made up for it by profitable the top-flight league title by six factors the next yr. It was the membership’s fourth Japanese league championship.
Celtic (2021-23)
At Celtic, Postecoglou was accountable for the most important group in Scotland — albeit one which had relinquished its league title the earlier yr. Below the Australian, Celtic regained the Scottish Premiership title by 4 factors in his first season and retained it — by seven factors — in his second season. Postecoglou then left for Tottenham.
Postecoglou’s different golf equipment
Postecoglou has been coach at three different golf equipment in his managerial profession, however by no means received to the tip of a second full season with any of them. He was at Greek lower-league group Panachaiki (2008) for lower than a yr, with Australian group Whittlesea Zebras for simply three months in 2009 and at Melbourne Victory for 18 months — however left initially of his second full season to take over the Socceroos.
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