CHRIS COLEMAN FACTFILE

Born: Swansea, 1970 (Age 47) Playing career: A full-back turned central defender, Coleman started his career at Swansea, playing 196 games and winning promotion to Division Three in 1988. Named in the PFA Team of the Year in 1991, he joined Crystal Palace for £275,000. Coleman spent the next five seasons at Selhurst Park, experiencing two relegations and two promotions to the top flight. He joined Blackburn for £2.8m in 1995 but was restricted by injury to just 30 games. He then joined Fulham for a club-record £2.1m in 1997 and skippered the Cottagers to the Second Division title in 1999. A regular in the side that won promotion to the Premier League in 2000-01, Coleman’s season – and career – was ended by a car crash in January 2001. He retired 18 months later, aged 32. Coleman won 32 caps for Wales, scoring four times. Managerial career: Named caretaker-manager of Fulham in March 2003, he was subsequently handed full control. In three seasons, Fulham finished ninth, 13th and 12th in the Premier League. Sacked in March 2007 after a seven-game winless run, Coleman joined Real Sociedad, tasked with winning promotion to La Liga. After eight wins from 21 games, he departed in January 2008 with Sociedad fifth and a month later was unveiled at Coventry City. He spent two years at the Ricoh, but was sacked after a 19th-place finish in the Championship and subsequently had a brief spell in Greece with Larissa. Named Wales boss in 2012, Coleman led his country to an all-time high FIFA ranking of eighth in the world and the semi-finals of Euro 2016.