Jim Fleeting (footballer)

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Jim Fleeting
Personal information
Full name James Taylor Fleeting [1]
Date of birth (1955-04-08) 8 April 1955 (age 68)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Centre half
Team information
Current team
 Kilwinning Rangers (assistant)
Youth career
Kilbirnie Ladeside
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1976–1977 Norwich City 1 (0)
1977-1978 → Tampa Bay Rowdies (loan) 28 (2)
1978–1983 Ayr United 146 (6)
1983–1984 Clyde 2 (0)
1984–1985 Greenock Morton 5 (1)
1985–1986 Clyde 19 (1)
Total173(8)
Managerial career
1988–1989 Stirling Albion
1989–1992 Kilmarnock
1998 Scotland (women)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

James Taylor Fleeting (born 8 April 1955) is a former Scottish football player and manager.

Fleeting began his professional career with Norwich City, making only one appearance before joining Ayr United, where he stayed for six years. He went on to play for Clyde and Greenock Morton (where he was assistant manager to Willie McLean), before joining Clyde again. He was appointed manager of Stirling Albion in the summer of 1988, before leaving the club and joining Kilmarnock as manager from 1989 to 1992.

Fleeting has since worked as the director of football development for the Scottish Football Association, training coaches at the National Sports Centre in Largs. [2] José Mourinho and André Villas-Boas both obtained UEFA qualifications at Largs. [2]

Fleeting is the father of former Scotland women's national football team player Julie Fleeting. [3] In 1998 he served as the women's national team coach, prior to the appointment of Vera Pauw. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Jim Fleeting". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
  2. 1 2 Pattullo, Alan (23 June 2011). "Another feather in development director Fleeting's cap as Largs coaching class proves its value again". The Scotsman . Johnston Press. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
  3. ↑ "BBC SPORT | Football | Women | Fleeting delighted at MBE award". BBC News. 13 June 2008. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
  4. ↑ Marshall, Alan (25 May 1998). "Fleet streets ahead of 'em". Daily Record . Retrieved 21 June 2011.


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