Personal information | |||
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Full name | Glen George Salmon | ||
Date of birth | 24 December 1977 | ||
Place of birth | Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe) | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Orlando Pirates (reserves manager) | ||
Youth career | |||
Chiltern Park | |||
Christian Brothers College | |||
Boksburg | |||
Alberton | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1997–1999 | Supersport United | 31 | (12) |
1999–2002 | NAC | 82 | (27) |
2002–2007 | Groningen | 118 | (25) |
2007 | NAC Breda | 15 | (8) |
2007–2008 | PAOK | 24 | (4) |
2008–2012 | Supersport United | 62 | (9) |
International career | |||
2000–2008 | South Africa | 3 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2019– | Orlando Pirates (reserves manager) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Glen George Salmon (born 24 December 1977) is a retired South African football forward and current manager of Orlando Pirates' B-team.
Salmon was born in the Rhodesian capital of Salisbury (now Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe) and grew up in South Africa.
He spent almost one decade playing in Europe for NAC Breda and FC Groningen in the Dutch Eredivisie and PAOK in Greece.
Salmon made his international debut against Algeria on 2 February 2000 and has been capped three times in total.
Scored on debut for Kempton Park in a 7–2 win over Luso Africa Stars .
From the summer 2013 until the summer 2019, Salmon worked as an academy manager for Bidvest Wits. On 21 August 2019, he was appointed manager of Orlando Pirates' B-team. [1]
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