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Brendan Rodgers (born 26 January 1973) is a Northern Irish football coach and former player who most recently was the manager of Premier League club Liverpool. Rodgers began his career as a defender at Ballymena United, where he stayed until he was signed by Reading at the age of 18, although a genetic knee condition forced him to retire at the age of 20. He remained at Reading as a coach and then Academy Director, and continued to play non-league football at Newport, Witney Town and Newbury Town for several years. After a period travelling around Spain to study coaching methods, he was invited by José Mourinho to leave Reading and join Chelsea as youth manager in 2004, later being promoted to reserve manager in 2006. In 2008 he was appointed manager of Watford, where he remained until accepting an offer to become manager of his former club Reading in 2009. He left the club by mutual consent after disappointing results six months later, returning to full-time management with Swansea City in 2010. He led the club to win promotion to the Premier League, the first Welsh team ever to do so, before guiding them to finish 11th the following season. On 1 June 2012, Rodgers accepted an offer to become the new manager of Liverpool, whom he led to runners-up position in the league in the 2013–14 season before his dismissal in October 2015. His son, Anton, currently plays for Swindon Town. ==Early life== Rodgers was born in the seaside village of Carnlough in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. His father Malachy was a painter and decorator, while his mother Christina was a volunteer for the Irish charity, Trócaire. Brendan is the eldest of five boys. His younger brother Malachy became a well-known country and western singer locally and is now pursuing a career in Nashville. He grew up as a supporter of Sheffield Wednesday.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Rodgers was a big Owls fan )〕 Brendan's father was a Catholic, while his mother was a Protestant. He attended the All Saints Catholic Primary School in Ballymena, and then moved on to St Patrick's College in the town until the age of 16. "The fact that one (his parents ) was Catholic and one was Protestant didn't play any real part in their lives, they never let the whole religious thing have an impact on Brendan and his brothers" explained his cousin Nigel Worthington, the former manager of York City, and former Northern Ireland manager. In 2010, Christina died at the age of 53, and in September 2011 Brendan was by his father's side when he lost his battle with cancer, aged 59.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brendan Rodgers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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