
Tags: Football, Caribbean, Jamaica, Stoke City
Retired Reggae Boy Ricardo Fuller is set to step into coaching after taking a role at the academy of former club Stoke City.
The 42-year-old former player is a cult favorite at the West Midlands club where he made 182 appearances between 2006 and 2012 and scored 43 goals.
The Jamaican will return to the club as part of the Professional Player to Coach scheme, an initiative that is jointly administered by the Premier League, EFL, and Professional Footballers' Association. The aim of the program is to increase the presence of minority coaches in the game of English football, a major talking point for the last several years.
Fuller will do work with all age groups at the club’s youth academy, where players range in age from 9-21. Despite being a former fan favourite, the club made it clear the retired striker was not simply handed the position.
“Ricardo was one of a host of applicants for the role and he proved to be the strongest candidate after a thorough interview process,” Garth Owen, the director of the club’s academy, explained.
Fuller made 72 appearances for the Jamaica national team and scored a total of 9 goals.
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