Manager Profile

Richie WELLENS

Full name
Richard Paul WELLENS

Date of birth
March 26th, 1980 - Manchester

First joined
November 13th, 2018 [appointed as manager]

First match managed
November 17th, 2018 vs. Carlisle United (Home)

Last match managed
October 31st, 2020 vs. Hull City (Home)

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International eligibility
ENGLAND
No international caps.

Managerial Record


Competition Stage P W D L Penalties F A Win % SR%
Won Lost
All matches   83 35 17 31 0 0 122 110 42.17% 52.41%
English Football League   73 35 16 22 0 0 113 87 47.95% 58.90%
FA Cup   3 0 1 2 0 0 1 3 0.00% 16.67%
EFL Cup   2 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 0.00% 0.00%
EFL Trophy   5 0 0 5 0 0 7 14 0.00% 0.00%

Career details


Club Details
Manchester United

Man Utd 		rptd July 8th, 1996 (trainee)
May 19th, 1997 (signed professional contract); transferred out (March 23rd, 2000)
Blackpool

Blackpool 		March 23rd, 2000 (transferred in, nominal fee including 50% sell-on clause); transferred out (July 4th, 2005)
Oldham Athletic

Oldham Athletic 		July 4th, 2005 (transferred in, exchange exchange for Scott Vernon); released (2006/7)
Doncaster Rovers

Doncaster Rovers 		July 23rd, 2007 (unattached); transferred out (July 7th, 2009)
Leicester City

Leicester City 		July 7th, 2009 (transferred in, undisclosed fee); released (rptd July 23rd, 2013)
Ipswich Town

Ipswich Town 		October 4th, 2012 (loan); expired (rptd November 11th, 2012)
Doncaster Rovers

Doncaster Rovers 		August 2nd, 2013 (unattached); released (January 8th, 2016)
Oldham Athletic

Oldham Athletic 		November 26th, 2015 (loan); expired (rptd January 2nd, 2016)
Shrewsbury Town

Shrewsbury Town 		January 8th, 2016 (unattached); released (rptd August 24th, 2016)
Salford City

Salford 		rptd September 2nd, 2016 (unattached); released (rptd October 29th, 2016)
Macclesfield Town

Macclesfield 		rptd November 30th, 2016 (unattached); retired (2015/6)
Oldham Athletic

Oldham Athletic 		rptd July 4th, 2017 (appointed coach)
September 25th, 2017 (appointed caretaker manager)
rptd October 18th, 2017 (appointed manager); sacked (rptd June 8th, 2018)
Swindon Town

Swindon 		November 13th, 2018 (appointed manager); resigned (November 2nd, 2020)
Salford City

Salford 		November 4th, 2020 (appointed manager); sacked (March 22nd, 2021)
Doncaster Rovers

Doncaster Rovers 		May 17th, 2021 (appointed manager); sacked (February 12th, 2021)
Leyton Orient

Leyton Orient 		March 10th, 2022 (appointed head coach)