- Michael John "Johnny" Giles is a former association footballer and manager best remembered for his time as a midfielder with Leeds United in the 1960s and 1970s
Born: | 06 November 1940 Comment | How old is Johnny Giles in 2024? / Age: | 83 years
| Zodiac sign: | Scorpio |
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Johnny Giles facts
- After retiring from management in 1985, Giles served as the senior analyst on RTÉ Sport's coverage of association football from 1986 until 2016
- The FAI voted Giles as the greatest Irish player of the last 50 years at the UEFA Jubilee Awards in 2004
- After winning an FA Cup winner's medal under Matt Busby at Manchester United, Giles moved to Leeds in 1963 where he played in midfield alongside captain Billy Bremner
- The duo went on to form a central midfield partnership which was one of the best in English club football
- Their pairing helped yield several major trophies in the most successful era in Leeds' history
- By strange coincidence, Giles and Bremner would both score exactly 115 goals for the club, casting doubt on the modern penchant for "holding" midfield players
- In his later years in football, Giles pursued a managerial career which saw him installed as player-manager and manager of, among others, West Bromwich Albion, the Republic of Ireland, and Shamrock Rovers
- Despite having an outstanding knowledge of the game, Giles personally never liked being a manager
- He became disillusioned with aspects of the job, such as suffering at the hands of non-committal boardrooms, and left management permanently in 1985
- He later declared that he had no regrets about quitting managerial life
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