What is Brendan Rodgers?
[[File:Brendan Rodgers 2014 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Rodgers in August 2014]] '''Brendan Rodgers''' (born 26 January 1973) is the Celtic Football Manager and winner of the Scottish league 2023/2024. Formally a [[Northern Irish]] [[Association football|football]] manager and former player. He was the manager of [[Premier League]] club [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]]. He managed [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] from 2012 to 2015, finishing second in the Premier League in 2014. He was sacked in October 2015. In 2016, he joined [[Scottish Premiership]] club [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]]. In his two-and-a-half seasons with Celtic, he won two domestic trebles. In 2019, he left Celtic to manage Leicester City. He has also managed [[Watford F.C.|Watford]], [[Reading F.C.|Reading]] and [[Swansea City A.F.C.|Swansea City]]. In his playing days, he played for [[Ballymena United F.C.|Ballymena United]] and Reading before retiring at the age of 20 due to [[injury]]. Rodgers was born in [[Carnlough]]. His son, [[Anton Rodgers (footballer)|Anton]] (born 1993), is a footballer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/brendan-rodgers-voyage-from-hills-of-antrim-to-anfield-30155195.html|title=Brendan Rodger's voyage: From hills of Antrim to Anfield|work=[[Irish Independent]]|date=6 April 2014|access-date=9 February 2017}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category|Brendan Rodgers}} * [http://www.lfchistory.net/Managers/Manager/Profile/25 LFC History profile] {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodgers, Brendan}} [[Category:1973 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Association football coaches]] [[Category:Northern Irish football managers]] [[Category:Northern Irish Protestants]] [[Category:Northern Irish footballers]] [[Category:Reading F.C. players]] {{Bio-stub}}