Mick McDermott, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
TweetMick McDermott
Footballer
Date of Birth: 07-Feb-1974
Place of Birth: Belfast, Northern Ireland
Profession: association football player
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Mick McDermott
- Michael "Mick" McDermott (born 1974 in Belfast) is a Northern Irish former professional football player, and current manager of Glentoran.
- McDermott has held various coaching roles in professional football clubs as well as at the international level. He has held coaching positions at some of Asia's biggest Clubs; Al Ain FC (Abu Dhabi), Esteghlal FC (Tehran), Al Nasr FC (Dubai).
- Previously he was the Fitness Coach of Iran national football team during their successful World Cup 2014 qualification campaign.
- Prior to his second spell with the Iran National team, on 2 July 2017, he was appointed as the Assistant Manager of Iranian football club Esteghlal.
- After a brief spell as 'interim' Manager, on 30 October 2017 he terminated his contract with Esteghlal on mutual agreement.After leaving Esteghlal FC he returned to the Iran National team / Team Melli to work alongside Carlos Queiroz as an Assistant Coach for the 2018 Russia World Cup and also for the Asian Cup 2019 in UAE where they were knocked out in the semi-final by Japan.
- When Queiroz became the head coach of Colombia in February 2019 it was announced that Mick would join him but an agreement was not reached with the Colombian FA.On 31 March 2019, Mick took the job of Glentoran manager with imminent investment due to come into the club.
- Interim Manager Gary Smyth, who could no longer fulfil the role due to a lack of necessary UEFA coaching qualifications, returned to his former role as Assistant.He has played in USL Second Division.
Read more at Wikipedia