Eric Ramsay
Personal information
Full name Eric Ramsay
Date of birth c. 1992
Place of birth Shrewsbury, England[1]
Team information
Current team
 Manchester United (assistant coach)
Youth career
The New Saints
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Welshpool Town 14
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eric Ramsay (born c. 1992)[2] is a professional football coach and former player. He is an assistant coach at Premier League club Manchester United.

After a short period playing football in the Cymru Premier, Ramsay began his career as a youth coach at Swansea City before moving to Shrewsbury Town's academy in 2017. He worked at Chelsea's academy for two years and, aged twenty-nine, became an assistant first-team coach at Manchester United in 2021. He also had a brief coaching spell with the Wales national football team in 2023.

Early life

Born in Shrewsbury, England, Ramsay grew up in Llanfyllin, Wales, and attended Llanfyllin High School.[3][1][4] After leaving the youth academy at The New Saints, Ramsay made 14 appearances as a player in the Cymru Premier for Welshpool Town, before deciding to attend university and focus on coaching.[5][3]

Career

Early career

In 2013, Ramsay graduated from Loughborough University with a first-class honours degree in Sport Science with Management.[6] At Loughborough, Ramsay worked as an assistant coach alongside Kieran McKenna at the university's football team.[1]

After graduating, Ramsay spent nearly four years as a Lead Professional Development Phase Coach at Premier League club Swansea City, coaching the club's under-21s and under-18s.[1][6][7] He became academy manager at Shrewsbury Town in 2017, and subsequently worked with the club's first-team as interim manager then first-team coach.[8][4] Ramsay joined Chelsea in 2019, where he coached the club's under-23s,[8] and became the youngest British coach to achieve the UEFA Pro Licence.[9][10]

Manchester United and Wales

In 2021, Ramsay joined Manchester United as a development and set-piece coach under manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.[8][11] In the following years, he became a more integral part of the club's coaching set-up, working under managers Ralf Rangnick and Erik ten Hag, and won the EFL Cup with the latter in 2023.[11][12] At United, Ramsay helped integrate foreign players such as Casemiro into the club, due to his ability to speak fluent Spanish.[1]

Alongside his duties at Manchester United, Ramsay joined the Wales national football team as an assistant coach in March 2023.[11] Six months later, he left his position at Wales to focus on Manchester United and his young family.[11]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Respected by Erik ten Hag and Casemiro - Eric Ramsay has become Manchester United's secret weapon". Manchester Evening News. 9 April 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  2. ↑ Wallace, Sam (14 May 2022). "Exclusive: Erik ten Hag wants to keep Manchester United set-piece coach Eric Ramsay". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 30 December 2023 – via ProQuest.
  3. 1 2 "Ramsay's rise from Llanfyllin school field to Chelsea backroom staff". Oswestry & Border Counties Advertizer. 19 November 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Former Shrewsbury Town coach Eric Ramsay earns Wales role". Shropshire Star. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "New Cymru Assistant Coach Eric Ramsay speaks on JD Cymru Premier connection". Cymru Football. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Eric Ramsay". Loughborough University. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Swansea City Under-18S Eric Ramsay". Swansea City. 21 August 2016. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  8. 1 2 3 "Spotlight: Eric Ramsay, Manchester United". Coaches' Voice. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  9. ↑ "Former Shrewsbury Town coach Eric Ramsay lands a Manchester United role". Shropshire Star. 13 July 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  10. ↑ Railston, Steve (16 December 2021). "Who's on the bench with Reds' new boss?: Our In-Depth Guide to Rangnick's Backroom Staff". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 30 December 2023 – via ProQuest.
  11. 1 2 3 4 "Why Manchester United coach Eric Ramsay is leaving Wales role after six months". Manchester Evening News. 4 September 2023. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  12. ↑ "Former Shrewsbury Town coach Eric Ramsay wins first trophy with Manchester United". Shropshire Star. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
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