STEVE LEADBETTER

Nationality: 🇮🇪

Coach for: UJFC U8s Bulldogs 🐶, Website Admin & Graphic Designer

Footballing History: Former UJFC and USA university rec-ball 🤠

Supports: St. Patrick’s Athletic 🪝

Favourite Player of All Time: R9 - Ronaldo Nazário. Easy pick 🇧🇷

Best UJFC Memory: Seeing the team I was assistant coaching at the time earn their first crushing victory in a friendly, and watching my lad get his first hat-trick in the process. Absolute dynamite 🧨

Interesting Fact/Story: I speak Spanish and Portuguese and grew up mostly in the US, and lived in Panamá for a long while as well. My travels have had me chased by boars through swamps 🐗, almost have my head crushed by a jaguar 🐆, and lose sight in an eye walking through the jungle at night 🌴, but it’s still nowhere near as terrifying as a group of U7/8s demanding that Man of the Match trophy post-match ⚽🏆

Coaching Philosophy: If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.