Glen Salmon

South African soccer player and manager

Glen Salmon
Personal information
Salmon training for FC Groningen
Full name	Glen George Salmon
Date of birth	(1977-12-24) 24 December 1977 (age 46)
Place of birth	Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe)
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Team information
Current team	Orlando Pirates (reserves manager)
Youth career
	Chiltern Park
	Christian Brothers College
	Boksburg
	Alberton
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1997–1999	Supersport United	31	(12)
1999–2002	NAC	82	(27)
2002–2007	Groningen	118	(25)
2007	NAC Breda	15	(8)
2007–2008	PAOK	24	(4)
2008–2012	Supersport United	62	(9)
International career
2000–2008	South Africa	3	(0)
Managerial career
2019–	Orlando Pirates (reserves manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Glen George Salmon (born 24 December 1977) is a retired South African football forward and current manager of Orlando Pirates' B-team.

Career

Salmon was born in the Rhodesian capital of Salisbury (now Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe) and grew up in South Africa.

He spent almost one decade playing in Europe for NAC Breda and FC Groningen in the Dutch Eredivisie and PAOK in Greece.

Salmon made his international debut against Algeria on 2 February 2000 and has been capped three times in total.

Scored on debut for Kempton Park in a 7–2 win over Luso Africa Stars .

Coaching career

From the summer 2013 until the summer 2019, Salmon worked as an academy manager for Bidvest Wits. On 21 August 2019, he was appointed manager of Orlando Pirates' B-team.^[1]