He has gained a reputation in England for elevating strikers' games to the next level – but who exactly is Orlando Pirates' new striker coach Scott Chickelday?
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The 48-year-old on Thursday announced that he had joined the Buccaneers as their new strikers coach, although there has been no formal announcement from the club.
Having scored just nine league goals in 14 matches, Chickelday's appointment at Pirates makes sense, but who exactly is the new Bucs man?
Chickelday has previously coached at Tottenham Hotspur and QPR and his most recent job was at Billericay Town ladies, where he vacated his post in October after leading them to the The FA Women's National League title.
He started his tenure as a striker's coach in 2019 after identifying a gap in the market. "I was on holiday and met an American Football coach. He was talking about the coaches they have there for every specific position. I was telling him that in England we have only really got a goalkeeper coach. There was a real niche for it. Players noticed that I had started doing it and it just went crazy, if I am honest," he told SkySports in an interview last year.
While most of his clients prefer to have their identities withheld, two of his high-profile clients include, Ollie Watkins of Aston Villa who has three goals and four assists in 17 games this season, and Liverpool's teenage sensation Harvey Elliot, who has scored twice in six UEFA Champions League matches.
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