{{Short description|English football manager}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2024}} {{Use British English|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Alex Weaver | image = | full_name = Alexander Weaver | birth_date = | birth_place = [[Stoke-on-Trent]], England | height = | position = | currentclub = | manageryears1 = 2013 | managerclubs1 = [[Hougang United]] | manageryears2 = 2013–2015 | managerclubs2 = [[Warriors FC]] | manageryears3 = 2016–2017 | managerclubs3 = [[Yverdon Sport]] (Academy Manager) | manageryears4 = 2017–2018 | managerclubs4 = [[FC Lausanne Sport]] (Assistant) | manageryears5 = 2018 | managerclubs5 = [[FC Lausanne Sport]] (Interim) | manageryears6 = 2018–2019 | managerclubs6 = [[Team Vaud U21]] | manageryears7 = 2019–2020 | managerclubs7 = [[GC Zurich]] (U18 Manager) | manageryears8 = 2020–2021 | managerclubs8 = [[FC Basel]] (Academy Manager) | manageryears9 = 2021–2022 | managerclubs9 = [[Team Vaud U21|Team Vaud U18]] | manageryears10 = 2022–2024 | managerclubs10 = [[Yverdon Sport]] (Assistant) }}

'''Alex Weaver''' is an English [[UEFA Pro Licence]] [[association football|football]] [[manager (association football)|manager]].

== Career == Weaver began coaching at 17 years old when he passed the [[English FA]] Coaching Certificate (Now FA Level 2 in Football Coaching). Having played youth football at [[Stoke City]], [[Port Vale]], Staffordshire U19s and then advancing into the semi-professional ranks of the [[North West Counties League]], he began to develop his coaching experience as a youth coach at local North West Counties club, [[Newcastle Town FC]].

In between completing the [[UEFA Pro Licence|UEFA B]] and [[UEFA Pro Licence|UEFA A]] coaching certificates, he attained a BSc Coaching Science Degree at [[Liverpool John Moores University]]. Aged 28, he began working full-time for Manchester United Soccer Schools, coaching in places such as [[Seattle]], [[Paris]], [[Dubai]], South Africa and India. He returned to Seattle to coach [[Seattle Wolves FC]] for 18 months as they prepared to participate in the [[USL Second Division]] but the club could not manage to attain the financial support to compete in the league. Hired by Highline Premier FC, one of [[Washington (state)|Washington]]'s premier youth clubs, Weaver went on to develop HPFC's playing and coach development programs for three years before leaving the US to develop his career in [[Singapore]].

He was appointed head coach of [[Hougang United]], a club in the [[S. League]] in early 2013.{{citation needed|date=March 2025}} After only five months, Weaver resigned from his job, and was later appointed as head coach of rival [[Warriors FC]] in June 2013, replacing [[V. Selvaraj]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest+News/Sports/Story/A1Story20130403-413327.html|title=Hougang bench Weaver|date=23 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223005652/http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest+News/Sports/Story/A1Story20130403-413327.html|access-date=7 December 2021|archive-date=23 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/en-sg/news/3880/singapore/2013/06/13/4044519/weaver-building-for-warriors-future-with-fresh-new-ideas|title=Weaver building for Warriors future with fresh new ideas|website=Goal.com|access-date=7 December 2021}}</ref> He went on to guide the club to the S-League title in his first full year as head coach. In February, Warriors FC started the 2015 campaign with [[Asian Champions League]] qualifiers against [[Yadanarbon FC]] and [[Chinese Super League]] side, [[Guangzhou Evergrande]].

Weaver has developed a reputation for his methodical planning and preparation of teams, and has regularly discussed the 'periodisation' of football conditioning methods of [[Raymond Verheijen]] in the local media, and its influence on his own coaching practice.

He left [[Warriors FC]] by mutual consent in October 2015, and joined the Singapore office of leading British sports production and media company, Sunset+Vine in January 2016, to write for its digital publication, VoxSports. In May 2016, Weaver attained the UEFA Pro Licence following completion of the final course module, in which candidates were to compile a research study on a topic of their choice. Weaver completed a 10,000 word study on 'Leadership Hierarchies in Southeast Asian Football' and presented it at the English Football Association to gain his award. In August 2016, he began working within the academy at [[FC Lausanne-Sport|FC Lausanne Sport]] in [[Switzerland]].

In June 2023 he led [[Yverdon Sport]] to promotion and a place in the [[Swiss Super League]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/stoke-city-alex-weaver-switzerland-8497836.amp|title=Stoke coach following Roy Hodgson as minnows win promotion to Swiss top flight|date=6 June 2023|first=Clive|last=Youlton|accessdate=7 June 2023}}</ref>

==Honours== ===Managerial=== In one full season of club management, Weaver led his club to win the domestic league.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goal.com/en-sg/news/3880/singapore/2014/11/01/5670991/warriors-clinch-sleague-title-on-final-day|title=Warriors clinch S.League title on final day|website=Goal.com|access-date=7 December 2021}}</ref>

;[[Warriors FC]] [[S.League]]: [[2014 S.League|2014]]

== Journalism career == After leaving Warriors, Weaver joined Sunset+Vine Asia (Digital) as a full-time journalist for VoxSports in January 2016, where he has been writing commentaries and articles on football for the digital news organisation.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.goal.com/en-sg/news/3880/singapore/2013/08/08/4171418/warriors-coach-alex-weaver-fasts-for-a-day?ICID=OP Warriors coach Alex Weaver fasts for a day | Goal.com]

{{Hougang United FC managers}} {{Warriors F.C. managers}}

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