{{short description|English footballer and manager}} {{use British English|date=October 2018}} {{use dmy dates|date=October 2018}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Giles Stille | image = | caption = | fullname = Giles Kevin Stille<ref name=Hugman/> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|11|10|df=y}}<ref name=Hugman/> | birth_place = Westminster, England | currentclub = Assyriska (manager) | height = {{height|ft=5|in=9}}<ref name=CarderHarris/> | position = Midfielder | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = 197?–1979 | clubs1 = Kingstonian | years2 = 1979–1984 | clubs2 = Brighton & Hove Albion | caps2 = 27 | goals2 = 4 | years3 = 1985–1987 | clubs3 = Tegs | years4 = 1987 | clubs4 = Sandåkerns | years5 = 1988 | clubs5 = Umeå | years6 = 1989–1990 | clubs6 = Forward | years7 = 1991–1992 | clubs7 = Umeå | manageryears1= | managerclubs1 = Tord | manageryears2= 1998–1999| managerclubs2 = Jönköpings Södra | manageryears3= | managerclubs3 = Husqvarna | manageryears4= 2007| managerclubs4 = Östers | manageryears5= 2013 | managerclubs5 = Linköping City | manageryears6= 2014 | managerclubs6 = Husqvarna | manageryears7= 2015 | managerclubs7 = Linköping City | manageryears8= 2019 | managerclubs8 = Zhejiang Yiteng | manageryears9= 2021–|managerclubs9 = Assyriska IK }}
'''Giles Kevin Stille''' (born 10 November 1958) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion.<ref name=Hugman>{{Hugman|18870|accessdate=15 September 2018}}</ref> He went on to coach and manage in Sweden.<ref name=KFF>{{cite web |url=http://www.kalmarff.se/staff/giles-stille |title=Ledare – Giles Stille |language=Swedish |trans-title=Staff – Giles Stille |publisher=Kalmar FF |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090514022928/http://www.kalmarff.se/staff/giles-stille |archivedate=14 May 2009}}</ref> He is the manager of Swedish Division 1 side Assyriska.
==Life and career== Stille was born in 1958 in Westminster.<ref name=Hugman/> He attended Epsom College, a rugby-playing school, and took a degree in social history at Westfield College while playing football part-time for Kingstonian. He joined Brighton & Hove Albion in 1979, and turned professional after he graduated. He was never a first-team regular,<ref name=CarderHarris>{{cite book |first1=Tim |last1=Carder |first2=Roger |last2=Harris |title=Albion A–Z: A Who's Who of Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. |publisher=Goldstone Books |location=Hove |date=1997 |pages=233–234 |isbn=978-0-9521337-1-1}}</ref> and his career was blighted by a diagnosis of diabetes and a series of injuries including a chronic back problem.<ref name=Argus>{{cite news |url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/5089468.Albion_old_boy_on_a_high_in_Sweden/ |title=Albion old boy on a high in Sweden |newspaper=The Argus |location=Brighton |date=19 August 2004 |accessdate=27 September 2018}}</ref> He remained with the club until 1984, contributing 4 goals from 29 appearances, and then returned to Kingstonian and worked as a mortgage broker.<ref name=CarderHarris/> He played for Tegs SK in the Swedish lower divisions, and spent two English seasons with Crawley Town before returning to Sweden on a permanent basis to play and coach.<ref name=CarderHarris/>
Under Stille's management, IK Tord won the 1995 Division 3 (fourth-tier) title,<ref name=Argus/> and he led Jönköpings Södra to two consecutive titles in 1998 and 1999.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sodrasajten.se/tranarna/ |title=Tränarna |language=Swedish |trans-title=Managers |website=Södrasajten.se |date=11 May 2017 |accessdate=30 September 2018}}</ref> After three seasons with Husqvarna FF, he was appointed assistant manager of Superettan club Kalmar FF. The team won the 2003 Superettan title, and with it promotion to the Allsvenskan, and he stayed at the club for two seasons in the top flight.<ref name=Argus/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://kalmarff.se/news/2011/10/30/kalmar-ff-forlanger-med-giles-stille |title=Kalmar FF förlänger med Giles Stille |language=Swedish |trans-title=Kalmar FF extension for Giles Stille |publisher=Kalmar FF |date=30 October 2011 }}</ref> He returned to Husqvarna in 2006, and in January 2007, signed a three-year contract as manager of Superettan club Östers IF.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://sverigesradio.se/sida/artikel.aspx?programid=91&artikel=1126798 |title=Giles Stille lämnar HFF för Öster |language=Swedish |trans-title=Giles Stille leaves HFF for Öster |publisher=Sveriges Radio |date=4 January 2007 |accessdate=30 September 2018}}</ref> Instead of challenging for the title as expected, Östers were heading for relegation when Stille was sacked in mid-September.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/fotboll/a/e17jQg/hemskt-att-se |title=Hemskt att se |language=Swedish |trans-title=Awful to see |newspaper=Aftonbladet |location=Stockholm |date=19 October 2007 |accessdate=30 September 2018}}</ref> Stille returned to Kalmar in 2009 and left in 2012. The club were looking for an assistant who was prepared to live in Kalmar; Stille's family were settled in Huskvarna.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://kalmarff.se/news/2012/11/22/giles-stille |title=Giles Stille |language=Swedish |publisher=Kalmar FF |date=22 November 2012 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001142604/https://kalmarff.se/news/2012/11/22/giles-stille |archivedate=1 October 2018}}</ref>
After working in China, Stille returned to Sweden to take charge of Division 1 side Assyriska.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fotbolltransfers.com/site/news/133045|title=Officiellt: Giles Stille tar över Assyriska IK|website=fotbolltransfers.com|date=7 January 2021|accessdate=14 January 2021|language=Swedish}}</ref>
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