Mark Warburton

Mark Warburton

Warburton in May 2014
Personal information
Full name	Mark Warburton
Date of birth	(1962-09-06) 6 September 1962 (age 54)
Place of birth	London, England
Playing position	Defender, right back
Youth career
1977–1979	Leicester City
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1981–1985	Enfield	28	(1)
1985–1988	Boreham Wood	107	(2)
Total		135	(3)
Teams managed
2013–2015	Brentford
2015–2017	Rangers
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Mark Warburton (born 6 September 1962) is an English professional football manager, who was most recently the manager of Scottish Premiership club Rangers. He began his coaching career in the academy at Watford, before moving to Brentford in February 2011, serving as a coach and sporting director until being appointed manager in December 2013. He led the club from League One to promotion to the Championship in the 2013–14 season and finished the following season with the club's best second-tier placing for 80 years.

Growing up in London, Warburton attended The Latymer School, Edmonton. A defender, Warburton began his playing career as an apprentice at Leicester City under and later dropped into Non-League football with Enfield. Warburton took a dislike to the methods of McLintock's successor at Leicester, Jock Wallace, later saying "he was a Marine. We had runs on sand-dunes, running until we threw up. I learned a lot from that, never treating a player that way". Warburton had a successful four years at Enfield, winning the 1981–82 FA Trophy and the 1982–83 Alliance Premier League title. He battled for the right back spot at the club with Trevor Savage and scored his only league goal for the club past Boston United goalkeeper Kevin Blackwell in a 2–0 win during the 1982–83 season. After leaving Enfield in 1985, Warburton later played for Isthmian League side Boreham Wood and also spent time playing in Charlotte and Chicago men's leagues while living in the United States.Cruciate injuries ended his playing career.