Johnny Giles
Irish soccer player and manager · Ireland · On the map · Footballers · Born 1940 · age 86
Michael John Giles is an Irish former association football player and manager best remembered for his time as a midfielder with Leeds United in the 1960s and 1970s. After retiring from management in 1985, Giles served as the senior analyst on RTÉ Sport's coverage of association football from 1986 until 2016.
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Bobby Charlton Teammate at Manchester United F.C., 1957-1963
Jack Charlton Teammate at Leeds United F.C., 1963-1973
Billy Bremner Teammate at Leeds United F.C., 1963-1975
Harry Gregg Teammate at Manchester United F.C., 1957-1963
Norman Hunter Teammate at Leeds United F.C., 1963-1975
Joe Jordan Teammate at Leeds United F.C., 1970-1975- Peter Lorimer Teammate at Leeds United F.C., 1963-1975
Dennis Viollet Teammate at Manchester United F.C., 1957-1962
Tony Dunne Teammate at Republic of Ireland national team, 1962-1975
Allan Clarke Teammate at Leeds United F.C., 1969-1975
Terry Cooper Teammate at Leeds United F.C., 1963-1975- Eddie Gray Teammate at Leeds United F.C., 1966-1975
- Paul Madeley Teammate at Leeds United F.C., 1963-1975
- Noel Cantwell Teammate at Manchester United F.C., 1960-1963
Gary Sprake Teammate at Leeds United F.C., 1963-1973- Mick Bates Teammate at Leeds United F.C., 1963-1975
- David Gaskell Teammate at Manchester United F.C., 1957-1963
- Jimmy Greenhoff Teammate at Leeds United F.C., 1963-1968
- Albert Johanneson Teammate at Leeds United F.C., 1963-1970
- Ray Treacy Teammate at Republic of Ireland national team, 1966-1979
- Chris Galvin Teammate at Leeds United F.C., 1968-1973
- Rod Johnson Teammate at Leeds United F.C., 1963-1968
- Terry Hibbitt Teammate at Leeds United F.C., 1963-1971
- Paddy Mulligan Teammate at West Bromwich Albion F.C., 1975-1977
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About this person
He was nominated for the 1972 Ballon d'Or and the FAI voted Giles as the greatest Irish player of the last 50 years at the UEFA Jubilee Awards in 2004.
