Mark Warburton

Mark Warburton
Warburton in 2014
Personal information
Date of birth (1962-09-06) 6 September 1962
Place of birth London, England
Position(s) Defender
Team information
Current team
Sporting Club Jacksonville
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)
Managerial career
2013–2015 Brentford
2015–2017 Rangers
2017 Nottingham Forest
2019–2022 Queens Park Rangers
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mark Warburton (born 6 September 1962) is an English professional football manager and former player who is currently the Sporting Director and Head of Soccer for Sporting Club Jacksonville of the United Soccer League.

As a player, Warburton was a right back at non-League level with Enfield and Boreham Wood. 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. He managed Rangers in Scotland from 2015 to 2017, winning the Scottish Championship title and the Scottish Challenge Cup in his first season. He joined Nottingham Forest in March 2017, but was dismissed after nine months.