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Sir Alex Ferguson

Sir Alex Ferguson is a retired player and coach in football. He was born in 1941 in Glasgow, Scotland. Most people call him the greatest coach that has ever lived. He coached Manchester Untied from 1986 to 2013, with 38 trophies, including 13 English Premier League and 2 UEFA Champions League titles.

Before his success as a coach he was an amateur football player until he was signed as a professional player in 1964. In this time he has shown great courage and leadership. Si Alex Ferguson found it hard to reach professional football because no team would give him a permanent spot even though he was a leading goal scorer. At this point he did not give up and kept requesting transfers to other clubs until someone though he was worthy enough to keep. He was then dropped from the starting lineup after a bad performance and instead of giving up the next season he showed leadership and scored 45 goals in 51 games which equalled the top scorer in …show more content…

The striker of the club, Bobby McCulley said that he had “never been afraid of anyone before but Ferguson was a frightening bastard from the start.” He showed great leadership when he joined St. Mirren where the team was in second division but Sir Alex Ferguson showed great leadership qualities and then won the division one title in 1977. When he joined Aberdeen he was called ‘Furious Fergie because he was so strict. He then signed with Manchester United and had huge success in the 26 years he was there.

While at Manchester United he started at the bottom and worked himself up. He has prided himself on his philosophy to great success as a leader. His leadership style is discipline, he is resoundingly known for his temper and his way of intimidating others. He is a guy that looks at the long term goal and plans how he will achieve the goal. His number one philosophy is ‘Start with the

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