Gerard Nash (footballer)

Gerard Nash
Personal information
Date of birth (1986-07-11) 11 July 1986 (age 38)
Place of birth Leixlip, County Kildare, Ireland
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1]
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Leixlip United
Belvedere
2002–2003 Ipswich Town
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2003–2006 Ipswich Town 1 (0)
2006Hartlepool United (loan) 3 (0)
2006Southend United (loan) 0 (0)
Total 4 (0)
Managerial career
2013–2016 Ipswich Town U18
2016–2020 Ipswich Town U23
2022–2024 Aston Villa U18
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gerard Nash (born 11 July 1986) is a former Irish professional footballer and coach.

Nash played his youth football with Leixlip United and Belvedere before joining the Ipswich Town academy. He played for Ipswich Town and also spent time on loan at Hartlepool United and Southend United before he was forced to retire in 2006 due to complications occurring after two cruciate ligament injuries.

He subsequently took up coaching roles at Ipswich, becoming the U18s manager in 2013 and later the same position in the U23s in 2016. He departed the club in May 2021 joining the Football Association of Ireland as High Performance Coach.

  1. ^ "Gerard Nash profile". Soccerbase. Retrieved 24 September 2020.