| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Leslie McGreal[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 2 June 1972[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, England[3] | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Ipswich Town (U21s Coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1989–1990 | Tranmere Rovers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1999 | Tranmere Rovers | 195 | (1) |
| 1999–2004 | Ipswich Town | 123 | (4) |
| 2004–2007 | Burnley | 96 | (1) |
| Total | 414 | (6) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2015 | Colchester United (caretaker) | ||
| 2016–2020 | Colchester United | ||
| 2021 | Swindon Town | ||
| 2021– | Ipswich U21s | ||
| 2021 | Ipswich Town (caretaker) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
John Leslie McGreal (born 2 June 1972) is an English football manager and former professional footballer who is currently an U21s coach at Ipswich Town.
He began his career at Tranmere Rovers, making his debut in the 1991–92 season. He became a first-team regular from the 1993–94 season, playing a total of 233 games across eight seasons, until he was sold to Ipswich Town for a £750,000 fee in August 1999. He helped his new club to win promotion into the Premier League with victory in the 2000 play-off final. He played 54 Premier League games in two seasons, before Ipswich were relegated back into the First Division in 2002. He stayed with the club for another two years before signing with Burnley in June 2004. He spent three seasons in the Championship with Burnley, being named as Player of the Year in 2005, and retired at the end of the 2006–07 season. He played a total of 489 league and cup games in 16 seasons as a professional in the English Football League and Premier League, scoring seven goals.
McGreal went into coaching after retiring as a player, joining the Colchester United Academy in 2009. He briefly stood in as the first team's caretaker-manager in November 2015, before being given the job on a permanent basis following the club's relegation out of League One in May 2016. He took charge for four seasons, with the club twice finishing one place outside the League Two play-offs and losing in the play-off semi-finals at the end of the 2019–20 season. He was sacked in July 2020. After a brief stint as Swindon Town boss, McGreal rejoined Ipswich Town in December 2021 as a coach for the U23s (now the U21s) and development squad.
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