John Herdman

Herdman is one of the more compelling coaching minds in the modern game, and his willingness to cross boundaries is what I admire. Taking Canada's women to back-to-back Olympic bronze and a World Cup quarter-final was no fluke, then pivoting to the men's side and now leading Indonesia shows a manager who backs his methods anywhere. He never had a stellar playing career, which only underlines that his gift is human: motivating people and building winning cultures from scratch. That kind of adaptability and emotional intelligence is rare, and I am genuinely curious what he conjures next.

John Herdman (born 19 July 1975) is an English professional football manager who is the head coach of the Indonesia national team. Herdman coached the Canada women’s national team from 2011 to 2018, guiding them to back-to-back Olympic bronze medals (2012 and 2016) and a quarter-final finish at the 2015 FIFA World Cup.

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Name (English)

John Herdman

Name (Japanese)

ジョン・ハードマン

Reading

じょん・はーどまん

Born

July 19, 1975 (age 50)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Rabbit

Origin

Consett, United Kingdom

Blood type

Private

Height

2 cm

Agency

Private

Occupation

association football coach / association football player

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

Private

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/officialjohnherdman/
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3

Tags

• association football coach
• association football player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.