Adam Griffiths
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Adam Griffiths gives instructions at a Wellington Phoenix training session in 2024 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adam David Griffiths | ||
| Date of birth | 21 August 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–1996 | Sydney United | ||
| 1997 | Sutherland Sharks | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998 | Sutherland Sharks | 6 | (1) |
| 1999–2001 | Northern Spirit | 21 | (1) |
| 2000 | → Gippsland Falcons (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 2001 | → Manly United (loan) | 21 | (9) |
| 2002–2003 | Newcastle Jets | 31 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | Oostende | 27 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Watford | 0 | (0) |
| 2006 | AFC Bournemouth | 7 | (1) |
| 2006–2007 | Brentford | 37 | (1) |
| 2007–2009 | Newcastle Jets | 38 | (3) |
| 2009 | Gold Coast United | 1 | (0) |
| 2009 | Al-Shabab | 15 | (0) |
| 2010 | Adelaide United | 8 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Hangzhou Greentown | 33 | (3) |
| 2012–2013 | Sydney FC | 18 | (0) |
| 2013 | Selangor FA | 16 | (3) |
| 2014–2015 | Kedah FA | 16 | (4) |
| 2015 | APIA Leichhardt Tigers | 15 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2008 | Australia | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2020–2022 | Manly United | ||
| 2025– | Perth Glory | ||
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 September 2015 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 May 2014 | |||
Adam Griffiths (born 21 August 1979) is an Australian professional soccer manager and former player who currently serves as the head coach of A-League Men club Perth Glory.
In 2020 he became Head Coach of National Premier Leagues NSW side Manly United. In 2022 he transformed Manly United FC into a dynamic, attacking team that reached the 2021/22 NPL Grand Final, earning him recognition as NPL Coach of the Year. Adam was awarded Coach of the year 2022 at the Football NSW Gold Medal Awards. In July 2022 he was appointed as Assistant Coach at the Western Sydney Wanderers under Mark Rudan. Griffiths helped guide the team to their first finals in seven years and the league’s best defensive record during his debut year as an A-League assistant coach.