Michael Beale (football coach)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 4 September 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Bromley, London, England | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1998–2001 | Charlton Athletic | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2021-2022 | Aston Villa (assistant) | ||
| 2022 | Queens Park Rangers | ||
| 2022–2023 | Rangers | ||
| 2023–2024 | Sunderland | ||
| 2024–2025 | Al-Ettifaq (assistant) | ||
Michael Beale (born 4 September 1980) is an English football manager who most recently served as the assistant manager of Saudi Pro League club Al-Ettifaq.
Beale started as a football coach in his twenties, spending 10 years coaching the Chelsea youth team, before coaching at Liverpool for six years. He left Liverpool to become assistant manager at São Paulo FC in late 2016, becoming the first Englishman to coach in the Brazilian top flight. Beale then began working with Steven Gerrard as his first team coach in 2018, firstly at Rangers in the Scottish Premier League where they won the Scottish Premier League title in 2020-21 season. He then moved to Aston Villa with Gerrard, this time as assistant manager.
His first managerial role came at Queens Park Rangers, where he was appointed ahead of the 2022–23 Championship season. After 16 games, with QPR top of the table, Beale rejected an approach from Wolverhampton Wanderers to manage in the Premier League. He instead returned to Rangers in November 2022, remaining in charge of the Scottish club until October 2023. Most recently, Beale returned to working with Steven Gerrard as assistant manager of Al-Ettifaq in November 2024. He remained in the position until 2025, leaving the role to become executive consultant to the team's owners.