Martin Rennie

Quick Facts

Full Name	Martin Rennie
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	May 22, 1975(1975-05-22)
Age	49
Birthplace	Thurso
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Scotland
Horoscope	Taurus

Martin Rennie Biography

Martin Rennie is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on May 22, 1975 in Thurso, Scotland, United Kingdom. He was born in Thurso, Scotland to Fiona and Cliff Rennie on 22 May 1975. Martin Rennie spent the first 10 years of his life in Bettyhill where his father was a Church of Scotland minister. In 1985, Rennie’s dad accepted a job at his church, the Old Parish Church, in Larbert and the family relocated to Larbert. Rennie was educated in Ladeside Primary, and Larbert High School during the weekends he would go to watch Falkirk F.C. play. Later, he became a player in the club.

Rennie started coaching his team, the Carolina RailHawks from USL 1. In the Carolina RailHawks he inherited a team that only been to the playoffs only once during the entire history of the Franchise and had never been over eighth place during the regular season. Rennie only kept three players from the prior RailHawks team. He also completely changed the team’s culture and atmosphere and introduced psychological, tactical and physical principles which had never been used at this level prior to. In 2009 , the team fell out on the championship in the regular season by only two points and finished second to Portland who had one of the top record in regular-season play during the entire 25-year tradition of the USL. Rennie was named a finalist in the Coach of the Year award, and his team was praised for the dramatic turnaround that took place within the span of a single season.

On 9 August 2011, Rennie was announced as the new coach of Vancouver Whitecaps FC, however he did not assume that role until after the season was over, on 2 November 2011. At the end of the 2011 season Rennie revamped his playing squad by introducing experienced imports from the Scottish and English football league systems — Kenny Miller, Barry Robson and Andy O’Brien — then in his first season in charge the Whitecaps reached the play-offs. In the process Rennie became the first coach to lead a Canadian team to the MLS post season.

In the 2013 season Rennie continued to revamp the playing squad, reduced the age of the team and introduced young players like Kekuta Manneh to the Whitecaps lineup as well as Premier League experience in former England U21 international Nigel Reo-Coker. The Whitecaps became known throughout MLS for their attacking and entertaining style. On 29 October, with his side finishing 3 points short of making the play-offs Rennie was fired from the Whitecaps after their most successful MLS season to date where they finished on 48 points, 5 more than the previous season. The Whitecaps also won the 2013 Cascadia Cup and won more games than they lost for the first season in their history. Bob Lenarduzzi, president of the Whitecaps cited inconsistent performances and tactics as well as a failure to win the Canadian Championship as reasons for his dismissal.

Cleveland City Stars Cleveland City Stars were victorious in 2008’s United Soccer Leagues Championship with an 1-0 win over Charlotte Eagles. Charlotte Eagles in front of a packed audience in Krenzler Stadium in Cleveland and broadcast live on television across all of the United States. Rennie’s efforts were once again recognized by being awarded the Coach of the award of the year. A few of the best young players Rennie had coached and recruited in 2007 were drafted into professionals at the higher levels prior the start of the 2008 season. At the conclusion year 2008, some of the best players were enlisted to MLS as well as European teams.

Martin Rennie Net Worth

Martin Rennie is one of the richest Association Football Player from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Martin Rennie 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 2003, Rennie was approached by charitable organization Ambassadors Football to embark on an active tour around Africa including visits to Mozambique, Sudan and South Africa. The group included players from teams based in the United States: Charlotte Eagles, Cascade Surge as well as Minnesota Thunder, a South Africa international team, an international from the country of Nigeria, Nigeria international, and a number of athletes of the UK. While on the trip, Rennie was offered an chance to run Cascade Surge. Cascade Surge.

Rennie became the head coach for the Cascade Surge in Oregon, in the year 2005. Under his guidance, Rennie, the Premier Development League team reached its highest level of success between 1995 and 2009. In the one season he was in charge, Rennie was the team’s leader, leading his team Surge into winning victory in the North West Division Title, West Coast Championship Final, US Open Cup Qualification and the Fair Play Award. In 16 games the Surge took 12 wins and also drew two. In the wake of this victory, Rennie was forced to resume his role with Blackbaud and started making plans to continue his working with AIS. In the year 2006 Rennie took up an offer to be director at AIS and the Head Coach for both the USL-2’s expansion team, the Cleveland City Stars and youth team Ambassadors FC (both owned by AIS).

In 2010, the RailHawks established themselves as arguably the premier team in US Soccer outside of MLS. The RailHawks won the NASL title and continued their success into the post season with a run to the Championship final. the team that had previously never scored a playoff goal. For the fourth year in a row Rennie was recognized as a finalist for the Coach of the Year Award, a feat that had never been achieved before at this level of professional soccer. The RailHawks also broke franchise records for a single season including conceding only 14 goals and scoring 54.

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Facts & Trivia

Martin Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Martin Rennie celebrates birthday on May 22 of every year.