"Brendan Rodgers has been a manager for almost two decades, but a coach for much longer - after a knee injury ended his career as a professional footballer when he was 20. After travelling around Europe to learn coaching methods from different countries, Rodgers became a youth team coach under Jose Mourinho at Chelsea in 2004, before taking his first steps into management, aged 35, with Watford four years later."
"Football, for as long as I've known, has been my life. To my kids, I would often pick up a size five football and tell them: 'This ball here has taken me around the world and given me an amazing life.' That has purely been from when I was a child just loving the game and watching the game. I have a photograph of when I was only two when I broke my leg."
The Football Interview is a BBC series hosted by Kelly Somers featuring in-depth conversations with major sports and entertainment figures. Episodes explore mindset and motivation, defining moments, career highs and personal reflections, aiming to reveal the person behind the player. Episodes release on Saturdays across BBC iPlayer, BBC Sounds and the BBC Sport website, with television broadcasts late on Saturday nights on BBC One. Brendan Rodgers sustained a knee injury that ended his playing career at 20, studied coaching across Europe, worked under Jose Mourinho at Chelsea in 2004, and entered management with Watford at 35. Rodgers now manages Celtic, securing multiple Scottish Premiership titles and domestic cups.
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