Ryan Mason
English association football player and manager / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ryan Glen Mason (born 13 June 1991) is an English professional football coach and former player, currently an assistant coach at Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, of which he has twice been interim head coach. He first became interim head coach of Tottenham Hotspur in 2021, becoming the youngest coach in Premier League history, at 29. He had a second spell as interim manager in 2023.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ryan Glen Mason[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1991-06-13) 13 June 1991 (age 32)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Enfield, London, England | ||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Tottenham Hotspur (assistant coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
1999–2008 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2008–2016 | Tottenham Hotspur | 53 | (2) |
2009–2010 | → Yeovil Town (loan) | 28 | (6) |
2010 | → Doncaster Rovers (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2011 | → Doncaster Rovers (loan) | 10 | (0) |
2011 | → Doncaster Rovers (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2012 | → Millwall (loan) | 5 | (0) |
2013 | → Lorient (loan) | 0 | (0) |
2013 | → Lorient B (loan) | 4 | (0) |
2013–2014 | → Swindon Town (loan) | 18 | (5) |
2016–2018 | Hull City | 16 | (1) |
Total | 143 | (14) | |
International career | |||
2009–2010 | England U19 | 4 | (1) |
2011 | England U20 | 1 | (0) |
2015 | England | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
2021 | Tottenham Hotspur (interim) | ||
2023 | Tottenham Hotspur (interim) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Mason progressed through the youth ranks at Tottenham Hotspur and made his first team debut in 2008. He was loaned to Yeovil Town, Doncaster Rovers, Millwall, Lorient and Swindon Town, and played his first Premier League match for Tottenham in 2014. After establishing himself in the Tottenham first team squad, he made his full international debut for England in March 2015. Mason moved to Hull City in 2016 for a club record fee, where he suffered a fractured skull in January 2017 in a match against Chelsea. After a prolonged treatment and on the advice of medical specialists, he retired from professional football in February 2018.