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the former England assistant coach Steve Holland Yokohama F Marinos has been named as its new manager, the J-League side said on Tuesday.
Holland takes over from John Hutchison, who took over as interim coach in July after Harry Kewell left the club due to poor results.
“Our challenge is to win the title again,” Holland told the club’s official website. “We will play aggressive attacking football.
“We want to build a team that can compete for the title with consistency and high competitiveness.”
Marinos finished ninth in the recently concluded J League season, 20 points behind champions Vissel Kobe. The club last won the title in 2022 under Australian coach Kevin Mascott.
This is Holland’s first role as a manager since a one-season spell in charge at Crewe Alexandra in the 2007-08 campaign, where the 54-year-old spent most of his subsequent career as an assistant.
After a spell at Chelsea, linked with Holland Gareth Southgate In 2016 the pair went on to work with England Under-21s before taking charge of the senior national team.
Alongside Southgate, he helped England to the finals of the Euros in both 2021 and 2024 and the semi-finals of the World Cup in Russia in 2018.
