Steve Holland (footballer)

Stephen Anthony Holland MBE (born 30 April 1970) is an English football coach who is the manager of J1 League club Yokohama F. Marinos.

He had short stints playing professional football for Bury and for Husqvarna FF of Sweden and semi-pro for Northwich Victoria and Hyde United but, aged 21, Holland decided to go into coaching.

He left this role on 18 November 2008 and was replaced by former manager Dario Gradi, after which he held talks with the club to decide his future there.

[5] In May 2011 Holland won the Premier Reserve League beating Blackburn in the play-off final at Stamford Bridge for the first time since 1994.

[citation needed] On 29 June 2011, it was announced that Holland would become assistant first team coach at Chelsea under new manager André Villas-Boas.

After the England team reached the final of the delayed UEFA Euro 2020 in 2021, Holland was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to association football.