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Tom Blow

Meet the ex-Leicester coach who left academy football to become a manager in Cambodia

A lot of English managers would struggle to point to Cambodia on a map, let alone agree to coach in the South East Asian country.

The latter is a challenge Alistair Heath, an ambitious manager from Birmingham, accepted when he took charge of Cambodian Premier League side Angkor Tiger last December. It's the 37-year-old's first job in management and he's determined to be a success.

"I want to prove to the footballing world that I can manage," Heath tells Mirror Football . The Englishman has certainly taken an unconventional route, having previously worked as an academy coach at several clubs in the EFL and Premier League.

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