{"id":494598,"date":"2026-03-25T14:14:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T14:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/494598\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T14:14:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T14:14:15","slug":"efl-side-crawley-town-hands-former-premier-league-star-colin-kazim-richards-first-manager-job-with-just-seven-games-to-battle-relegation-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/494598\/","title":{"rendered":"EFL side Crawley Town hands former Premier League star Colin Kazim-Richards first manager job with just seven games to battle relegation threat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Colin Kazim-Richards has been handed his first senior management position after Crawley Town named the 39-year-old as their new head coach.<\/p>\n

The former Turkey international takes charge of the League Two side following Scott Lindsey’s dismissal earlier this week.<\/p>\n

Lindsey departed after a dire run of form that yielded just five points from ten matches, leaving the Red Devils sitting 21st in the table and just one point above the relegation zone.<\/p>\n

Since retiring from professional football in 2023, Kazim-Richards has been developing his coaching credentials within Arsenal’s youth academy.<\/p>\n

The London-born coach spent two years honing his skills at the north London club, where he also trained as a youngster himself.<\/p>\n

His playing days saw him turn out for 18 clubs across six countries.<\/p>\n

Beginning his career at Bury, Brighton and Sheffield United, he subsequently moved abroad to represent Fenerbahce, Toulouse, Galatasaray and Olympiacos.<\/p>\n

A loan spell at Blackburn brought him back to England in 2012, before stints at Feyenoord and Celtic followed.<\/p>\n

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Colin Kazim-Richards has been handed his first senior management position after Crawley Town named the 39-year-old as their new head coach<\/p>\n

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At Parkhead, he claimed a Scottish Premiership winners’ medal in 2016.<\/p>\n

Spells in Brazil with Coritiba and Corinthians came next, along with time in Mexico, before he concluded his career at Turkish side Fatih Karagumruk.<\/p>\n

He earned 37 caps for Turkey, featuring in their Euro 2008 semi-final run.<\/p>\n

Lindsey’s exit came just a day after marking one year since his return to the club for a second spell in charge.<\/p>\n

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His record during this period read 12 victories, 14 draws and 27 losses, a stark contrast to his first tenure when he guided Crawley to League One via a Wembley play-off triumph over Crewe Alexandra in 2024.<\/p>\n

Crawley owner Raphael Khalili said in a statement: \u201cFollowing a thorough and highly competitive recruitment process, Colin distinguished himself as an outstanding candidate.<\/p>\n

“He is a natural leader with extensive experience in the dressing room, and we firmly believe he is the right person to guide the club forward at this important time.<\/p>\n

“Colin enjoyed a highly accomplished playing career and brings a wealth of experience across all levels of the game. That depth of knowledge will be invaluable given our current situation.”<\/p>\n

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He added: “Just as importantly, he has the ability to connect with players, inspire confidence, and foster a strong, unified environment within the squad.<\/p>\n

“His ambition, determination, and clear vision for success made a strong impression on us.<\/p>\n

“We are confident that under his leadership, he will install belief throughout the team and deliver a positive and sustained improvement in results.”<\/p>\n

Crawley currently sit level on points with Newport County, who occupy the final relegation spot, with only goal difference keeping the Red Devils out of the bottom three.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Colin Kazim-Richards has been handed his first senior management position after Crawley Town named the 39-year-old as their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":494599,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,50,2331,217,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-494598","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-news","tag-sgg","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=494598"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494598\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/494599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}