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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Keith Robert Boanas[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 22 April 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | Hitchin, England | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–1999 | Tooting & Mitcham United | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1998–2001 | Tooting & Mitcham United | ||
| 2000–2007 | Charlton Athletic Women | ||
| 2008–2009 | Millwall Lionesses | ||
| 2009–2016 | Estonia Women | ||
| 2017 | Watford Ladies | ||
| 2024 | Chatham Town Women | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Keith Robert Boanas (born 22 April 1959) is an English football manager and former player who played as a defender.
Boanas has worked with and assisted in the development of many senior England women internationals such as former captain Casey Stoney and Eni Aluko. He also assisted his wife, Pauline Cope-Boanas and Marieanne Spacey, the former assistant England national coach whom he tutored for the English FA Level 2, UEFA B. Boanas also worked with many figures from the men's game, including Chris Powell, former Charlton Athletic player, head coach, and PFA president. His career has included working with former Premier league goalkeeper Dean Kiely, and Simon McMenemy, who was a national manager of the Philippines national team, and in player development, Leroy Lita who played for Swansea City, and Jason Euell who played for Charlton Athletic.
Playing career
[edit]Boanas has played and coached on the semi-professional circuit.[2] Boanas made three substitute appearances for Tooting & Mitcham United after being appointed manager in 1998–99.[3]
Coaching career
[edit]Early career
[edit]Prior to taking the Tooting & Mitcham United head coach position in 1998, he had become The County Coach in England's Surrey County Football Association. He also served as director of Margate FC's centre of excellence.[4]
Charlton Athletic
[edit]In November 2000, Boanas took over as manager of Charlton Athletic Ladies, while still managing Tooting & Mitcham United FC.[5] In August 2001, Boanas furthered his role with Charlton Athletic Ladies, resigning from his role at Tooting & Mitcham.[6] With Charlton Ladies, Boanas alongside his assistant Matt Beard reached three successive FA Women's Cup finals, winning the 2005 trophy after defeats to Fulham in 2003 and Arsenal in 2004. He reached the final once again in 2007. He also guided Charlton Ladies to further cup success in the FA Women's Premier League Cup in 2004 and 2006.[7] Despite the success of Charlton Ladies team, 2007 saw the Charlton Athletic men's team relegated from the Premier League and they scrapped their entire women's section as a result of budgetary constraints.[4][8]
Boanas continued his work with the Surrey FA as The County Coach, and was then approached for the position of assistant director of the David Beckham Academy.[4]
Boanas returned to the women's game in June 2008, being appointed manager of Millwall Lionesses.[9]
Estonia
[edit]In January 2009, he left Millwall to be appointed as manager of the Estonia women's national football team and further tasked with re-structuring youth development and coach education in a developing football nation. Boanas said at the time that he was disappointed not to have been considered by the FA to be England women's manager.[10] In November 2012, Boanas reportedly agreed a three-year contract to take over as manager of Lincoln Ladies, to begin in January 2013. However Boanas decided not to take up the position offered at Lincoln and continued his career in Estonia.[11] Boanas spent seven years as Estonia manager. He would later state in 2025, "Charlton and Estonia were the massive parts of my career ... I know that my work with the national team impacted positively on the women’s game over there. That was important to me, to leave a legacy."[12]
Later career
[edit]Boanas was named head coach of Watford F.C. Ladies on 7 February 2017, before leaving in December 2017.[13]
Boanas then became head coach of Barking Abbey Girls' Football Academy at Barking Abbey School in January 2018.[14]
In 2024, he took over as manager of Women's National League side Chatham Town F.C. Women.[12]
Personal life
[edit]Boanas is married to former England and Charlton Athletic goalkeeper Pauline Cope and has two children named Sonny and Kari Boanas.[15] In September 2012 after achieving all his senior coaching qualifications in the UK, Boanas elected to achieve his UEFA Pro Licence in Europe, under Dutch tutor Arno Pijpers.[16] Boanas is the author of three youth development manuals for coaches and delivers coach education courses and clinics worldwide and also academy training workshops for Surrey coaches with Fulham academy players.[17]
Honours
[edit]Manager
[edit]Tooting & Mitcham United
Charlton Athletic W.F.C
Estonia
- Women's Baltic Cup: 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013
- Women's Under-19 Baltic Cup: 2009, 2012
- Women's Under-17 Baltic Cup: 2010, 2012, 2013
- Seniors UEFA Mini Tournament Armenia: 2010
Individual
- Nationwide Coach of the Year: 2003–04
- Ryman League Coach of the Year: 2004–05
- Estonian FA JALKA Magazine Coach of the Year: 2010
References
[edit]- ↑ "MATCH REPORT" (PDF). Universiade Shenzhen 2011. 21 August 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
- ↑ Keith Boanas (25 January 2010). "Keith Boanas / Estonian women's national team / English colleges". She Kicks. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
- ↑ "Tooting & Mitcham United FC Archive". Archived from the original on 4 March 2014.
- 1 2 3 Steve Wilson (16 October 2009). "Keith Boanas Q & A". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
- ↑ Thearle, Sue (5 February 2001). "Charlton's Bonus chance". BBC Sport.
- ↑ "Boanas quits Tooting to manage women's team". Wandsworth Guardian. 16 August 2001. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
- ↑ "2003-2007: The Glory Years | Charlton Athletic Football Club". www.cafc.co.uk. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
- ↑ Tony Leighton (23 June 2007). "Charlton shut down women's team". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
- ↑ "Lionesses make key appointment". Millwall FC. 25 June 2008. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
- ↑ Tony Leighton (26 January 2009). "Boanas leaves Millwall to take charge of Estonia". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
- ↑ "Lincoln Ladies: Keith Boanas appointed as manager". BBC Sport. 16 November 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2012.
- 1 2 3 4 Association, The Football. "Keith Boanas and the Charlton story". www.thefa.com. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
- ↑ "Keith Boanas: Watford Ladies name former Charlton boss as new head coach". BBC Sport. 7 February 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2017.
- ↑ "Keith Boanas". Barking Abbey School. January 2018. Archived from the original on 7 April 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ↑ Keith Boanas (1 November 2010). "Keith Boanas / Estonian women's national team / English colleges". She Kicks. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
- ↑ "Keith Boanas Gains UEFA Pro Coaching License". She Kicks. 3 September 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
- ↑ "Better Soccer Coaching – Team". Retrieved 18 July 2014.
- ↑ "Boanas Quits Champions". London Now. 16 August 2001. Retrieved 23 July 2026.
External links
[edit]- Coaching profile Archived 29 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- English Soccer School Archived 3 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- Centre Of Football Excellence SE Asia
- Surrey Football Coaches Association UK
- Euro-Asian Association Of Football Coaches
- 1959 births
- Living people
- English men's footballers
- English football managers
- Tooting & Mitcham United F.C. players
- Tooting & Mitcham United F.C. managers
- Charlton Athletic F.C. non-playing staff
- Expatriate football managers in Estonia
- Estonia women's national football team managers
- Men's association football defenders
- Sportspeople from Hitchin