Martin Ho
 Ho in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 6 June 1990 | ||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, Merseyside, England | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Tottenham Hotspur Women (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| Everton | |||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2015–2018 | Everton Women (assistant) | ||
| 2020–2023 | Manchester United Women (assistant) | ||
| 2023–2025 | Brann Women | ||
| 2025– | Tottenham Hotspur Women | ||
Martin Peter Ho (Chinese: [hoʊ]; born 6 June 1990) is an English professional football coach who is currently the head coach of Women's Super League club Tottenham Hotspur.
Career
[edit]Born in Liverpool in 1990 to a Chinese father and English mother, Ho started his footballing career as an academy player for Everton, but soon pivoted to a coaching role.[1] From 2015 to 2018 he worked as assistant manager to Andy Spence at Everton Women.[2] Ho then worked as the head coach of Liverpool Women's U21 team, before being given the role as assistant manager at Manchester United Women in 2020.[3][4]
In 2023 Toppserien club Brann hired Ho as their head coach, replacing Olli Harder.[5] While unable to salvage a disappointing domestic season, Ho achieved success in the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Champions League, leading the team to 2nd in the group stages before going out to eventual champions Barcelona in the quarter-finals.[6]
On 4 July 2025, it was announced that Ho had been appointed as head coach of Women's Super League side Tottenham Hotspur.[7][8] In March 2026, he signed a "long-term" contract with the club, although the exact length of the agreement was not made public.[9][10]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Han er kanskje en av tidenes minst kjente Brann-trenere: – La oss holde det slik". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). 31 July 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ↑ "Manchester United's Martin Ho on Changing Managers and the Club's Positive Start to the Season". Our Game Magazine. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ↑ "Ona Batlle joins Manchester United Women as Martin Ho becomes Casey Stoney's assistant boss". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
- ↑ "United Women appoint Martin Ho as assistant coach". manutd.com. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
- ↑ "Henter trener fra Manchester United" (in Norwegian). SK Brann.
- ↑ "Barcelona 3-1 Brann (agg 5-2): Barca set up Champions League semi-final against Chelsea". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
- ↑ "Martin Ho joins as Women's Head Coach". Tottenham Hotspur. Retrieved 21 July 2025.
- ↑ "Spurs name ex-Man Utd assistant Ho as manager". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
- ↑ "Tottenham boss Martin Ho signs new deal after impressive first season". ESPN. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
- ↑ "Tottenham manager Ho signs new long-term deal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 March 2026.
- 1990 births
- Living people
- English football managers
- English expatriate football managers
- Expatriate football managers in Norway
- English expatriate sportspeople in Norway
- Toppserien managers
- SK Brann managers
- English people of Chinese descent
- Sportspeople from Liverpool
- Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Women managers
- Women's Super League managers