Colin Toal

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Colm Joseph Toal (born 6 July 1948), often referred to as Colin Toal,^[1] is an English football administrator, manager, and former player. In his playing career, he was most prominently a forward for the English club Wimbledon, and also played at Tonbridge Angels, Gravesend & Northfleet, Maidstone United, and played with Roy Hodgson at South African club Berea Park.^[4] He managed IFK Norrköping in 1996.^[5] He became the technical director of Indian Football.^[6] He also worked with Halmstad in 1978,^[7] and Trelleborg, the China national football team, Copenhagen, Udinese, the Uzbekistan national under-20 football team, and Panathinaikos in the 1990s and 2000s.^[3]

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Personal information
Full name	Colm Joseph Toal[1][2]
Date of birth	(1948-07-06) 6 July 1948 (age 77)[3]
Place of birth	South London, England[3]
Position	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Tonbridge Angels
	Gravesend & Northfleet
1970–1971	Wimbledon
1971–1973	Maidstone United
1973–????	Berea Park
Managerial career
1978	Halmstad (assistant)
1990–1994	Trelleborg
1996–1997	Norrköping
1998–1999	China (assistant)
2000–2001	Copenhagen (assistant)
2001–2002	Udinese (assistant)
2002–2004	Shanghai 2000
2005–2006	Uzbekistan U20
2006	Panathinaikos (assistant)
2007–2014	India (technical director)
2007–2013	India U20
2015	Shanghai Football School (advisor)
2017	Minerva Punjab (technical director)
2024	Kunming City
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
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In 2024, he was appointed as manager of Chinese Champions League club Kunming City.^[3]