Alistair Edwards

Youth career

Born in Whyalla, South Australia to Scottish parents, Edwards' family moved to Kwinana when he was a child, where he joined the local junior team before representing Western Australia in a team that won the 1986 Australian under-18 title. He made a couple of appearances for the state senior side at the age of 17, before attending the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra.

Rangers

In 1988, Alistair then had a spell with Rangers in Scotland.

Sydney Olympic

In 1989, Alistair moved back to Australia to joined Sydney Olympic in which he scored the winning goal in the 1989–90 National Soccer League grand final against Marconi Stallions to help his club to win the title.

Loan to Brighton & Hove Albion

Alistair performance for Sydney Olympic earns him a loan move to English club, Brighton & Hove Albion for the remainder of the 1989–90 Division Two season.

Singapore FA

After returning from his loan spell at Brighton & Hove Albion, Alistair joined Singapore FA in 1990 where he form a potent partnership with compatriot, Abbas Saad which resulted to a strong finished in the league and cup, by finishing runners up to Selangor in the Semi-Pro League 1 and runners up in the Cup final in 1990. Alistair also finished as the league top scorer which he won the golden boot with 13 goals.

Johor FA

After a successful spells at Singapore FA, Alistair joined Johor FA the following year where in his first season, he guided…

Alistair played for the Australia national team between 1991 and 1997, scoring 3 goals in 19 matches, and also represented Australia at the 1987 FIFA U-20 World Cup held in Chile.

Australia Women U-20

In 2004, Alistair was the assistant coach at the 2004 FIFA U-19 Women's World Championship in Thailand.

Western Waves

Alistair was then announced as the head coach of the newly created Australian side, Western Waves but limited resources forced them to dissolvement the following year.

Return to Australia Women U-20

Alistair returned to the Australia Women U-20 side and was named the head coach of the Women team at the 2006 AFC U-19 Women's Championship in Malaysia where they qualify for the 2006 FIFA U-20 Women's World Championship held in Russia since joining the AFC.

Football Federation of Australia

From 2006 to 2009, Edwards became the Football Federation of Australia Development and High Performance Consultant where his main tasks included conducting research in Japan, the Netherlands, France and England on Talent Development and Identification as part of the FFA Development Review and to assist in the development of the FFA National Curriculum. Edwards, along with Paul Okon and Alex Tobin was awarded one of the inaugural FFA Elite Coach Development Scholarships in 2008. As part of his scholarship he spent one month in the Netherlands on attachment with Louis Van Gaal at AZ Alkmaar and Han Westrhoff at Vitesse Arnhem.

Australia Women's

Upon his return, Alistair took the Matildas to the 2008 AFF Women's Championship in Vietnam where they won the tournament. Edwards is also an AFC/FFA Advanced Licence…

Alistair is married to a Singaporean national where he both son, Ryan Edwards is a professional footballer currently playing for SD Amorebieta in the Segunda División while Cameron Edwards is playing for a semi-professional club, Bayswater City His son, Ryan was born in Singapore. Despite having been in the country for around 10 days after his birth, he was called up for national service for Singapore on his 18th birthday.