Eddie Niedzwiecki has returned to Reading FC in the role as Director of Player Development.
Niedzwiecki was the assistant manager of the Royals under Mark Bowen and has now returned to the club just a few weeks after Bowen was appointed as Head of Football Operations.
The club says: “This broad new role will offer Eddie oversight of both the first-team and academy playing personnel – monitoring, racking, assisting and enhancing their development to help maximise their individual potential whilst at Reading Football Club and beyond.”
Niedzwiecki becomes the latest recruitment in what has been a summer of change at the club.
Paul Ince was given a contract to be the club’s permanent manager, assisted by Alex Rae.
As well as Bowen returning to the club, Reading brought two new coaches to the club this week as James Oliver-Pearce joined as first-team coach, while Tony Warner joined as goalkeeper coach
Brian Carey was also brought to the club this month as Head of Recruitment.
Niedzwiecki has plenty of experience of his CV having taken caretaker charge of the Royals in 1991.
He has also been in caretaker charge of Queens Park Rangers in 2012 and Stoke City in 2018.
The Welshman has been reserve team coach at Arsenal and has coached at Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City, Fulham, and Southampton.
He remained in the coaching staff under Veljko Paunovic, continuing to make an important impact at first team level whilst on the coaching staff as the club challenged for a play-off place in 2020-21.
