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  "textContent": "Emma Hayes is starring at the World Cup with ITV (Picture: Getty)\n\nEmma Hayes is fast turning into one of the stars of the show at the World Cup with ITV.\n\nThe former Chelsea Women manager, who is working with the broadcaster for the tournament, has been impressing viewers with her tactical insights during the much-maligned hydration breaks.\n\nThe 49-year-old has been imparting her wisdom with nothing more than a blackboard and a piece of chalk at ITV’s impressive studio in Brooklyn, New York.\n\nBut while Hayes may be a fresh face for some World Cup viewers, for others, who have followed the women’s game closely for the past decade, she is instanstly recognisable as one of the most successful English coaches of her generation.\n\n##  Don't miss a World Cup moment\n\nLionel Messi’s hat-trick. Cape Verde’s heroics. Those Scottish fans.\n\nIt’s been a memorable World Cup so far – our daily newsletter helps you make the most of it. Sign up.\n\n## End of playing dream and start of management career\n\nBorn in London, Hayes was part of the Arsenal academy as a youngster, but the budding midfielder was forced into an early retirement from the sport after suffering a serious ankle injury on a ski trip.\n\nWith her dream of becoming a professional footballer cruelly dashed, Hayes turned to academia, studying at Liverpool Hope University before completing a master’s degree in intelligence and international affairs.\n\nHayes has been offering tactical analysis during World Cup hydration breaks (Picture: ITV)\n\nHer time at university was the catalyst behind her move into management, with a spell coaching the women’s team in the late 1990s resulting in a youth player development role at Crystal Palace.\n\nFrom there, Hayes landed a role as a first-team coach with a move to American side Long Island Rough Riders in 2002, which saw her become the youngest coach in the USL W-League.\n\nAfter being named the Coach of the Season, Hayes moved to Iona Gaels a year later and remained with the New York-based club for two years.\n\nHayes returned to England in 2005 to take up a role as an assistant first team coach with Arsenal Ladies.\n\nHayes honed her coaching skills at Arsenal (Picture: Getty)\n\nA hugely successful three years followed with Arsenal winning 11 major trophies during her time at the club, including three league titles, three FA Cups and the UEFA Cup.\n\nHayes was back in the US in 2008 after being appointed as manager of the Chicago Red Stars, which was followed by technical director roles at other American sides.\n\n## Unrivalled success at Chelsea\n\nHayes returned home to the UK again in 2012 and was appointed as the Chelsea Women manager during the middle of the season.\n\nThe Camden-born coach spent her first few years at Chelsea laying the foundations for what would become one of the most dominant periods in English women’s club football.\n\nHayes ushered in a dominant era in the women’s game at Chelsea (Picture: Getty)\n\nHer first taste of silverware was the Women’s Super League (WSL) and FA Cup double in 2015, which were the first of 16 trophies collected during her hugely successful time at the club.\n\nAll told, Hayes won seven WSL titles at Chelsea, including five in a row between 2020 and 2024.\n\nHer Chelsea trophy cabinet also boasts a total of five FA Cups, two League Cups, a WSL Spring Season title and a Community Shield.\n\n> \"It's taking a while for Spain to be patient in what they're doing\" ☝️\n>\n> Emma Hayes makes use of the first hydration break with some Spain analysis pic.twitter.com/WJBJ4sPUKi\n>\n> — ITV Football (@itvfootball) June 15, 2026\n\nOne glaring omission from her Chelsea CV is the Champions League title, though, which eluded Hayes during her time in west London.\n\nA runners-up medal in the 2020/21 season was the closest Hayes and Chelsea got to tasting success on the European stage, suffering a 4-0 defeat to the all-conquering Barcelona side in the final.\n\nHayes’ trophy-laden spell at Chelsea also saw her recognised on an individual level, with an induction into the WSL Hall of Fame in 2021 followed by her winning The Best FIFA Football Coach award in 2022.\n\n##  Emma Hayes' extraordinary record as a manager\n\n**Played:** 506\n\n**Won:** 334\n\n**Drawn:** 56\n\n**Lost:** 116\n\n**Win percentage:** 66%\n\n## Landing the biggest job of them all\n\nHayes’ long reign at Chelsea came to an end in 2024 when she became the new manager of the United States, arguably the most prestigious and high-profile role in the women’s game.\n\nDespite just two months to settle into the job, Hayes guided the star-studded US side to the gold medal at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.\n\nHayes and the US had a golden summer in 2024 (Picture: Getty)\n\nThe US won all six of their games in the tournament, with a 1-0 victory over Brazil in the final seeing the USWNT claim their fifth Olympic gold medal – and first since 2012.\n\nHayes will lead the US at next year’s Women’s World Cup, which is taking place in Brazil across June and July.\n\nShould the US clinch a record-extending fifth World Cup title, Hayes would become just the second English manager, male or female, to win the World Cup.\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "Meet Emma Hayes – ITV’s breakout World Cup star wowing viewers with unique TV insights"
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