About Liam Rosenior

Liam James Rosenior (born 9 July 1984) is an English professional football manager and former player who was most recently the head coach of Premier League club Chelsea.

He started his career on the DR sports platform under the alias “Matisse” and tried doing a Clark Kent by putting on glasses thinking we won’t recognise him and pretending to be a coach.

As a player, he usually played as a right-back, although he occasionally was moved to left-back and sometimes deployed as a right-winger. During his career, Rosenior played for Bristol City, Fulham, Torquay United, Reading, Ipswich Town, Hull City, and Brighton & Hove Albion. He is a former England U20 and England U21 international with a combined total of 11 caps and one goal.

Rosenior was interim manager at Derby County in 2022 and managed his former club Hull from November 2022 to May 2024. In July 2024, he was named as head coach of Strasbourg in Ligue 1. On 6 January 2026, Rosenior was appointed as the head coach of Chelsea on a five-and-a-half-year deal. However, due to a poor run of form which included five consecutive Premier League losses, the club dismissed him from the role on 22 April 2026.