Austin MacPhee
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Austin MacPhee is leaving Aston Villa to join Chelsea's coaching staff as a set-piece specialist. He spent five years at Villa working closely with Unai Emery, turning dead-ball situations into one of the club's most reliable attacking weapons, with Villa topping Europe's leagues for goals scored from set pieces in consecutive seasons. He was also central to Villa's Europa League triumph, having designed the training-ground routine that led directly to Youri Tielemans' opening goal in the final.
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Austin MacPhee has left his role as Aston Villa's set-piece coach to join Chelsea's backroom staff. He spent five years at Villa, working closely with Unai Emery to turn dead-ball situations into one of the club's most reliable attacking weapons, with Villa topping Europe's leagues for set-piece goals in consecutive seasons. MacPhee was also central to Villa's Europa League triumph, having designed the training-ground routine that led directly to Youri Tielemans' opening goal in the final.
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