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Currently sat around waiting for the arrival of baby so with some time on my hands; heres a little light reading. (some are copy and paste jobs)

 

Jan Poortvliet

After resigning as Saints gaffer; JP went on to manage FC Eindhoven, Telstar & FC Del Bosch only having marginal success with FC Eindhoven reaching the qualification round of promotion/relegation to Eredivisie.

 

He us currently managing in China's Amateur Football League with Qingdao Red Lions FC.

 

Kamil Kosowski

After making eighteen appearances for Saints with his only goal coming against Hull City, he made his way to Chievo for a loan spell. Spells with Cadiz, APOEL, Apollon Limassol, GKS and Wisla Krakow.

 

He has since retired from football.

 

Chris Makin

Makin retired from playing in 2008 afte rmaking twenty eight apperances for Saints. Makin did come out of retirement briefly in 2010 when he turned out for non league side Radcliffe Borough. Since retiring from playing, Makin has worked in property management, looking after the properties he invested in during his playing days. He also works as a sports analyst and commentator for Qatar broadcaster Al-Kass TV.

 

Antti Niemi

One of the few Finnish footballers to grace England’s Premier League, Antti Niemi retired in 2008 due to a wrist injury.

He did actually sign for Portsmouth later that year but never made an appearance for the club and reportedly earned £450,000 for this troubles.

In retirement Niemi went into coaching and in 2010 joined up with the Finnish national team as their goalkeeping coach.

In 2013 he took on the role as goalkeeping coach at his former club in Finland, HJK combining these duties alongside his work with the national team.

In June 2014 Antti Niemi joined fellow former Finland team mate Sami Hyppia at Brighton and Hove Albion as goalkeeping coach.

He left the club once the season was over in May 2015 to return back to his native Finland to be with his family again.

 

Egil Ostenstad

A fan’s favourite wherever he played, Egil Ostenstad retired in 2005 season after a short spell playing back at his first club Viking FK in his native Norway.

In retirement he stayed in Norway taking on the role of director of football at Viking FK until he stepped down from the role in June 2011.

He is however still an active board member at the club.

Ostenstad has also worked outside of football and is currently employed at Norwegian financial services company DNB.

 

Chris Perry

After a distinguished career spanning nearly 20 years Chris Perry retired from playing when he was released by Southampton in 2010.

Since retiring from playing Perry has undertaken his UEFA coaching badges and has completed his UEFA A Coaching License.

Chris Perry has also worked as a youth coach at Dagenham and Redbridge.

He is currently working as a football pundit and match summariser for talkSPORT and BT Sport.

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Ken Monkou started a pancake restaurant in the Netherlands after his football career ended in 2000 (after a year at Huddersfield Towns AFC), but sadly that went bankrupt.

 

Ken was a football agent for a while and bought over a few from Holland - he sat behind me one pre-season at Eastleigh where a few of his lads were trialling they were poor!

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Currently sat around waiting for the arrival of baby so with some time on my hands; heres a little light reading. (some are copy and paste jobs)

 

Jan Poortvliet

After resigning as Saints gaffer; JP went on to manage FC Eindhoven, Telstar & FC Del Bosch only having marginal success with FC Eindhoven reaching the qualification round of promotion/relegation to Eredivisie.

 

He us currently managing in China's Amateur Football League with Qingdao Red Lions FC.

 

Kamil Kosowski

After making eighteen appearances for Saints with his only goal coming against Hull City, he made his way to Chievo for a loan spell. Spells with Cadiz, APOEL, Apollon Limassol, GKS and Wisla Krakow.

 

He has since retired from football.

 

Chris Makin

Makin retired from playing in 2008 afte rmaking twenty eight apperances for Saints. Makin did come out of retirement briefly in 2010 when he turned out for non league side Radcliffe Borough. Since retiring from playing, Makin has worked in property management, looking after the properties he invested in during his playing days. He also works as a sports analyst and commentator for Qatar broadcaster Al-Kass TV.

 

Antti Niemi

One of the few Finnish footballers to grace England’s Premier League, Antti Niemi retired in 2008 due to a wrist injury.

He did actually sign for Portsmouth later that year but never made an appearance for the club and reportedly earned £450,000 for this troubles.

In retirement Niemi went into coaching and in 2010 joined up with the Finnish national team as their goalkeeping coach.

In 2013 he took on the role as goalkeeping coach at his former club in Finland, HJK combining these duties alongside his work with the national team.

In June 2014 Antti Niemi joined fellow former Finland team mate Sami Hyppia at Brighton and Hove Albion as goalkeeping coach.

He left the club once the season was over in May 2015 to return back to his native Finland to be with his family again.

 

Egil Ostenstad

A fan’s favourite wherever he played, Egil Ostenstad retired in 2005 season after a short spell playing back at his first club Viking FK in his native Norway.

In retirement he stayed in Norway taking on the role of director of football at Viking FK until he stepped down from the role in June 2011.

He is however still an active board member at the club.

Ostenstad has also worked outside of football and is currently employed at Norwegian financial services company DNB.

 

Chris Perry

After a distinguished career spanning nearly 20 years Chris Perry retired from playing when he was released by Southampton in 2010.

Since retiring from playing Perry has undertaken his UEFA coaching badges and has completed his UEFA A Coaching License.

Chris Perry has also worked as a youth coach at Dagenham and Redbridge.

He is currently working as a football pundit and match summariser for talkSPORT and BT Sport.

 

Good luck Monk with all that.

 

I thought for some reason that Egil had trained in law

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Which ex player has been the most successful outside of football?

 

Of course he's not very much a true ex Saint, but Eljero Elia is currently making millions outside of football as well as still being a succesful player. He owns fashion brand Balr (together with Gregory van der Wiel and Demy de Zeeuw), football news website by433.com, co-owns Footballtemple and just opened a cocktailbar (Callisto) in The Hague.

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