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Swansea hires Bradley, Premier League’s 1st American manager

FILE - In this Friday May 11, 2012 file photo, Egypt's coach Bob Bradley from the U.S. gestures during a friendly soccer match between the Lebanese and Egyptian national teams, in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon. Bob Bradley has become the first American manager of a Premier League club after being hired by Swansea City while announcing on Monday Oct. 3, 2016 it had fired Francesco Guidolin. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)
FILE - In this Friday May 11, 2012 file photo, Egypt's coach Bob Bradley from the U.S. gestures during a friendly soccer match between the Lebanese and Egyptian national teams, in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon. Bob Bradley has become the first American manager of a Premier League club after being hired by Swansea City while announcing on Monday Oct. 3, 2016 it had fired Francesco Guidolin. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File) FILE - In this Friday May 11, 2012 file photo, Egypt's coach Bob Bradley from the U.S. gestures during a friendly soccer match between the Lebanese and Egyptian national teams, in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon. Bob Bradley has become the first American manager of a Premier League club after being hired by Swansea City while announcing on Monday Oct. 3, 2016 it had fired Francesco Guidolin. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

By Associated Press 4 min read

LONDON (AP) – Bob Bradley became the first American manager in the Premier League after being hired by Swansea on Monday, finally landing the opportunity he had been chasing to lead a top-flight side in Europe.

Swansea hired the former U.S. national team coach to replace Francesco Guidolin, who became the first manager to be fired in the Premier League this season – on his 61st birthday.

The Italian coach has only been at the south Wales club since January but lost his job after the team opened the season by winning only one of its seven league matches.

Swansea swiftly secured the release of Bradley from French second-tier club Le Havre, which he has been coaching since leaving Norwegian side Stabaek last year.

Bradley faces a daunting first game in charge of Swansea with a trip to Arsenal on Oct. 15, taking on Arsene Wenger – the league’s longest-serving manager of 20 years.