Paul Watson (football manager)

Paul Watson
Personal information
Full name Paul Christopher Watson
Date of birth (1984-06-15) 15 June 1984
Place of birth Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Team information
Current team
Thimphu City (consultant)
Managerial career
Years Team
2009–2010 Pohnpei
2013–2014 Bayangol
2021– Thimphu City (consultant)

Paul Watson (born 15 June 1984) is a British writer and football coach. Once a semi-professional footballer himself, he is best known for serving as coach of the Pohnpei State football team and Federated States of Micronesia national football team in 2009 and 2010, an experience about which he wrote the 2012 book Up Pohnpei. He later moved to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia to assist in the founding of a new team, Bayangol FC. In 2018, Watson was the lead organiser and tournament director for the CONIFA World Football Cup in London for nations, states and peoples not recognised by FIFA.