FACTBOX-Soccer-John Toshack factbox

— -- LONDON, Nov 12 - Factbox on John Toshack who was appointed manager of Wales on Friday: 1949: Born March 22, Cardiff. 1966: Signed professional terms with hometown club Cardiff City. Welsh Cup winner in 1968, 1969 and 1970. 1970: Signed by Liverpool. A powerful centre forward, he forged a great partnership with Kevin Keegan. Won three league championships in 1973, 1976 and 1977, the FA Cup in 1974 and two UEFA Cups in 1973 and 1976. In his eight seasons at Liverpool he played more than 200 games, scoring 95 goals. Also won 40 caps and scored 13 goals for Wales. 1979: Became player-coach at Swansea City, moving from Liverpool on a free transfer. Took the Welsh club from the English fourth division to the first division and completed second hat-trick of Welsh Cup wins, from 1981-83. 1984: Moved to Portuguese club Sporting Lisbon. 1985: Signed as coach of Real Sociedad of Spain. Won the Spanish Cup in 1987 and guided the side to second place in the league the following season. 1989: Appointed Real Madrid coach. 1990: Won league championship in first season in charge as side scored 107 first division goals -- a record that still stands. 1990: November 18, sacked as Real Madrid coach 11 games into the season after three successive defeats. 1991: Began second spell at Real Sociedad, originally as an adviser and later as head coach. 1994: January 28, appointed Wales coach on a part-time basis after the sacking of Terry Yorath. Resigned after just one game in charge, a 3-1 defeat by Norway. 1994: November 24, sacked as Real Sociedad coach. 1995: March 23, appointed coach of Deportivo Coruna taking over on July 1. 1997: February 9, resigned from Deportivo Coruna. 1997: June 25, appointed coach of Turkish club Besiktas. Finished a disappointing sixth in the league in his first season in charge. 1999: February 24, appointed coach of Real Madrid for the second time, following the sacking of Guus Hiddink. 1999: June, guided side to second place in the Spanish first division, behind arch-rivals Barcelona, securing place in Champions League. 1999: November 17, sacked as Real coach after 11 games of the season, with the team in eighth place in the table. Replaced by former Real player Vicente Del Bosque. 2000: October 6, appointed coach of French first division strugglers St. Etienne. 2000: December, guided St. Etienne out of relegation zone and into 13th place in the 18-team division. 2001: January 2, appointed coach of Real Sociedad for the third time, following the resignation of Periko Alonso. Guided them to 13th place at the end of the season. 2002: March, after a disappointing start to the campaign, signed Dutch goalkeeper Sander Westerveld, Yugoslav striker Darko Kovacevic and Turkish midfielder Nihat Kahveci for close to