Harry Redknapp's career – in pictures

Born in Poplar, London in 1947, Harry Redknapp was a trainee at both Tottenham and West Ham before turning professional with the Hammers in 1965. He spent seven years with the club making 149 appearances as a midfielder, before stints with Bournmeouth and the Seattle Sounders Photograph: Hulton Archive/Allsport

Redknapp's first managerial role was at Seattle Sounders where he was a player and assistant-manager, though it was not until 1983 when he took charge of Bournemouth that he was fully in charge of a football club. In his first season he helped the team beat relegation and knock Manchester United out of the FA Cup. In 1987 he guided Bournemouth to the third division title Photograph: PA/EMPICS

Redknapp joined West Ham as an assistant manager to Billy Bonds in 1994 and soon took over, with Frank Lampard Snr becoming his right-hand man. After seven successful years, a spat with the chairman led to his departure in 2001 Photograph: Phil Cole/Getty Images

Redknapp went on to have two stints in charge of Portsmouth, where Milan Mandaric was the chairman. The first, from 2002-2004, saw him guide the club to the Premier League. After a brief spell in charge of bitter rivals Southampton, with whom he was relegated from the top flight, Redknapp returned to Pompey Photograph: Chris Ison/PA Archive/Press Association Ima

The sale of Peter Crouch was central to the charges brought against Redknapp. Having been signed by Redknapp against the wishes of Mandaric, Crouch was sold in 2002 for a sizeable profit. The prosecution alleged that Redknapp received a secret payment of £189,000 from the chairman as a reward, but it was an allegation that both men strenuously denied Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images

In his second spell as Portsmouth manager, Redknapp guided Portsmouth to an unlikely FA Cup triumph Photograph: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty Images

He then joined Spurs, whom he guided from the relegation places into the Champions League Photograph: Tom Jenkins for The Guardian

Redknapp's trial for tax evasion started at Southwark crown court in January. The former News of the World journalist Rob Beasley gave evidence in which he said Redknapp had described the payment made by Mandaric to an account in Monaco as his 'Crouchy bonus' Photograph: Luke Macgregor/Reuters

In court Redknapp told the judge and jury that he had simply made the remark to prevent further enquiries and nullify the story. He and Mandaric instead asserted the payment, made into an account named after his dog Rosie, was for investment purposes Photograph: Rex Features/Rex Features

The eight-man, four-woman jury found both Redknapp and Mandaric, now owner of Sheffield Wednesday, not guilty Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images

Within hours of Redkanpp leaving court, Fabio Capello resigned as England boss over the FA's decision to strip John Terry of his captaincy. Redknapp immediately became the people's favourite to get the vacant job ... Photograph: Michael Regan - The FA/The FA via Getty Images

Spurs's form waned in the months that followed. They let slip a 10-point lead over Arsenal and eventually finished the season fourth. They were then robbed of Champions League qualification by Chelsea's remarkable triumph over Bayern Munich in the final Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA

To compound a miserable end to the season, Redknapp had been overlooked for the England manager's job. Instead, Roy Hodgson was handed the post; Redknapp wasn't even interviewed Photograph: Scott Heavey/Getty Images

With only one-year left on his his Tottenham contract, Redknapp expressed his desire to stay with the club. But his fractured relationship with Daniel Levy and the failure to secure Champions League football ultimately meant his tenure at White Hart Lane was ended on Tuesday 13 June Photograph: Glyn Kirk/AFP/Getty Images