Des Buckingham

United Kingdom41 years old2 clubs on record66 matches

Known as: D. Buckingham

Current club

Al-Kholood

The record66 matches · 17–16–33

  • matches662 clubs
  • record17–16–33won–drawn–lost
  • points per match1.0126% won
  • goals76–1151.15 for · 1.74 against

Des Buckingham has 66 finished matches on this store, across 2 clubs between 2 Dec 2023 and 9 Oct 2026.

His teams have won 17, drawn 16 and lost 33 — 26% of them — at 1.01 points per match, scoring 76 and conceding 115.

The strongest spell is Al-Kholood: 1.02 points per match over 42 matches, against 1.00 at Oxford United.

His longest unbeaten run is 7 matches, the longest winning run 2, and he is currently on 2 defeats.

4-1-4-1 is the shape he has used most — 17 of the 64 matches whose lineups the store holds.

First match in charge
2 Dec 2023 · 2–0 v Grimsby Town
Biggest win
3 Jan 2026 · 5–0 at Al-Fayha
Heaviest defeat
8 Apr 2026 · 0–6 at Al-Hilal
How this record is built

There is no coach-to-match table in this store. The record is reconstructed: the spells in coach_stints crossed with the finished fixtures of the clubs he was at, in the competitions StatsGem covers — 58 of these matches also carry a dugout the provider actually recorded, 58 of which name him. None needed correcting.

61 of the 66 matches carry team statistics (the store's begin in 2018) and 63 carry squads. A statistic the provider never filed is absent from the cards above rather than counted as a zero.

Club by club2 spells

  1. Al-KholoodActive14 Aug 2025 – present

    Pro League

    42 matches · 11–10–21 · 1.02 points per match · 49–75 goals (26% won)

    DWDWLLBest 5–0 at Al-FayhaWorst 0–6 at Al-HilalIn charge 28 Aug 2025 – 9 Oct 2026
  2. Oxford United16 Nov 2023 – 19 Dec 2024

    Championship

    24 matches · 6–6–12 · 1.00 points per match · 27–40 goals (25% won)

    LLLDLLBest 3–1 v Preston North EndWorst 2–6 at Coventry CityIn charge 2 Dec 2023 – 14 Dec 2024

Formthe last 40 of 66 matches, oldest first

One bar per match, oldest first — three points for a win, one for a draw, none for a defeat. The dashed line is the mean of these 40 matches: 1.07 points per match. A bar with no colour is a match the statistics do not cover.

By season and competition
seasoncompetitionpw–d–lppggoals
Saudi Pro League 26/27Saudi Pro League83–3–21.5012–15
Saudi Pro League 25/26Saudi Pro League348–7–190.9137–60
FA Cup 23/24FA Cup21–0–11.504–6
EFL Cup 24/25EFL Cup21–0–11.502–1
Championship 24/25Championship204–6–100.9021–33

With him and without him

The same club, in the same competitions and seasons, split by whether he was in charge — his spell against the club's other matches in those seasons.

Al-Kholood

14 Aug 2025 – present

42 matches with him · 0 without · Pro League

Nothing to compare against. The store holds no other match for this club in the same seasons — he was there for all of them.

  • Points per match—1.0242m—0m
  • Win rate—26%42m—0m
  • Goals for per match—1.1742m—0m
  • Goals against per match—1.7942m—0m

with him · without him

Oxford United

16 Nov 2023 – 19 Dec 2024

24 matches with him · 27 without · Championship

  • Points per match−0.411.0024m1.4127m
  • Win rate−12.0 pp25%24m37%27m
  • Goals for per match+0.011.1224m1.1127m
  • Goals against per match+0.481.6724m1.1927m

with him · without him

His teams in the twelve target statistics61 matches with statistics

His teams' average for each of the twelve statistics this site measures — the same statistic families the match odds and the league tables publish — beside the competition-season average of the same matches. The statistics begin in 2018, which is why the counts are lower than his match total.

  • Fouls10.5−1.011.5(61m vs 41km)
  • Throw-ins19.0+0.718.3(61m vs 41km)
  • Shots9.9−2.212.1(61m vs 41km)
  • Shots on target3.5−0.84.3(61m vs 41km)
  • Tackles15.1−0.515.6(61m vs 41km)
  • Saves3.1+0.32.9(60m vs 40km)
  • Interceptions9.6+1.28.4(61m vs 41km)
  • Offsides1.9−0.22.1(58m vs 38km)
  • Corners4.0−0.95.0(61m vs 41km)
  • Cards1.7−0.32.0(59m vs 39km)
  • Dribbles7.3+0.17.2(61m vs 41km)
  • Goal kicks8.7+1.17.6(61m vs 41km)

Shapes57 matches with a lineup

  • 4-1-4-117
  • 4-2-3-115
  • 4-4-213
  • 4-3-37
  • 4-4-1-15

The players he leaned on63 matches with a squad

Most minutes first, over the matches the store holds a squad for. A player's rating is the provider's, averaged over the matches he was rated in.