Stuart Searle

Stuart Searle
Personal information
Full name Stuart Andrew Searle
Date of birth (1979-02-27) 27 February 1979 (age 44)
Place of birth Wimbledon, England
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Chelsea Women (goalkeeping coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1998 Woking ? (?)
1998–1999 Crawley Town ? (?)
1999–2001 Aldershot Town 20 (0)
2000 → Molesey (loan) ? (?)
2001 → Molesey (loan) ? (?)
2001 → Carshalton Athletic (loan) ? (?)
2001–2005 Carshalton Athletic 73 (0)
2005–2007 Basingstoke Town 81 (0)
2007–2009 Chelsea 0 (0)
2008 → Carshalton Athletic (loan) ? (?)
2009 Watford 0 (0)
2009–2011 Milton Keynes Dons 6 (0)
2011–2013 Chelmsford City 64 (0)
2013–2015 Metropolitan Police 33 (0)
Total 277 (0)
Managerial career
2004–2007 Chelsea Academy (goalkeeping coach)
2007–2009 Chelsea Reserves (player-coach)
2008–2016 Metropolitan Police U18
2011–2015 Chelsea Academy (goalkeeping coach)
2015 Guildford City (assistant)
2012– Chelsea Women (goalkeeping coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:29, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

Stuart Andrew Searle (born 27 February 1979)[1] is an English football manager and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently the goalkeeping coach of Chelsea Women.

Club career

Born in Wimbledon, London,[1] Searle joined Premier League team Chelsea from Basingstoke Town as back-up for their reserve team and as a player-coach, before working there part-time.[2]

He moved to Championship team Watford in January 2009, which re-united him with former Chelsea reserve team manager Brendan Rodgers, who had been appointed as Watford manager in November 2008.[3] In July 2009 his contract at Watford was cancelled by mutual consent and he subsequently signed a two-year contract with League One team Milton Keynes Dons.[4][5]

Stuart made his long-awaited Football League debut in 2010 against Bristol Rovers at the Memorial Stadium. He remained at MK Dons in 2010–11, making a start against Yeovil Town in a 3–2 win.[6] However, after MK Dons' loss to Peterborough in the N-Power League play-off semi-final he was released along with three other players.

Management career

While still a player, Searle began coaching in various roles at Chelsea, including a two-year stint as player-coach for Chelsea Reserves.[2]

After retiring from playing, Searle joined Guildford City as assistant manager in 2015.[7]

Since 2012, Searle has been the goalkeeping coach at Chelsea Women.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 373. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
  2. ^ a b "Chelsea sign Basingstoke keeper". BBC Sport. 13 July 2007. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
  3. ^ "Searle signs". Watford F.C. 23 January 2009. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
  4. ^ "Goalkeeper Searle leaves Watford". BBC Sport. 6 July 2009. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
  5. ^ "MK Dons sign goalkeeper Searle". BBC Sport. 17 July 2009. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
  6. ^ "MK Dons 3–2 Yeovil". BBC Sport. 2 November 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
  7. ^ "Guildford City Welcome Stuart Searle". Guildford City Football Club. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  8. ^ "Stuart Searle – Women's Goalkeeping Coach". Chelsea FC. Retrieved 24 November 2019.

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