David Rouse

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David Rouse
Personal information
Full name David Edward Rouse[1]
Date of birth (1976-03-06) 6 March 1976 (age 45)[1]
Place of birth South Woodham Ferrers, England[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Club information
Current team
 Stoke City
(goalkeeping coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1994 Stockport County 0 (0)
1995–1996 Cheadle Town
1996–1997 Mount Wellington
1997–1998 Bury 0 (0)
1998–2004 Cheadle Heath Nomads
2004–2005 Hong Kong FC
2005–2006 Cheadle Heath Nomads
2007 Macclesfield Town 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

David Edward Rouse (born 6 March 1976) is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Macclesfield Town. He is currently the goalkeeping coach at Stoke City.

Career[]

As a youth Rouse was with Stockport County and then on Bury's books, before moving into coaching while playing semi-professional football. He worked for eight years at Manchester United, where he worked with young goalkeepers such as Luke Steele, Tom Heaton, Tommy Lee, Ben Amos, Sam Johnstone and Luke Daniels. In the 2006–07 season he was goalkeeping coach at Macclesfield Town, and played once for the first team in an injury crisis, in a 1–0 defeat to Barnet, making his Football League debut at the age of 30.[2] He also worked with Rochdale and Wigan Athletic before joining Queens Park Rangers as goalkeeping coach in February 2008.[3] He was first team goalkeeping coach at Loftus Road for four years.

In December 2014, Rouse joined Al Ain in the United Arab Emirates as head goalkeeping coach. In his first season there, Al Ain won their 12th UAE Pro League League title and reached the knockout stages of the AFC Champions League.[4] In September 2017, Rouse was named as the goalkeeping coach for the Chinese Taipei national football team.[5] Rouse was appointed goalkeeping coach at Stoke City in December 2019.[6]

Career statistics[]

Source:[7]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Macclesfield Town 2006–07 League Two 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Career total 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c David Rouse at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
  2. ^ Brinkhurst, Andy. "Barnet 1 Macclesfield 0".
  3. ^ "Exclusive: Rouse Joins Coaching Team". Queens Park Rangers F.C. 25 February 2008. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
  4. ^ "Stockport football coach guides Al Ain to title in the United Arab Emirates". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  5. ^ "White takes helm of Taiwan soccer". Taipei Times. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
  6. ^ "New coaching appointment confirmed". Stoke City. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  7. ^ David Rouse at the English National Football Archive (subscription required)
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