Stevie Woods (footballer)

For other people with similar names, see Steven Woods (disambiguation).

Stevie Woods
Personal information
Full name Stephen Gerard Woods[1]
Date of birth (1970-02-23) 23 February 1970 (age 54)
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Celtic (goalkeeping coach)
Youth career
1989–1992 Hibernian
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1992–1993 Clydebank 57 (0)
1993–1994 Preston North End 20 (0)
1994–2003 Motherwell 143 (0)
2003–2005 St Mirren 9 (0)
Total 229 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stephen Gerard Woods (born 23 February 1970) is a Scottish football coach who currently works as a goalkeeping coach for Celtic.

Woods played as a goalkeeper for Hibernian, Clydebank, Preston North End, Motherwell and St Mirren.[2]

After retiring as a player in 2005, Woods worked as the goalkeeping coach for Livingston and Dunfermline Athletic. He was appointed to a full-time coaching position with Celtic in 2007.[3] Alex McLeish appointed Woods to an assistant coaching position with the Scotland national team in March 2018.[4] He held this position until August 2021, when he was succeeded by Chris Woods.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Stevie Woods". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  2. ^ Stevie Woods at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Transfer Database
  3. ^ Kyle, Gregor. "celtic's future is in safe hands". Celtic FC. Archived from the original on 16 July 2007. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Scotland: Peter Grant, James McFadden & Stevie Woods join Alex McLeish's staff". BBC Sport. 11 March 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Steve Clarke: Scotland head coach extends contract". BBC Sport. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.