Stuart Searle

Stuart Searle

Personal information
Full name	Stuart Andrew Searle[1]
Date of birth	(1979-02-27) 27 February 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth	Wimbledon, England
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	United States women's national soccer team (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)
2012–2024	Chelsea Women (goalkeeping coach)
2024–	United States (goalkeeping coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:29, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

Stuart Andrew Searle (born 27 February 1979)[2] is an English football manager and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently the goalkeeping coach of United States women's national soccer team.

Club career

Born in Wimbledon, London,[2] 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.[3]

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.[4] 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.[5][6]

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.[7] 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.[3]

After retiring from playing, Searle joined Guildford City as assistant manager in 2015.[8]

2012–2024, Searle was the goalkeeping coach at Chelsea Women.[9]

Since 2024, Searle is the goalkeeping coach with the United States women's national soccer team.[10]

References

1. "Women's Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024" (PDF). p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 July 2024. Retrieved 11 July 2024.
2. Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Edinburgh: Mainstream Publishing. p. 373. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
3. "Chelsea sign Basingstoke keeper". BBC Sport. 13 July 2007. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
4. "Searle signs". Watford F.C. 23 January 2009. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
5. "Goalkeeper Searle leaves Watford". BBC Sport. 6 July 2009. Retrieved 6 September 2009.
6. "MK Dons sign goalkeeper Searle". BBC Sport. 17 July 2009. Retrieved 30 August 2009.
7. "MK Dons 3–2 Yeovil". BBC Sport. 2 November 2010. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
8. "Guildford City Welcome Stuart Searle". Guildford City Football Club. 8 June 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
9. "Stuart Searle – Women's Goalkeeping Coach". Chelsea FC. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
10. "US Soccer announces additions to US Womens national team technical staff". USSoccer.com.

External links

• Stuart Searle at Soccerway
• Stuart Searle at Soccerbase
• Stuart Searle at Chelsea FC