Grover Gibson

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Grover Gibson
Personal information
Date of birth (1978-11-18) 18 November 1978 (age 45)
Place of birth Fairfax, Virginia, United States
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Richmond Strikers
Braddock Road
VfB Stuttgart
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–1999 VfB Stuttgart II 11 (0)
1999–2000 FC Augsburg 25 (0)
2000–2002 SV Elversberg 31 (5)
2002–2003 Mainz 05 4 (0)
2003–2004 SV Elversberg 27 (1)
2004–2005 Jahn Regensburg 30 (2)
2005–2006 Preußen Münster 11 (1)
2006 Kickers Emden 8 (1)
2007 Preußen Münster 12 (2)
2007–2009 Rot-Weiss Ahlen 40 (6)
Managerial career
2013– Fredericksburg FC
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Grover Gibson (born 18 November 1978) is an American soccer player who last played for Rot-Weiss Ahlen in the 2. Bundesliga until retiring due to injury in August 2009. [1]

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In 2012, Gibson established the Grover Gibson Soccer Foundation, which is a non-profit corporation, where he founded Fredericksburg FC and is currently head coach. [2]

Club career

Born in Fairfax, Virginia, after graduating from high school, Gibson signed with VfB Stuttgart U-18. He went on to play two years for VfB Stuttgart reserves. After that he played for third-tier sides FC Augsburg and SV Elversberg before signing with 1. FSV Mainz 05 in the 2. Bundesliga at the age of 21. Later he played again in the third tier for SSV Jahn Regensburg, SC Preußen Münster, Kickers Emden. His last club was Rot-Weiss Ahlen in the 2. Bundesliga where he played 30 matches and scored six goals.

His professional career ending after fracturing the eye socket which also damaged the retina and optic nerve.

Gibson previously played four matches in the 2. Bundesliga for 1. FSV Mainz 05. [3]

Coaching career

Following the creation of the Grover Gibson Soccer Foundation, a non-profit corporation promoting soccer, Gibson founded RVA FC (now Fredericksburg FC), as a youth soccer organization in Richmond, Virginia, with the senior men's team to compete in the amateur National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), considered the fourth tier of the American soccer pyramid. Gibson would coach the club in its inaugural season, leading them to a first-place finish in the Mid-Atlantic Division and all the way to the NPSL Championship game against the Sonoma County Sol. [4]

Personal life

Gibson resides currently in Fredericksburg, Virginia with his wife and three children.

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References

  1. "Gibson diagnosed with serious eye injury". bundesliga.de. 11 May 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  2. "Ex-Preuße Grover Gibson bildet in Amerika junge Fußballer aus der Talentförderer aus Amerika" (in German). Westfälische Nachrichten. 8 February 2014.
  3. Davidson, Gary; Courtney, Chris (24 April 2002). "Gibson agrees to terms with Mainz, looks forward to playing in Bundesliga". soccertimes.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  4. "NPSL Seminfinals Preview". NationalPremierSoccerLeague.com. 26 July 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2013.