Jason Batty

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Jason Batty
Jason Batty at Union at Earthquakes 2010-09-15 2.JPG
Batty with the Earthquakes in September 2010
Personal information
Full name Jason Alfred Batty [1]
Date of birth (1971-03-23) 23 March 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth Auckland, New Zealand
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Nashville SC (Academy GK Director)
Youth career
1988–1990 Norwich City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1989–1990 Wroxham 12 (0)
1990–1991 Blockhouse Bay 18 (0)
1992–1997 North Shore United 82 (0)
1997 Albuquerque Geckos 18 (0)
1998–1999 Bohemians 7 (0)
1999 Geylang United 14 (0)
1999–2000 Football Kingz 16 (0)
2000–2001 Grimsby Town 0 (0)
2001 Scunthorpe United 0 (0)
2001 Stalybridge Celtic 12 (0)
2002 Glenfield Rovers 8 (0)
2002 California Gold 7 (0)
2003 Caversham 12 (0)
International career
1994–2003 New Zealand 55 (0)
Managerial career
2003–2006 Dartmouth College (Assistant/GK Coach)
2008–2015 San Jose Earthquakes (Assistant/GK Coach)
2016–2017 New Zealand U-17/U-20 (Goalkeeper Coach)
2018–2020 Utah Royals FC (Assistant/GK Coach)
2019–2020 New Zealand(Assistant/GK Coach)
2020– Nashville SC (Academy GK Director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jason Alfred Batty (born 23 March 1971) is a New Zealand former professional footballer, who played as a goalkeeper, and is the current New Zealand National Team Assistant/Goalkeeping Coach. Batty frequently represented the New Zealand national team in the 1990s.

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Batty later became the Assistant coach at Dartmouth College in the U.S. and served as the Director of Goalkeeping for Texas Premier SC. Batty spent eight seasons as Goalkeeper Coach in the MLS with the San Jose Earthquakes, where they got to the Eastern Conference Final in 2010 and won the MLS Supporters Shield in 2012. He then was named Assistant Coach for New Zealand Youth National Teams. In 2018 Batty was appointed Assistant / Goalkeeping Coach in the National Women's Soccer League for new expansion club Utah Royals FC along with the Real Salt Lake Academy. From 2019 to the present, Batty is an Assistant and Goalkeeping Coach with the New Zealand national football team. Batty is currently the Academy GK Director of MLS side Nashville SC.

Club career

Batty was born in Auckland, New Zealand. He started his career at Norwich City F.C. in their Academy system, he then moved back in New Zealand for a period of time before heading back overseas to join up with Bohemian F.C. in the League of Ireland.[ citation needed ] He then made 14 appearances for a Singapore team S-League before joining the Football Kingz.[ citation needed ] Batty made 16 appearances for the Football Kingz in their inaugural season in the NSL in 1999 before heading back to the UK for a spell in England with Championship side Grimsby Town in August 2000.[ citation needed ] He failed to dislodge regular shot stopper Danny Coyne and understudy Steve Croudson. After only six months he left the club and joined Scunthorpe United on similar terms but left at the end of the season after failing to make a 1st Team appearance. He then briefly played for Stalybridge Celtic in the Conference League.[ citation needed ]

International career

Batty made his New Zealand A-international debut in a 3–0 win over Singapore on 21 February 1995 and quickly became first choice goalkeeper. [2] He went on to collect 55 caps between 1994 and 2003. Playing in two FIFA Confederation Cup tournaments in 1999 in Mexico and 2003 in France. [3]

Coaching career

In 2003, Batty started his coaching career as the Assistant and Goalkeeping Coach for both Men's and Women's programs at Dartmouth College. [4] In 2008, Batty was hired as an Assistant and Goalkeeping Coach for the MLS side San Jose Earthquakes. [5] In 2014, Batty was retained as Assistant Coach for the MLS side San Jose Earthquakes following several coaching changes at the club. [6] In 2016, Batty became Goalkeeping Coach for the U17 & U20 New Zealand national team. [7] In 2018, Batty was hired as Assistant and Goalkeeping Coach for the National Women's Soccer League for new expansion club Utah Royals and the MLS side Real Salt Lake Academy. [8] In 2019, Batty became goalkeeper coach for the New Zealand national team. [9] In 2020, Batty was hired as Academy Goalkeeper Director at MLS side Nashville SC. [10]

Honours

As player

As coach

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References

  1. ↑ "Men's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020 – Squad List: New Zealand" (PDF). FIFA . 22 July 2021. p. 12. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  2. ↑ "A-International Appearances - 1990–99". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. Retrieved 25 July 2008.
  3. ↑ "A-International Appearances – Overall". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. 1 June 2008. Retrieved 25 July 2008.
  4. ↑ Batty, Jason (23 August 2021). "Jason Batty LinkedIn Page". linkedin.com. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  5. ↑ MLS Communications (23 August 2021). "Quakes names Jason Batty as Assistant and GK Coach". mlssoccer.com. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  6. ↑ US SOCCER PLAYERS (23 August 2021). "Quakes retain Jason Batty as Assistant Coach". ussoccerplayers.com. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  7. ↑ Batty, Jason (23 August 2021). "Jason Batty LinkedIn Page". linkedin.com. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  8. ↑ RSL Communications (23 August 2021). ""Utah Royals FC complete hiring for inaugural season technical staff"". rsl.com. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  9. ↑ Voerman, Andrew (23 October 2019). "Neil Emblen returns to the All Whites as Danny Hay rounds out his coaching staff". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  10. ↑ Batty, Jason (23 August 2021). "Jason Batty LinkedIn Page". linkedin.com. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  11. ↑ "Honours List". The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website. 1 June 2008. Retrieved 25 July 2008.
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