Personal information | |||
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Full name | Stephen Gerard Woods [1] | ||
Date of birth | 23 February 1970 | ||
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]
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