Kevin Poole
English footballer (born 1963) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Kevin Poole (born 21 July 1963) is an English football coach and former professional footballer who is the goalkeeping coach at Solihull Moors.
Poole with Birmingham City in 2016 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Kevin Poole[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1963-07-21) 21 July 1963 (age 61)[1] | ||
Place of birth | Bromsgrove,[1] England | ||
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Solihull Moors (goalkeeping coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
Aston Villa | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1981–1987 | Aston Villa | 28 | (0) |
1984 | → Northampton Town (loan) | 3 | (0) |
1987–1991 | Middlesbrough | 34 | (0) |
1991 | → Hartlepool United (loan) | 12 | (0) |
1991–1997 | Leicester City | 163 | (0) |
1997–2001 | Birmingham City | 56 | (0) |
2001–2005 | Bolton Wanderers | 5 | (0) |
2005–2006 | Derby County | 6 | (0) |
2006–2014 | Burton Albion | 123 | (0) |
Total | 431 | (0) | |
Managerial career | |||
2012 | Burton Albion (caretaker) | ||
2014–2016 | Birmingham City (goalkeeper coach) | ||
2017–2018 | Derby County (goalkeeper coach) | ||
2018–2020 | Kidderminster Harriers (goalkeeper coach) | ||
2020– | Solihull Moors (goalkeeper coach) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
During a long career, Poole played in the Premier League for Leicester City and Bolton Wanderers, having also appeared in England's First Division for Aston Villa before the formation of the Premiership. He also featured for Northampton Town, Middlesbrough, Hartlepool United, Birmingham City and Derby County, before signing for Burton Albion in 2006, aged 43.
Latterly employed as goalkeeping coach in addition to being registered as a player, Poole made his final appearance for Burton in 2010. He had an interim spell as manager in 2012, when he retired from playing at the age of 48; however, he later re-registered himself as a player on two occasions due to goalkeeping crises at the club, making Poole one of the few players in English football ever to be registered to a professional club at the age of 50.[3] He has gone on to hold similar roles at Kidderminster Harriers, Birmingham City and Derby County.