.jpg) Woods in 2013 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Christopher Charles Eric Woods | ||
| Date of birth | 14 November 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | Swineshead, Lincolnshire, England | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Scotland (Goalkeeping coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1975–1976 | Nottingham Forest | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1976–1979 | Nottingham Forest | 0 | (0) |
| 1979–1981 | Queens Park Rangers | 63 | (0) |
| 1981–1986 | Norwich City | 216 | (0) |
| 1986–1991 | Rangers | 173 | (0) |
| 1991–1996 | Sheffield Wednesday | 107 | (0) |
| 1995 | → Reading (loan) | 5 | (0) |
| 1996 | Colorado Rapids | 23 | (0) |
| 1996 | → Southampton (loan) | 4 | (0) |
| 1997 | Sunderland | 0 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | Burnley | 12 | (0) |
| Total | 603 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 1977–1978 | England Youth | 9 | (0) |
| 1979–1983 | England U21 | 6 | (0) |
| 1984–1989 | England B | 2 | (0) |
| 1985–1993[2] | England | 43 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Christopher Charles Eric Woods (born 14 November 1959) is an English football coach and former professional footballer, who is goalkeeping coach for the Scotland national team.
As a player, he was a goalkeeper who played in the Football League and Premier League for Nottingham Forest, Queens Park Rangers, Norwich City, Sheffield Wednesday, Reading, Southampton and Burnley. He also played in the Scottish Football League for Rangers[3] and in Major League Soccer for the Colorado Rapids.[4] He was an England international and was largely Peter Shilton's long-time understudy in the England team in the mid to late 1980s, finally claiming the number one shirt for himself after the 1990 World Cup. In all, he managed to accrue 43 caps in an eight-year international career.
Woods has been goalkeeper coach for Everton, the United States and Manchester United. He was most recently coaching at West Ham United.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
englandfootballonlinewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Christopher Charles Eric 'Chris' Woods - International Appearances". The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
- ^ "Chris Woods". UK A–Z Transfers. Neil Brown. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ "1996 Colorado Rapids Statistics" (PDF). Colorado Rapids. Retrieved 24 January 2010. [dead link]