Personal information | |||
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Full name | David Neil Watson[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 10 November 1973||
Place of birth | Barnsley, England | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Youth career | |||
Barnsley | |||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1992–2001 | Barnsley | 178 | (0) |
International career | |||
1993 | England U20 | 6 | (0) |
1993–1995 | England U21 | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
David Neil Watson (born 10 November 1973) is an English football coach and former player, who played as a goalkeeper for Barnsley and the England under-21 team. After injury forced his early retirement from playing, he took up coaching, working as goalkeeping coach for several clubs as well as spending four years in the same role with the England team. In 2014, he joined Southampton, where he has been a first-team assistant coach since 2019.