Shaun Goater

Shaun Goater
Goater in 2015
Personal information
Full name Leonard Shaun Goater[1]
Date of birth (1970-02-25) 25 February 1970 (age 54)[1]
Place of birth Hamilton, Bermuda
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Aston Villa Women (Assistant Head Coach)
Youth career
1978–1985 North Village
1985–1986 Boulevard
1986–1987 North Village
1988–1989 Manchester United
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989 Manchester United 0 (0)
1989–1996 Rotherham United 209 (70)
1993Notts County (loan) 1 (0)
1996–1998 Bristol City 75 (40)
1998–2003 Manchester City 184 (84)
2003–2005 Reading 43 (12)
2005Coventry City (loan) 6 (0)
2005–2006 Southend United 34 (11)
2007–2008 Bermuda Hogges 9 (3)
2008–2010 North Village Rams 7 (1)
Total 567 (221)
International career
1987–2004 Bermuda 22 (20)
Managerial career
2008–2013 North Village Rams[2]
2015 New Mills (assistant manager)
2017 Ilkeston
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Leonard Shaun Goater MBE (born 25 February 1970) is a Bermudian former professional footballer, coach and pundit who currently works as an Assistant First Team Coach for Aston Villa W.F.C.

As a player he was a striker for a number of English clubs in the 1990s and 2000s. Goater's first professional club was Manchester United, but he did not reach the first team, making his League debut in 1989 after moving to Rotherham United. He played for Rotherham for seven years before moving to Bristol City in 1996. Two years later he moved to Manchester City for a fee of £400,000.

He is most well known for his time at Manchester City, where he scored over 100 goals between 1998 and 2003, finishing as the club's top scorer for four consecutive seasons. After leaving City, Goater had spells with Reading, Coventry City and Southend United, before retiring in May 2006. He represented Bermuda 36 times, scoring 32 goals.[3]

  1. ^ a b Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946–2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 238. ISBN 1-85291-665-6.
  2. ^ "Goater waves goodbye as Village coach". www.royalgazette.com. Royal Gazette. 3 January 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  3. ^ "USL expands to Bermuda". United Soccer Leagues. 14 September 2006. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 2 December 2011.