Stevie Woods (footballer)

Stephen Gerard Woods (born 23 February 1970) is a Scottish football coach who currently works as a goalkeeping coach for Celtic.

Stevie Woods
Personal information
Full name Stephen Gerard Woods[1]
Date of birth (1970-02-23) 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

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]

References

  1. "Stevie Woods". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  2. Stevie Woods at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
  3. Kyle, Gregor. "celtic's future is in safe hands". Celtic FC. Archived from the original on 16 July 2007. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  4. "Scotland: Peter Grant, James McFadden & Stevie Woods join Alex McLeish's staff". BBC Sport. 11 March 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  5. "Steve Clarke: Scotland head coach extends contract". BBC Sport. 24 August 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
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