David Klein (born 13 August 1973) is a retired French goalkeeper and current goalkeeper coach of Auxerre's B-team.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Klein | ||
| Date of birth | 13 August 1973 | ||
| Place of birth | Mulhouse, France | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Auxerre B (gk coach) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1998 | Strasbourg | 8 | (0) |
| 1998 | Toulouse | 0 | (0) |
| 1998–2000 | Ajaccio | 62 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Metz | 2 | (0) |
| 2001 | Clydebank | 1 | (0) |
| 2001 | Partick Thistle | 5 | (0) |
| 2001 | Martigues | 9 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Clermont Foot | 2 | (0) |
| 2002–2003 | Martigues | 37 | (0) |
| 2003 | La Roche-sur-Yon | 3 | (0) |
| 2003–2006 | Valenciennes | 102 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | Niort | 48 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | RC Strasbourg | 0 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2009–2010 | RC Strasbourg B (gk coach) | ||
| 2010–2011 | RC Strasbourg (gk coach) | ||
| 2011–2014 | Valenciennes B (gk coach) | ||
| 2014–2017 | Valenciennes (gk coach) | ||
| 2018–2019 | Mauritania (gk coach) | ||
| 2019– | Auxerre B (gk coach) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
editAfter retiring at the end of the 2008-09 season, Klein started that same summer as goalkeeping coach for RC Strasbourg's B team.[1] In the summer of 2010, he stepped up as goalkeeping coach of the club's first team squad, replacing Alexander Vencel (footballer, born 1967), under new manager Laurent Fournier.[2][3]
In the summer of 2011 he was hired in the same position for Valenciennes' B team.[4] Ahead of the 2014-15 season, Klein was promoted to the first team squad as goalkeeping coach under manager Faruk Hadžibegić's staff.[5] In May 2017, it was confirmed that Klein's contract was not extended and he left the club.[6]
Not long after leaving Valenciennes, Klein started his own goalkeeping academy.[7] Among other things, Klein, under his own goalkeeping academy 'J4K Valenciennes', was responsible for goalkeeper training at the club La Sentinelle, which played in the Hauts-de-France league in France.[8]
In the 2018-19 season, Klein was the goalkeeping coach for the Mauritania national football team ahead of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.[9]
Ahead of the 2019-20 season, Klein was appointed goalkeeper coach of Auxerre's reserve team.[10]
References
edit- ↑ "FOOTBALL - David Klein regoûte avec plaisir aux pelouses valenciennoises grâce au centre de formatio". valenciennes.maville.com. 3 August 2011. Archived from the original on 14 January 2025. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
- ↑ Perraud a signé Archived 14 January 2025 at the Wayback Machine, lalsace.fr, 11 December 2010
- ↑ Racing. Gurtner, gardien de valeur(s), lalsace.fr, 28 October 2010
- ↑ Ça VA pour David Klein Archived 14 January 2025 at the Wayback Machine, lalsace.fr, 5 April 2012
- ↑ Entretien avec David Klein, le nouvel entraîneur des gardiens Archived 14 January 2025 at the Wayback Machine, facebook.com, 13 August 2014
- ↑ Un historique de Valenciennes rejoint le staff d’Hadzibegic Archived 14 January 2025 at the Wayback Machine, maligue2.fr, 25 May 2017
- ↑ David Klein, gardien de l’héritage des portiers Archived 14 January 2025 at the Wayback Machine, lavoixdunord.fr, 9 December 2017
- ↑ La Sentinelle irrésistible contre Cambrai Archived 15 January 2025 at the Wayback Machine, lavoixdunord.fr, 22 October 2018
- ↑ Mourabitounes : Réunion du staff Archived 14 January 2025 at the Wayback Machine, ffrim.org, 1 June 2019
- ↑ David Carré : « Le contenu donne le résultat » Archived 14 January 2025 at the Wayback Machine, aja.fr, 11 August 2019