Jonathan Gould

This article is about the Scottish goalkeeper. For the television presenter, see Jonathan Gould (television presenter).

Jonathan Gould

Personal information
Full name	Jonathan Alan Gould
Date of birth	18 July 1968 (1968-07-18)
Place of birth	Paddington, England
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Perth Glory (asst. coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1989–1990	Clevedon Town	11	(?)
1990–1992	Halifax Town	44	(0)
1992	West Bromwich Albion	0	(0)
1992–1996	Coventry City	26	(0)
1996–1997	Bradford City	32	(0)
1996	→ Gillingham (loan)	3	(0)
1997–2003	Celtic	157	(0)
2003–2005	Preston North End	58	(0)
2004	→ Hereford United (loan)	15	(0)
2005	Bristol City	0	(0)
2005–2007	Hawke's Bay United	10	(0)
2009	Wellington Phoenix	0	(0)
National team
1998–2000	Scotland	2	(0)
Teams managed
2006–2009	Hawke's Bay United
2009–11	Wellington Phoenix FC (asst. coach)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Jonathan Alan Gould (born 18 July 1968 in Paddington, London, England) is a former Scottish international footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently the Goalkeeping Coach at Perth Glory of the Australian A-League.

Career

Playing

Gould is the son of former Wales manager Bobby Gould. He made his name with Coventry City for whom he played 27 games between 1992 and 1996. First under his father and later under Phil Neal. He was given a free transfer by the Sky Blues in 1996 and joined 2nd Division Bradford City on deadline day. In May 1996 he played in Bradford City's 2-0 play off final victory against Notts County at Wembley. The following season he was replaced at Bradford by Mark Schwarzer. Celtic plucked him from Bradford City's reserves in August 1997 to become one of the mainstays of the great championship winning side that prevented Rangers completing 10 in a row. In an astonishing end to the year he was then a late call up to the 1998 World Cup squad for Scotland. He continued as the No 1 under the stewardship of Josef Venglos and John Barnes. 1998–99, Gould was the undisputed first-choice goalkeeper at Parkhead for sometime despite the arrival of Dmitri Kharine. Gould also remained in the Scotland squad, deputising for Neil Sullivan in the Euro 2000 campaign. Despite opening the 2000-01 Treble winning season as first choice and playing in opening 13 league fixtures, Martin O'Neill signed Robert Douglas as a replacement. Gould remained at Celtic for a further 3 years having been offered an extended contract by the manager, before eventually joining PNE Preston North End on a free transfer in January 2003. It was during this time that Gould enjoyed a renaissance in his form which resulted in a call-up into the Scotland Squad for the European Championship play-off games against Holland.

At the start of the 2004–05 season Gould went on loan to Hereford United where he made 15 appearances. He then signed for Bristol City on a free transfer in 2005 but after three months was released and it was then that he decided to retire from European football.^{[citation needed]}

After becoming a member of staff at Hawke's Bay United, Gould played occasionally for the team in the NZFC.

As recently as 30 August 2009, Gould donned the gloves again, this time for the Wellington Phoenix in their 2-0 loss away to Sydney FC. Gould was on the bench as the reserve keeper due to the club's number one, Mark Paston being unavailable due to the birth of his first child. Had he come on, he would have been the oldest player to make an A-League appearance.

Honours

1989 NZ National League Championship, Napier City Rovers

1996 Play Off Winner, Bradford City FC

1997-98 Scottish League Championship, Scottish League Cup Winner, Celtic FC

1999-00 Scottish League Cup Winner, Celtic FC

2000-01 Scottish League Championship, League Cup and Scottish Cup Winner (Domestic Treble), Celtic FC

2001-02 Scottish Premier League Winner, Celtic FC

Management

Gould is now retired from playing football (see above for exceptions to this rule). In 2006 he became manager of New Zealand club Hawke's Bay United, assisted by his father Bobby Gould. In 2009, he left this role to take up an assistant coaching position with Wellington Phoenix FC. After two seasons with the Phoenix both of which resulted in the club reaching the finals series, Gould left to join Perth Glory and work alongside his former Glasgow Rangers adversary Ian Ferguson.

External links

• Jonathan Gould career stats at Soccerbase