David Rouse
David Rouse (born c. 1976) is an English former footballer who played in the Football League as a goalkeeper for Macclesfield Town. He is Head Goalkeeping Coach at Al Ain FC in the United Arab Emirates.
As a youth Rouse was with Stockport County and then on Bury's books, before moving into coaching while playing semi-professional football. He worked for eight years at Manchester United, where he worked with young goalkeepers such as Luke Steele, Tom Heaton, Tommy Lee, Ben Amos, Sam Johnstone and Luke Daniels. In the 2006–07 season he was goalkeeping coach at Macclesfield Town, and played once for the first team in an injury crisis, in a 1–0 defeat to Barnet, thus making his Football League debut at the age of 30. He also worked with Rochdale and Wigan Athletic before joining Queens Park Rangers as goalkeeping coach in February 2008. He was 1st team goalkeeping coach there for 4 years. During this time QPR twice one the award for most clean sheets in the Championship. In 2011 he won promotion with QPR to the Premier League, with No 1 GK, Paddy Kenny winning GK of the year for the Championship. In 2012 he moved into the role of U21 GK Coach and wrote and oversaw the implementation of a new Academy GK syllabus. In December 2014, David joined Al Ain FC in the UAE, as Head Goalkeeping Coach. In his first season there, Al Ain FC won their 12th AGL League title and reached the knockout stages of the Asian Champions League.[1][2]
References
- ↑ "QPR add Rouse to backroom team". BBC Sport. 25 February 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
- ↑ "Staff Directory". Queens Park Rangers F.C. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
- ↑ "QPR add Rouse to backroom team". BBC Sport. 25 February 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
- ↑ "QPR add Rouse to backroom team". BBC Sport. 25 February 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
- ↑ "Exclusive: Rouse Joins Coaching Team". Queens Park Rangers F.C. 25 February 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
- ↑ Brinkhurst, Andy. "Barnet 1 Macclesfield 0".