Raimond van der Gouw
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| Raimond van der Gouw | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Raimond van der Gouw | |
| Date of birth | March 24, 1963 | |
| Place of birth | Oldenzaal, Netherlands | |
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Sunderland (Goalkeeping coach) | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Go Ahead Eagles | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1985–1988 1988–1996 1996–2002 2002–2003 2003–2004 2004–2007 |
Go Ahead Eagles Vitesse Manchester United West Ham United RKC Waalwijk AGOVV Apeldoorn |
97 (0) 258 (0) 37 (0) 0 (0) 1 (0) 100 (1) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Raimond van der Gouw (born March 24, 1963 in Oldenzaal, Netherlands) is a former Dutch footballer and presently a coach, who plays as a goalkeeper. He is perhaps most famous for the time he spent at Manchester United. As of August 2007 he is the goalkeeping coach at English Premier league club Sunderland.
Van der Gouw played for Go Ahead Eagles and Vitesse Arnhem before joining Manchester United. Having previously played more than 350 games in Holland, he was an experienced choice for taking Tony Coton's place when Coton departed to Sunderland. He was transferred for a fee of £500,000 from Arnhem to Man United.
Van der Gouw's experience played a part in United's successes, both as a player and as goalkeeping coach at the club. His United debut came against Aston Villa in September 1996, when he kept a clean sheet. His most notable appearance came against Borussia Dortmund in the semi-final of the Champions League in 1997, when Peter Schmeichel pulled out with injury just minutes before kick-off. United lost the match 1-0, but van der Gouw helped keep the score down.
In 1998, Van der Gouw again played in a crucial Champions League match for United, the second leg of the quarter-final against Monaco. In a spirited performance, van der Gouw denied Monaco several clear chances and shots on target and the 34 year-old Dutchman would have kept a clean sheet were it not for a powerful long range goal early on from David Trezeguet. The Red Devils drew 1-1 but were knocked out on away goals. Ever the teacher, he coached United's young goalkeepers for a while, but in 1998-99 he relinquished this role when Tony Coton rejoined the club as goalkeeping coach.
In 1999-00, for the first time in his United career, van der Gouw played enough games to claim a Premiership medal, playing 22 matches during the season, many as first-choice over the faltering Mark Bosnich. This run of regular play included United's defeat in the 1999 UEFA Super Cup. He also featured in some of United's UEFA Champions league matches, including a notable performance against group-rivals Sturm Graz in which he made a string of saves, kept a clean sheet and stopped a penalty from Ivica Vastić.
Following the arrival of Fabien Barthez it was back to the bench for Van der Gouw. But despite this, and the arrival of Roy Carroll, he signed a one-year extension to his contract in the summer of 2001. But that was to be his last season at Manchester United when he moved to West Ham United on a free transfer in June 2002 to be the understudy to David James. He played 61 games in six years for the Red Devils. Van der Gouw, who turned down a move to Coventry City, signed a one-year deal West Ham with the option of a second. He then returned to Holland, first to RKC Waalwijk and then to AGOVV Apeldoorn.
In June 2007, Van der Gouw returned to England as first team goalkeeping coach at Sunderland, linking up with former Manchester United team-mate Roy Keane.
