Nicky Weaver
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Nicholas James Weaver (born 2 March 1979) is an English football coach and former professional footballer who is head of academy goalkeeping at EFL Championship side Sheffield Wednesday.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Nicholas James Weaver[1] | ||
Date of birth | (1979-03-02) 2 March 1979 (age 45) | ||
Place of birth | Sheffield, England | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
Sheffield Wednesday (Head of Academy Goalkeeping) | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–1995 | Sheffield Wednesday | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1995–1997 | Mansfield Town | 1 | (0) |
1997–2007 | Manchester City | 172 | (0) |
2005–2006 | → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) | 14 | (0) |
2007–2009 | Charlton Athletic | 67 | (0) |
2009–2010 | Dundee United | 18 | (0) |
2010 | Burnley | 0 | (0) |
2010–2013 | Sheffield Wednesday | 44 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Aberdeen | 2 | (0) |
Total | 318 | (0) | |
International career | |||
1996–1997 | England U18 | 3 | (0) |
1999–2002 | England U21 | 10 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
As as a player he was a goalkeeper who began his career with Mansfield Town in 1995. He joined Manchester City in 1997 and would go on to be a part of the club that earned promotion from the Second Division in 1999 in which he saved the decisive penalty in the play-off final shootout with Gillingham at Wembley Stadium. He would go on to earn promotion to the Premier League the following season and in total was promoted three times with City in a ten-year spell. By the time he left the club in 2007 he had been the club's second choice keeper for a number of years and had acted as understudy to the likes of Peter Schmeichel, David Seaman and David James. He went on to appear for Charlton Athletic, Dundee United, Burnley, Sheffield Wednesday and Aberdeen. He is a former England under-21 international.
He has worked for Sheffield Wednesday since retiring and has held a number of different roles including academy goalkeeping coach and first team coach.