A good Goalkeeping Coach on Football Manager are vital. At most clubs on Football Manager, you can have Goalkeeping Coaches for both your main team and youth teams. The modern and future goalkeeper coach is more than just “the guy that prepares the club’s goalkeepers”. In today’s game, he should have a greater role to play in the process of pre-match preparation, particularly in the area of set pieces. This is where he should be liaising with other staff members and working with the head coach or manager.

The role of the goalkeeping coach is changing and greater responsibilities are sought for the role. This will ultimately be for the benefit of not only the individual goalkeeping coach, but for the keeper, the team, and the club as a whole. The process of taking on more responsibility at work often helps achieve greater respect from all areas in the workplace, and the role of goalkeeper coach is no exception. Furthermore, progressing in the role can help with a coach’s personal development and will take him out of his comfort zone, but beyond that, there are real benefits to be had.

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When looking for Goalkeeping Coaches you should look for the following attributes: GK Distribution, GK Handling and GK Shot Stopping. Information about each attribute can be found in the images below.

Naturally, when building a coaching team one has to balance the attributes. If you are lucky enough to be able to have more than three Goalkeeping Coaches then you can search for skillful coaches across the three recommended coaching attributes. When recruiting Goalkeeping Coaches for your youth teams then you should look at ‘Working With Youngsters’. For ease of transition and player management, additional coaching attributes to look for when recruiting any Goalkeeping Coach should be:

• Determination
• Level of Discipline
• Motivation
• Adaptability

Something to Consider

The role of the goalkeeper coach has become more and more accountable in the technical staff, taking on certain tactical aspects of the team. This comes very much from the fact that goalkeepers themselves have become much more involved in the collective game of the team. Goalkeeping Coaches receive tasks to monitor and analyse certain phases of the game (defensive, set plays, transition) of both the opponent and their own team. Goalkeepers are increasingly introduced into possession games or in initiating the attack, receiving specific directions. These types of changes are proving to be effective in improving team play and performance. They are also forcing goalkeepers, and thus coaching staff, to adapt.

Whilst the above might not be obvious, it is something to take into account when looking to recruit Goalkeeping Coaches.

In order to find the best goalkeeping coaches, you should find ones that have quality in all the required areas. Below is a table that displays the top Goalkeeping Coaches rated at least 15 in the recommended coaching attributes (GK Distribution, GK Handling and GK Shot Stopping), I have also included adaptability so that you can see how well they will adapt if you decide to recruit one, or more of them.

Combined Goalkeeper Coaching Attributes

Name	Nationality	Age	Current Club	GK Handling	GK Distribution	GK Shot Stopping	Adaptability
Franck Raviot	FRA	48		16	16	16	18
Hugo Oliveira	POR	43	Fulham	16	16	16	18
Javier García	ESP	42	Villarreal	16	16	16	15
José Manuel Ochotorena	ESP	61	Valencia	18	18	17	15
Gustavo Piñero	ARG	59		16	16	16	18
Adalberto Grigioni	ITA	67	Lazio	19	17	19	18
Andrew Sparkes	WAL	37	Southampton	15	15	15	18
Pablo Vercellone	ARG	54	Atlético	16	16	16	17
Craig Mawson	ENG	43	Man Utd	15	16	15	18
Massimo Nenci	ITA	57	Lazio	15	16	15	17
Rodrigo Bruns	BRA	44	RB Bragantino	15	15	15	17
John Achterberg	NED	50	Liverpool	16	16	17	18
Fernando Ferreira	POR	43	SL Benfica	16	15	16	16
Marquinhos	BRA	65		16	16	17	17
Taffarel	BRA	56	Liverpool	15	15	15	18
Simon Smith	ENG	59		15	15	16	20
Massimo Colomba	SUI	44	Sion	16	15	18	15
André Amitrano	FRA	64		18	15	19	18
José Ramón De la Fuente	ESP	51	Barcelona	17	18	17	15
Haroldo Lamounier	BRA	63		16	16	16	17
Daniel Pavan	BRA	47		16	17	18	18
Frederik Gößling	GER	44	RB Leipzig	17	16	18	19
Nikos Gkoulios	GRE	44	Djurgårdens IF	15	15	15	18
Paulo Rui	BRA	42	Botafogo	15	15	15	16
Alfred Dossou-Yovo	BEN	38	Bologna	15	15	15	18
Antônio Lenuzza Castilhos	BRA	54	Esportivo	15	15	16	19
Paraíba	BRA	54	Sport	15	15	15	16
Sander Westerveld	NED	47		15	15	15	15
Jürgen Macho	AUT	44	Rapid Wien	16	15	15	16
Gustavo Scalese	BRA	46	Guarani	15	15	15	17
Valeriy Horodov	UKR	56	Dnipro-1	15	16	15	17
Leonardo Rincón	COL	46	Bogotá F.C.	15	15	15	17
Víctor Ruiz	COL	57	América de Cali	15	15	15	18
Daily Orozco	COL	45	Caimanes del Magdalena	15	15	15	18
Kennyer Montoya	COL	29	Envigado F.C.	15	15	15	18
César Moreno	COL	43	Llaneros F.C.	15	15	15	18

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