FM23: What Makes a Good Goalkeeping Coach?

FM23: What Makes a Good Goalkeeping Coach?

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.

Shot Stopping Description
Goalkeeper Handling Description
Goalkeeper Distribution Description

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

NameNationalityAgeCurrent ClubGK HandlingGK DistributionGK Shot StoppingAdaptability
Franck RaviotFRA4816161618
Hugo OliveiraPOR43Fulham16161618
Javier GarcíaESP42Villarreal16161615
José Manuel OchotorenaESP61Valencia18181715
Gustavo PiñeroARG5916161618
Adalberto GrigioniITA67Lazio19171918
Andrew SparkesWAL37Southampton15151518
Pablo VercelloneARG54Atlético16161617
Craig MawsonENG43Man Utd15161518
Massimo NenciITA57Lazio15161517
Rodrigo BrunsBRA44RB Bragantino15151517
John AchterbergNED50Liverpool16161718
Fernando FerreiraPOR43SL Benfica16151616
MarquinhosBRA6516161717
TaffarelBRA56Liverpool15151518
Simon SmithENG5915151620
Massimo ColombaSUI44Sion16151815
André AmitranoFRA6418151918
José Ramón De la FuenteESP51Barcelona17181715
Haroldo LamounierBRA6316161617
Daniel PavanBRA4716171818
Frederik GößlingGER44RB Leipzig17161819
Nikos GkouliosGRE44Djurgårdens IF15151518
Paulo RuiBRA42Botafogo15151516
Alfred Dossou-YovoBEN38Bologna15151518
Antônio Lenuzza CastilhosBRA54Esportivo15151619
ParaíbaBRA54Sport15151516
Sander WesterveldNED4715151515
Jürgen MachoAUT44Rapid Wien16151516
Gustavo ScaleseBRA46Guarani15151517
Valeriy HorodovUKR56Dnipro-115161517
Leonardo RincónCOL46Bogotá F.C.15151517
Víctor RuizCOL57América de Cali15151518
Daily OrozcoCOL45Caimanes del Magdalena15151518
Kennyer MontoyaCOL29Envigado F.C.15151518
César MorenoCOL43Llaneros F.C.15151518

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