Stuart Searle

Stuart Andrew Searle (born 27 February 1979)^[2] is an English football manager and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently the goalkeeping coach of United States women's national soccer team.

Stuart Searle

Personal information
Full name	Stuart Andrew Searle[1]
Date of birth	(1979-02-27) 27 February 1979 (age 46)
Place of birth	Wimbledon, England
Position	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	United States women's national soccer team (goalkeeping coach)
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996–1998	Woking
1998–1999	Crawley Town
1999–2001	Aldershot Town	20	(0)
2000	→ Molesey (loan)
2001	→ Molesey (loan)
2001	→ Carshalton Athletic (loan)
2001–2005	Carshalton Athletic	73	(0)
2005–2007	Basingstoke Town	81	(0)
2007–2009	Chelsea	0	(0)
2008	→ Carshalton Athletic (loan)
2009	Watford	0	(0)
2009–2011	Milton Keynes Dons	6	(0)
2011–2013	Chelmsford City	64	(0)
2013–2015	Metropolitan Police	33	(0)
Total		277	(0)
Managerial career
2004–2007	Chelsea Academy (goalkeeping coach)
2007–2009	Chelsea Reserves (player-coach)
2008–2016	Metropolitan Police U18
2011–2015	Chelsea Academy (goalkeeping coach)
2015	Guildford City (assistant)
2012–2024	Chelsea Women (goalkeeping coach)
2024–	United States (goalkeeping coach)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:29, 8 August 2015 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Wimbledon, London,^[2] Searle joined Premier League team Chelsea from Basingstoke Town as back-up for their reserve team and as a player-coach, before working there part-time.^[3]

He moved to Championship team Watford in January 2009, which re-united him with former Chelsea reserve team manager Brendan Rodgers, who had been appointed as Watford manager in November 2008.^[4] In July 2009 his contract at Watford was cancelled by mutual consent and he subsequently signed a two-year contract with League One team Milton Keynes Dons.^[5][6]

Stuart made his long-awaited Football League debut in 2010 against Bristol Rovers at the Memorial Stadium. He remained at MK Dons in 2010–11, making a start against Yeovil Town in a 3–2 win.^[7] However, after MK Dons' loss to Peterborough in the N-Power League play-off semi-final he was released along with three other players.

Management career

While still a player, Searle began coaching in various roles at Chelsea, including a two-year stint as player-coach for Chelsea Reserves.^[3]

After retiring from playing, Searle joined Guildford City as assistant manager in 2015.^[8]

2012–2024, Searle was the goalkeeping coach at Chelsea Women.^[9]

Since 2024, Searle is the goalkeeping coach with the United States women's national soccer team.^[10]