David Preece (footballer born 1976)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | David Douglas Preece | ||
| Date of birth | 26 August 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Sunderland, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| ?–1994 | Sunderland | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1997 | Sunderland | 0 | (0) |
| 1997–1999 | Darlington | 106 | (0) |
| 1999–2005 | Aberdeen | 83 | (0) |
| 2005–2008 | Silkeborg IF | 74 | (0) |
| 2008–2009 | OB | 0 | (0) |
| 2009–2012 | Barnsley | 7 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Lincoln City | 8 | (0) |
| 2013 | → Keflavík (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2013 | Keflavík | 9 | (0) |
| 2013–2016 | Lincoln City | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 May 2014. |
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David Douglas Preece (born 26 August 1976) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper currently without a club after leaving Lincoln where he was player coach.
He has previously played for Sunderland and Darlington in England, as well as Scottish team Aberdeen and Danish teams Silkeborg IF and Odense BK.
Preece was born Sunderland, Tyne and Wear. He began his football career in his hometown at Sunderland but no appearances resulted in Preece joining Darlington for free on a two-year deal. At Darlington, Preece made over 100 appearance in two seasons before leaving Darlington to move to Scotland by joining Aberdeen. Since leaving Darlington, the club attempted to re-sign Preece but the move never materialised. At Aberdeen, Preece made over 100 appearances in 6 season and faced competition from Jim Leighton, Peter Kjær and Ryan Esson. Up until Kjær's retirement, Preece began to get more playing time and captained the team on several occasions, until the club decided to transfer list Preece along with three other players.
In 2005, Preece left Scotland to move to Denmark by joining Silkeborg IF first and OB second. At Silkeborg, Preece was a first-choice goalkeeper until he left for OB where his first-team opportunities began to decline due to Arkadiusz Onyszko pushing him out of the first team.
After being released by OB, Preece returned to England by joining Barnsley free on a one-year contract, with the option to extend the contract by a further year, and was expected to compete with Luke Steele. After spending the first half of the season on the bench, Preece's big chance of his first team came when he made his debut for the club (and first team in English football for 10 years) in a 1–0 loss against Watford on 12 September 2009 and continued in goal for three consecutive games until Steele returned. At the end of the season, Preece signed another one-year deal despite being Barnsley's back-up goalkeeper. Preece continued to be a back-up goalkeeper and during the 2011–12 season, Preece suffered a wrist injury while warming up ahead of a match against Southampton, resulting him out of the rest of the season At the end of the season, Preece was released along with six other players, ending a three-year spell at Barnsley.
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