Jeff Wood (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jeffrey Reginald Wood | ||
| Date of birth | 4 February 1954 | ||
| Place of birth | Islington, England | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
|
Gibraltar (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Cambridge United | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1975–1982 | Charlton Athletic | 147 | (0) |
| 1982–1983 | Colchester United | 0 | (0) |
| 1983–1984 | HJK Helsinki | 54 | |
| 1984–1985 | Exeter City | 33 | (0) |
| 1985–1986 | Happy Valley | 44 | (?) |
| 1986–1987 | Rabat Ajax | 72 | (?) |
| 1987–1990 | Grankulla IFK | 44 | (0) |
| 1990 | Gnistan | 74 | |
| Total | 474 | (0) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1996–1999 | Brighton & Hove Albion (assistant) | ||
| 1999 | Brighton & Hove Albion | ||
| 2001–2002 | Sliema Wanderers | ||
| 2014–2015 | Lions Gibraltar | ||
| 2015 | Gibraltar (assistant) | ||
| 2015– | Gibraltar | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Jeffrey Reginald "Jeff" Wood (born 4 February 1954) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently the manager of the Gibraltar national team, and is also goalkeeping coach for the Wales U19 and Wales U21 teams.
After being released as a youth player by Colchester United, Wood started his professional career at Charlton Athletic, spending seven seasons at the club and winning promotion to the Second Division in the 1980–81 season, before moving back to Colchester for one season. He left without making an appearance, having been kept out of the team by Mike Walker, and moved to Finnish club HJK Helsinki in 1982. He spent two seasons there and then returned to England, signing for Fourth Division side Exeter City for the 1984–85 season. Wood then moved to Hong Kong side Happy Valley, whom he played for in two spells,firstly on loan during Finnish close season then full campaign, before returning to Exeter City before moving to Malta for two-and-a-half seasons winning two League championships and two FA Cups with Rabat Ajax. He spent the final years of his full-time playing career back in Finland with three seasons each at Grankulla IFK and Gnistan.
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