Kevin Poole
Poole with Birmingham City in April 2016
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kevin Poole | ||
| Date of birth | 21 July 1963 | ||
| Place of birth | Bromsgrove, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Aston Villa | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1987 | Aston Villa | 28 | (0) |
| 1984 | → Northampton Town (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1987–1991 | Middlesbrough | 34 | (0) |
| 1991 | → Hartlepool United (loan) | 12 | (0) |
| 1991–1997 | Leicester City | 163 | (0) |
| 1997–2001 | Birmingham City | 57 | (0) |
| 2001–2005 | Bolton Wanderers | 5 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Derby County | 6 | (0) |
| 2006–2014 | Burton Albion | 123 | (0) |
| Total | 431 | (0) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2012 | Burton Albion (caretaker) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Kevin Poole (born 21 July 1963) is an English former professional footballer who was until December 2016 the goalkeeping coach at Birmingham City.
During a career which has become best known for its longevity, Poole played in the Premier League for Leicester City and Bolton Wanderers, having also appeared in England's First Division for Aston Villa before the formation of the Premiership. He also featured for Northampton Town, Middlesbrough, Hartlepool United, Birmingham City and Derby County, before signing for Burton Albion in 2006, aged 43.
Latterly employed as goalkeeping coach in addition to being registered as a player, Poole made his final appearance for the club in 2010. He had an interim spell as manager in 2012, when he retired from playing at the age of 48; however, he has since re-registered himself as a player on two occasions due to goalkeeping crises at the club, making Poole one of the few players in English football ever to be registered to a professional club at the age of 50.
Poole was born in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. His first club was Aston Villa, whom he initially joined as an apprentice, turning professional in 1981. He was Villa's third choice keeper behind Jimmy Rimmer and Nigel Spink when they won the European Cup in 1982. He made his debut in the Football League while on loan at Northampton Town in late 1984, and played the first of his 32 games for Villa later in the 1984–85 season.
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