Nicky Weaver
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Nicholas James Weaver | ||
| Date of birth | 2 March 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Sheffield, England | ||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1997 | Mansfield Town | 1 | (0) |
| 1997–2007 | Manchester City | 172 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Charlton Athletic | 67 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Dundee United | 18 | (0) |
| 2010 | Burnley | 0 | (0) |
| 2010–2013 | Sheffield Wednesday | 44 | (0) |
| 2013–2014 | Aberdeen | 2 | (0) |
| Total | 318 | (0) | |
| National team | |||
| 1999–2000 | England U21 | 10 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Nicholas James Weaver (born 2 March 1979) is an English former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper most notably for Manchester City. He recently returned to Sheffield Wednesday to be their Academy Goalkeeping Coach.
Weaver is a former England under-21 international and began his career with Mansfield Town in 1995. He joined Manchester City in 1997 and would go on to be a part of the club that earned promotion from the Second Division in 1999 in which he saved the decisive penalty in the play-off final shootout with Gillingham at Wembley Stadium. He would go on to earn promotion to the Premier League the following season and in total was promoted three times with City in a ten-year spell. By the time he left the club in 2007 he had been the clubs second choice keeper for a number of years and had acted as understudy to the likes of Peter Schmeichel, David Seaman and David James. He went on to appear for Charlton Athletic, Dundee United, Burnley, Sheffield Wednesday and Aberdeen.
Weaver was bought by Manchester City from Mansfield Town on the recommendation of goalkeeping coach Alex Stepney. He made his competitive Manchester City debut in the first match of the 1998–99 season against Blackpool, keeping a clean sheet. Over the course of the season Weaver kept a total of 26 clean sheets, breaking the club record for clean sheets in a season. Weaver was the hero for Manchester City in the 1999 Second Division Play-off final versus Gillingham after his penalty save clinched promotion, prompting him to go on a 'crazy run' around the Wembley pitch. Around this time, Weaver was tipped to receive full international honours for England after becoming an England under 21 international.
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