Shaun Goater
Goater at the Etihad Stadium in February 2015, prior to Manchester City's league game against Newcastle United
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Leonard Shaun Goater | ||
| Date of birth | 25 February 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Hamilton, Bermuda | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 1⁄2 in (1.82 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Ilkeston (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1978–1985 | North Village | ||
| 1985–1986 | Boulevard | ||
| 1986–1987 | North Village | ||
| 1988–1989 | Manchester United | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989 | Manchester United | 0 | (0) |
| 1989–1996 | Rotherham United | 209 | (70) |
| 1993 | → Notts County (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 1996–1998 | Bristol City | 75 | (40) |
| 1998–2003 | Manchester City | 212 | (103) |
| 2003–2005 | Reading | 43 | (12) |
| 2005 | → Coventry City (loan) | 6 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Southend United | 33 | (11) |
| 2007–2008 | Bermuda Hogges | 9 | (3) |
| 2008–2010 | North Village Rams | 7 | (1) |
| Total | 567 | (221) | |
| National team | |||
| 1987–2004 | Bermuda | 36 | (32) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2008–2013 | North Village Rams | ||
| 2015 | New Mills (assistant manager) | ||
| 2017– | Ilkeston | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Leonard Shaun Goater MBE (born 25 February 1970) is a Bermudian footballer who is now retired. He played as a striker for a number of English clubs in the 1990s and 2000s. He is currently manager of Ilkeston.
Goater's first professional club was Manchester United, but he did not reach the first team, making his League debut in 1989 after moving to Rotherham United. He played for Rotherham for seven years before moving to Bristol City in 1996. Two years later he moved to Manchester City for a fee of £400,000.
He is most well known for his time at Manchester City, where he scored over 100 goals between 1998 and 2003, finishing as the club's top scorer for four consecutive seasons. After leaving City, Goater had spells with Reading, Coventry City and Southend United, before retiring in May 2006. He represented Bermuda 36 times, scoring 32 goals.
Goater was born in the Bermudian capital Hamilton, living with his mother Lynette, his grandmother and two aunts. His introduction to English football came in April 1987 when he was invited to join the Saltus Grammar School football and basketball tour. He spent two weeks playing against various English high school teams, including the Leicester City youth team. At the age of 17, he left home to further his education in the United States, where he had a soccer scholarship at Columbia High School, New Jersey. Whilst home in Bermuda during his Thanksgiving break, Goater was spotted by scouts from Manchester United, who invited him to England for a trial. With encouragement from his mother, who was a former football player herself, Goater accepted, forfeiting his scholarship by doing so. At this time, Goater did not play as a striker, but instead played as a creative midfielder.
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