David Klein (born 13 August 1973) is a retired French goalkeeper and current goalkeeper coach of Auxerre's B-team.
Career
Post retirement
After retiring at the end of the 2008-09 season, Klein started that same summer as goalkeeping coach for RC Strasbourg's B team.[1] In the summer of 2010, he stepped up as goalkeeping coach of the club's first team squad, replacing Alexander Vencel (footballer, born 1967), under new manager Laurent Fournier.[2][3]
In the summer of 2011 he was hired in the same position for Valenciennes' B team.[4] Ahead of the 2014-15 season, Klein was promoted to the first team squad as goalkeeping coach under manager Faruk Hadžibegić's staff.[5] In May 2017, it was confirmed that Klein's contract was not extended and he left the club.[6]
Not long after leaving Valenciennes, Klein started his own goalkeeping academy.[7] Among other things, Klein, under his own goalkeeping academy 'J4K Valenciennes', was responsible for goalkeeper training at the club La Sentinelle, which played in the Hauts-de-France league in France.[8]
In the 2018-19 season, Klein was the goalkeeping coach for the Mauritania national football team ahead of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.[9]
Ahead of the 2019-20 season, Klein was appointed goalkeeper coach of Auxerre's reserve team.[10]
References
- ^ "FOOTBALL - David Klein regoûte avec plaisir aux pelouses valenciennoises grâce au centre de formatio". valenciennes.maville.com. 3 August 2011. Archived from the original on 14 January 2025. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
- ^ Perraud a signé Archived 14 January 2025 at the Wayback Machine, lalsace.fr, 11 December 2010
- ^ Racing. Gurtner, gardien de valeur(s), lalsace.fr, 28 October 2010
- ^ Ça VA pour David Klein Archived 14 January 2025 at the Wayback Machine, lalsace.fr, 5 April 2012
- ^ Entretien avec David Klein, le nouvel entraîneur des gardiens Archived 14 January 2025 at the Wayback Machine, facebook.com, 13 August 2014
- ^ Un historique de Valenciennes rejoint le staff d’Hadzibegic Archived 14 January 2025 at the Wayback Machine, maligue2.fr, 25 May 2017
- ^ David Klein, gardien de l’héritage des portiers Archived 14 January 2025 at the Wayback Machine, lavoixdunord.fr, 9 December 2017
- ^ La Sentinelle irrésistible contre Cambrai Archived 15 January 2025 at the Wayback Machine, lavoixdunord.fr, 22 October 2018
- ^ Mourabitounes : Réunion du staff Archived 14 January 2025 at the Wayback Machine, ffrim.org, 1 June 2019
- ^ David Carré : « Le contenu donne le résultat » Archived 14 January 2025 at the Wayback Machine, aja.fr, 11 August 2019
