Stuart Searle

{{short description|English footballer and manager}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}} {{Use British English|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Stuart Searle | image = | caption = | fullname = Stuart Andrew Searle<ref>{{cite web |title=Women's Olympic Football Tournament Paris 2024 |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce159/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |page=11 |accessdate=July 11, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240711175152/https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce159/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |archivedate=July 11, 2024}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|2|27|df=y}} | birth_place = Wimbledon, England | height = | position = Goalkeeper | currentclub = United States women's national soccer team (goalkeeping coach) | clubnumber = | years1 = 1996–1998 | clubs1 = Woking | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 1998–1999 | clubs2 = Crawley Town | caps2 = | goals2 = | years3 = 1999–2001 | clubs3 = Aldershot Town | caps3 = 20 | goals3 = 0 | years4 = 2000 | clubs4 = → Molesey (loan) | caps4 = | goals4 = | years5 = 2001 | clubs5 = → Molesey (loan) | caps5 = | goals5 = | years6 = 2001 | clubs6 = → Carshalton Athletic (loan) | caps6 = | goals6 = | years7 = 2001–2005 | clubs7 = Carshalton Athletic | caps7 = 73 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2005–2007 | clubs8 = Basingstoke Town | caps8 = 81 | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 2007–2009 | clubs9 = Chelsea | caps9 = 0 | goals9 = 0 | years10 = 2008 | clubs10 = → Carshalton Athletic (loan) | caps10 = | goals10 = | years11 = 2009 | clubs11 = Watford | caps11 = 0 | goals11 = 0 | years12 = 2009–2011 | clubs12 = Milton Keynes Dons | caps12 = 6 | goals12 = 0 | years13 = 2011–2013 | clubs13 = Chelmsford City | caps13 = 64 | goals13 = 0 | years14 = 2013–2015 | clubs14 = Metropolitan Police | caps14 = 33 | goals14 = 0 | totalcaps = 277 | totalgoals = 0 | manageryears1 = 2004–2007 | managerclubs1 = Chelsea Academy (goalkeeping coach) | manageryears2 = 2007–2009 | managerclubs2 = Chelsea Reserves (player-coach) | manageryears3 = 2008–2016 | managerclubs3 = Metropolitan Police U18 | manageryears4 = 2011–2015 | managerclubs4 = Chelsea Academy (goalkeeping coach) | manageryears5 = 2015 | managerclubs5 = Guildford City (assistant) | manageryears6 = 2012–2024 | managerclubs6 = Chelsea Women (goalkeeping coach) | manageryears7 = 2024– | managerclubs7 = United States (goalkeeping coach) | club-update = 21:29, 8 August 2015 (UTC) }} '''Stuart Andrew Searle''' (born 27 February 1979)<ref name="Hugman2010/11">{{cite book | editor-first = Barry J.| editor-last = Hugman| title = The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11| year = 2010| publisher = Mainstream Publishing |location=Edinburgh| isbn = 978-1-84596-601-0| page = 373 }}</ref> is an English football manager and former player who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently the goalkeeping coach of United States women's national soccer team.

==Club career== Born in Wimbledon, London,<ref name="Hugman2010/11"/> Searle joined Premier League team Chelsea from Basingstoke Town as back-up for their reserve team and as a player-coach, before working there part-time.<ref name="chelsea">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/6897649.stm|title=Chelsea sign Basingstoke keeper|publisher=BBC Sport|date=2007-07-13|access-date=2009-09-06}}</ref>

He moved to Championship team Watford in January 2009, which re-united him with former Chelsea reserve team manager Brendan Rodgers, who had been appointed as Watford manager in November 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.watfordfc.com/page/NewsDetail/0,,10400~1526911,00.html|title=Searle signs|publisher=Watford F.C.|date=2009-01-23|accessdate=2009-09-06}}</ref> In July 2009 his contract at Watford was cancelled by mutual consent and he subsequently signed a two-year contract with League One team Milton Keynes Dons.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/w/watford/8137051.stm|title=Goalkeeper Searle leaves Watford|publisher=BBC Sport|date=2009-07-06|access-date=2009-09-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/m/milton_keynes_dons/8156290.stm|title=MK Dons sign goalkeeper Searle|publisher=BBC Sport|date=2009-07-17|access-date=2009-08-30}}</ref>

Stuart made his long-awaited Football League debut in 2010 against Bristol Rovers at the Memorial Stadium. He remained at MK Dons in 2010–11, making a start against Yeovil Town in a 3–2 win.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_div_2/9119077.stm|title=MK Dons 3–2 Yeovil|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=2011-03-08|date=2010-11-02}}</ref> However, after MK Dons' loss to Peterborough in the N-Power League play-off semi-final he was released along with three other players.

==Management career== While still a player, Searle began coaching in various roles at Chelsea, including a two-year stint as player-coach for Chelsea Reserves.<ref name="chelsea" />

After retiring from playing, Searle joined Guildford City as assistant manager in 2015.<ref>{{cite news |title=Guildford City Welcome Stuart Searle |url=https://guildfordcityfc.co.uk/2015/06/08/guildford-city-welcome-stuart-searle/ |accessdate=24 November 2019 |publisher=Guildford City Football Club |date=8 June 2015}}</ref>

2012–2024, Searle was the goalkeeping coach at Chelsea Women.<ref name="chelsea_bio">{{cite web |title=Stuart Searle – Women's Goalkeeping Coach |url=https://www.chelseafc.com/en/teams/managers/stuart-searle |publisher=Chelsea FC |accessdate=24 November 2019}}</ref>

Since 2024, Searle is the goalkeeping coach with the United States women's national soccer team.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2024/05/us-soccer-announces-additions-to-us-womens-national-team-technical-staff |title=US Soccer announces additions to US Womens national team technical staff|website=USSoccer.com}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{Soccerway | 71340 }} * {{soccerbase|id=45434|name=Stuart Searle}} * [https://www.chelseafc.com/en/teams/managers/stuart-searle Stuart Searle] at Chelsea FC

{{DEFAULTSORT:Searle, Stuart}} Category:1979 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from the London Borough of Merton Category:People from Wimbledon, London Category:English men's footballers Category:Men's association football goalkeepers Category:Woking F.C. players Category:Crawley Town F.C. players Category:Aldershot Town F.C. players Category:Molesey F.C. players Category:Carshalton Athletic F.C. players Category:Basingstoke Town F.C. players Category:Chelsea F.C. players Category:Watford F.C. players Category:Milton Keynes Dons F.C. players Category:Chelmsford City F.C. players Category:Metropolitan Police F.C. players Category:English Football League players Category:Watford F.C. non-playing staff Category:Chelsea F.C. non-playing staff Category:United States women's national soccer team non-playing staff