Rory Grand
Rory Dennis Thomas Grand (born 15 March 1986) is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He has the UEFA coaching licence and a UEFA Goalkeeping License and is goalkeeper coach.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Rory Dennis Thomas Grand | ||
Date of birth | 15 March 1986 | ||
Place of birth | Solihull, England | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Hyderabad FC (Goalkeeper Coach) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2006 | Solihull Moors | ||
2006–2007 | Rushall Olympic | ||
2007–2008 | Samut Prakan | ||
Managerial career | |||
2012–2014 | Coventry City Youth (goalkeeper coach) | ||
2014–2015 | LA Galaxy Academy (goalkeeper coach) | ||
2015–2017 | Bangkok United B (goalkeeper coach) | ||
2017–2018 | Bangkok United (goalkeeper coach) | ||
2018–2019 | Kerala Blasters (goalkeeper coach) | ||
2019–2022 | Svay Rieng (goalkeeper coach) | ||
2022 | PSIS Semarang (goalkeeper coach) | ||
2022 2023 | Svay Rieng (goalkeeper coach) | ||
2023 | Hyderabad FC (goalkeeper coach) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Coaching career
In his career as a goalkeeping coach, Rory Grand has managed Coventry City Youth, LA Galaxy Academy, Bangkok United, Kerala Blasters, and Svay Rieng.[1]
While at Bangkok United, Grand once led some of these goalkeepers to shine like Supanut Suadsong, who debuted in the Thailand U20 national team, Varuth Wongsomsak who also debuted in the Thailand U20 national team, Sumethee Khokpho who debuted in the Thailand U21 national team, Anusith Termee who was called up by the Thailand U23 national team, and Michael Falkesgaard who debuted in the Philippines national team.
While at Kerala Blasters, he managed to bring Dheeraj Singh to his debut in the India U23 national team.
In Cambodia, he won the Cambodian Premier League in 2019 and led his team's keeper, Sovannarath Aim, to become the Cambodian Premier League goalkeeper of the year in 2019.
References
- stafadmin (24 July 2022). "PSIS Rekrut Pelatih Kiper Baru asal Inggris". PSIS Semarang (in Indonesian). Retrieved 25 July 2022.