Playing position Name Grover Gibson Years Team Role Soccer player | 1997–1999 VfB Stuttgart II Height 1.78 m 1999–2000 FC Augsburg Position Midfielder | |
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Date of birth (1978-11-18) 18 November 1978 (age 37) Place of birth Fairfax, Virginia, United States | ||
(7/3/15) Interviews with FFC's Pierre Gardan, Rahim Costa-Doresy and Grover Gibson
Grover Gibson (born November 18, 1978) is an American soccer player who last played for Rot-Weiss Ahlen in the 2. Bundesliga until retiring due to injury in August 2009.
Contents
- 7315 Interviews with FFCs Pierre Gardan Rahim Costa Doresy and Grover Gibson
- Club career
- Coaching career
- Personal life
- References
In 2012, Gibson established the Grover Gibson Soccer Foundation, which is a non-profit corporation, where he founded Fredericksburg FC and is currently head coach.
Club career
Born in Fairfax, Virginia, after graduating from high school, Gibson signed with VfB Stuttgart U-18. He went on to play two years for VfB Stuttgart reserves. After that he played for third-tier sides FC Augsburg and SV Elversberg before signing with 1. FSV Mainz 05 in the 2. Bundesliga at the age of 21. Later he played again in the third tier for SSV Jahn Regensburg, SC Preußen Münster, Kickers Emden. His last club was Rot-Weiss Ahlen in the 2. Bundesliga where he played 30 matches and scored six goals.
His professional career ending after fracturing the eye socket which also damaged the retina and optic nerve.
Gibson previously played four matches in the 2. Bundesliga for 1. FSV Mainz 05.
Coaching career
Following the creation of the Grover Gibson Soccer Foundation, a non-profit corporation promoting soccer, Gibson founded RVA FC (now Fredericksburg FC), as a youth soccer organization in Richmond, Virginia, with the senior men's team to compete in the amateur National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), considered the fourth tier of the American soccer pyramid. Gibson would coach the club in its inaugural season, leading them to a first-place finish in the Mid-Atlantic Division and all the way to the NPSL Championship game against the Sonoma County Sol.
Personal life
Gibson resides currently in Fredericksburg, Virginia with his wife and three children.