Full name Jonathan Goodman 1989–1990 Leyton Wingate | Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) Name Jon Goodman | |
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Date of birth (1971-06-02) 2 June 1971 (age 44) | ||
Place of birth Walthamstow, England Playing position | ||
Interview de jon goodman le coach de la nike academy
Jonathan "Jon" Goodman (born 2 June 1971) is an Anglo-Irish former professional footballer, and was the Sports Scientist at Reading before leaving to concentrate on his consultancy business. He left his role as Fitness Coach at Leeds United in May 2014. On 19 May 2017 Goodman was appointed Academy Manager at Notts County
Contents
- Interview de jon goodman le coach de la nike academy
- Ben Pakulski Jon Goodman Building an Online Training Business Success Tips
- Playing career
- Coaching career
- References
Ben Pakulski & Jon Goodman - Building an Online Training Business, Success Tips
Playing career
He was born in Walthamstow.
During the 1989–90 season, Goodman was playing non-league football at the now-defunct Leyton Wingate. At the end of the season he signed, along with the team's manager George Wakeling, for Bromley where he was immediately put on a contract. After playing well in just a handful of pre-season friendlies, he was signed by Millwall for a £34,500 fee in August 1990. Goodman made his Millwall debut on 26 December as a substitute at The Old Den against Leicester City, and it wasn't long before he was a regular member of the first team. His goals helped Millwall finished third in Division One in the 1993-94 season, but defeat to Derby County in the semi-finals of the playoffs ended their hopes of promotion to the FA Premier League.
Goodman was then sold to Wimbledon in November 1994 for £1.3million, making the move to Wimbledon with Millwall full-back Kenny Cunningham. He spent six seasons at Wimbledon, scoring 11 goals in 60 games as a semi-regular player in the team, competing with the likes of Efan Ekoku and Dean Holdsworth for a place in the starting line-up. He was injured in a match against Chelsea in 1997, and never truly recovered. After two short-lived comeback attempts, he retired through injury at the end of 1999-2000 when Wimbledon were relegated from the Premier League after 14 years of top flight football. Despite rarely having a long run in the first team and leaving the club at one of the lowest points in their history, he was a key squad player in some of their best seasons in the top flight, particularly their 1996-97 campaign where they finished eighth (having spent most of the season in the top five) and were semi-finalists in both of the domestic cups.
He was capped four times for the Republic of Ireland at the height of his success for Wimbledon in 1997.
Coaching career
He joined Reading as a sports scientist in the summer of 2005 following the departure of Niall Clark to West Ham United. Goodman has a sports science degree from the Roehampton Institute.
Northern Ireland manager Lawrie Sanchez included Goodman in his team as a conditioning coach for the Euro 2008 qualifying campaign.
Jon now runs the sports performance company Think Fitness working predominantly in professional football. [1]
It was announced by Leeds United manager Brian McDermott on 25 April 2013, that Goodman would join the club as a fitness coach. In May 2014, Goodman announced he was leaving Leeds United to pursue his business interests.