Full name Stuart Thomas Gauld 1981-1985 Heart of Midlothian Years Team Height 1.80 m | -1981 Salvesen Boys Club Role Footballer Name Stuart Gauld | |
Date of birth (1964-03-26) 26 March 1964 (age 51) | ||
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
Stuart Gauld (born 26 March 1964 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a former Scottish footballer who played as both a full back and a center back.
During his career, Gauld played for Salvesen Boys Club, Hearts, Derry City FC, St. Patrick's Athletic, Glenavon FC, Finn Harps FC, then to his final stretch at Derry City FC, before completing his career at Omagh Town FC.
In a 1988/89 League of Ireland Cup quarter final game at Athlone Town Gauld replaced the injured Tim Dalton in a penalty shoot out and saved Stephen Yeates’ penalty before scoring the winning penalty.
He made his League of Ireland debut at Monaghan for Derry on 1 December 1985. His first goal came on 15 December 1987 at Finn Park. His 100th competitive appearance came in a 1-0 loss to Shamrock Rovers on 2 April 1989.
Gauld represented the League of Ireland at Inter-League level.
Trivia
Gauld once appeared in the Guinness Book of Records for having the longest successful run of penalties taken in football.