Full name Ty Gooden Years Team Height 1.73 m | Playing position Role Footballer Name Ty Gooden | |
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Date of birth (1972-10-23) 23 October 1972 (age 43) | ||
Ty Gooden (born 23 October 1972) is an English former professional footballer. Gooden, who played as a midfielder, featured for teams Arsenal, Wycombe Wanderers, Swindon Town, Gillingham and Canvey Island.
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Playing career
Gooden started his playing career at Arsenal, where he featured regularly for the club's academy teams. He became the first transfer to take place in the new millennium, when Gillingham manager Peter Taylor signed him from Arsenal for £100,000, in a deal that saw Swindon team mate Iffy Onuora join the Kent club as well. Later that year Gooden won promotion to the First Division with Gillingham, after they beat Wigan Athletic 3-2 in the Division Two play-off Final at the old Wembley Stadium, Gooden providing the cross for Andy Thomson for the winning goal. He had a successful first season in the First Division with Gillingham, helping them to finish 13th in the league. He also scored in an FA Cup tie for Gillingham against former club Arsenal, in a 5-2 defeat away at Highbury. However, injury hampered the rest of his time at the Gills and, in 2003, he was sold to non-league Canvey Island.
Scouting career
Gooden was the European scout for Reading operating from France. Gooden finished working for Reading after they failed to gain promotion to the Premiership. He afterward joined Sunderland as their scout within France. After his brief spell with the black cats, Gooden then secured a contract which saw him also working as a scout at Arsenal in France.