Tony Caig

Biography

• Former professional player.
• Close to 500 1st team apps over an 18 year career in England , Scotland , USA & Canada.

• My passion for goalkeeping guided me into player-coach roles towards the end of my playing career.

• I’ve gained many years of experience in 1st team environments and also gaining a strong understanding of how the development processes work within academies.

• I try to show an innovative approach to coaching program design whilst being specific to the needs of goalkeepers.

• My belief the success to this is being open minded to new ideas and continued self development.

• I look to be a mentor to my colleagues with a strong sense of core values when operating within a multidisciplinary team.

• I have proven experience in talent ID & recruitment, goalkeeper loan management, video analysis, IDP session planning and coaching staff development.

PLAYER

•Carlisle Utd • Blackpool FC
•Charlton Athletic • Hibernian FC
•Newcastle United • Barnsley(Loan)
•Vancouver Whitecaps • Gretna FC
•Houston Dynamo • Chesterfield
•Workington AFC • Carlisle Utd

COACHING

• To date 750+ 1st team games as a goalkeeping coach and 1st team coach
• EPL, EFL, USL, SPL, SPFL & International football

GKs WORKED WITH

• Jordan Pickford • Tim Krul
• Dean Henderson • Fraser Forster
• Benjamin Siegrist • Trevor Carson
• Jack Newman • Loris Karius
• Karl Darlow • Ben Amos
• Liam Kelly • Robby McCrorie
• Max Stryjek • Mark Gillespie
• Ryan Schofield • Martin Dubravka
• Nick Pope • Bailey Peacock-Farrell
• Connor Hazard • Luke Southwood
• Pierce Charles • John Ruddy
• Odysseas Vlachodimos