Eric Steele was born on 14 May 1954 and is an English former footballer turned coach, who is currently employed as a goalkeeping coach by the Football Association, working with England's junior teams.
10 Facts About Eric Steele
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Eric Steele then joined Peterborough United, and established himself as first-choice 'keeper, setting a record for most consecutive league appearances.
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In 1988, he retired to run a pub, before establishing Eric Steele Coaching Services, which provided goalkeeping coaching to Manchester City, Leeds United, Derby County, and Barnsley, as well as working overseas in Australia, Switzerland, Norway, Germany and the USA.
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In 2006 Eric Steele visited Australia, where he worked with junior and senior goalkeepers in Victoria and Perth.
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Eric Steele worked with well-known coaches and helped improve Australian goalkeepers.
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Eric Steele left his job at City on 27 June 2008 after being part of the backroom team under managers Stuart Pearce and Sven-Goran Eriksson.
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However, just weeks after joining Blackburn, Eric Steele attracted the attention of Manchester United, who had been in search of a new goalkeeping coach since Tony Coton had been forced to retire through injury.
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Eric Steele left United after David Moyes took over as manager in 2013.
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On 30 September 2013, Eric Steele returned to Derby County when he was appointed goalkeeping coach by the Championship club's newly installed manager, Steve McClaren, the former England team boss.
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In July 2015, Eric Steele was engaged by the Football Association to coach goalkeepers across their junior teams.