1. Kevin Hitchcock was born on 5 October 1962 and is an English football coach and former professional footballer who is goalkeeping coach of MLS side New England Revolution.
11 Facts About Kevin Hitchcock
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Kevin Hitchcock had spells in the top flight for Nottingham Forest, West Ham United and Watford that yielded no appearances.
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Kevin Hitchcock played the rest of his career in the Football League for Mansfield Town and Northampton Town.
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Kevin Hitchcock stayed with Mansfield for four seasons, helping the club to promotion from the Fourth Division in 1986, and played a major part in their 1987 Football League Trophy victory against Bristol City, saving two penalties in the shootout.
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Kevin Hitchcock remained at Chelsea until 2001 and made 96 league appearances, 4 of which were from the bench.
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Kevin Hitchcock left Chelsea in 2001 to take up the post of goalkeeping coach at Watford, who had just appointed Gianluca Vialli, late of Chelsea, as their new manager.
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Kevin Hitchcock left Watford in 2004 to link up with former Chelsea teammate Mark Hughes as goalkeeping coach at Blackburn Rovers, following him to Manchester City in 2008.
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Kevin Hitchcock left the club in 2015 when a contract renewal was not offered.
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In December 2016, Kevin Hitchcock was appointed goalkeeping coach at Birmingham City by new manager and former teammate Gianfranco Zola.
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Kevin Hitchcock remained with the club under Zola's successors Harry Redknapp and Steve Cotterill, but left when Cotterill was sacked in March 2018 with the team in the relegation zone.
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On 30 April 2019, Kevin Hitchcock moved to MLS to become the goalkeeping coach at New England Revolution.