1. Shaun Goater played for Rotherham for seven years before moving to Bristol City in 1996.
37 Facts About Shaun Goater
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Shaun Goater is most well known for his time at Manchester City, where he scored over 100 goals between 1998 and 2003, finishing as the club's top scorer for four consecutive seasons.
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Shaun Goater was born in the Bermudian capital Hamilton, living with his mother Lynette, his grandmother and two aunts.
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Shaun Goater spent two weeks playing against various English high school teams, including the Leicester City youth team.
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Whilst home in Bermuda during his Thanksgiving break, Shaun Goater was spotted by scouts from Manchester United, who invited him to England for a trial.
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Shaun Goater's trial resulted in the offer of a professional contract, but he did not break into the first team.
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In 1989, Shaun Goater signed for Rotherham United in order to play first team football.
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In 1993, Shaun Goater had a brief loan spell at Notts County, though he made only one appearance for the Nottingham club due to a work permit problem.
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Shaun Goater joined Manchester City at a turbulent point in their history, with newly appointed manager Joe Royle battling to save the club from relegation to the Second Division.
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Shaun Goater was the club's top goal scorer again, this time with 29 goals, and was named Manchester City's Player of the Year by the supporters after Manchester City were promoted for the second successive year.
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Again established in the first team, Shaun Goater was Manchester City's top goalscorer for the third consecutive season, but his 11 goals could not save the team from relegation.
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Shaun Goater was the club's top scorer with 11 goals in all competitions but not save the club from relegation back to the First Division.
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Shaun Goater started just 14 games, but scored seven goals, including his 100th for the club, which came in a derby match against local rivals Manchester United.
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In February 2003, Shaun Goater struck against the same opposition to score the fastest goal by a substitute in Premier League history, just 9 seconds after coming onto the pitch.
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Shaun Goater scored a goal that would have won City the match, but it was disallowed.
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In total, Shaun Goater scored 103 goals in 212 appearances for Manchester City.
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Since ending his footballing career, Shaun Goater has been critical of both Kevin Keegan, who he claims never praised him, and Nicolas Anelka, who he feels wanted to be 'the daddy' of Manchester City.
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Shortly after Shaun Goater's arrival, Reading manager Alan Pardew left for West Ham United, and Pardew's replacement, Steve Coppell, did not regard Shaun Goater as part of his plans.
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Shaun Goater then considered retirement, but instead moved to League One club Southend United for a final season as a professional.
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At Southend, Shaun Goater acted as a mentor for young striker Freddy Eastwood, and contributed towards a second successive promotion for the Shrimpers, scoring 11 goals.
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When in England, Shaun Goater has made regular appearances in local media covering the Manchester area.
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Shaun Goater has played for the Bermudian national team 22 times, scoring 20 goals though due to Bermuda's lowly standing in world football he never played in a major international tournament.
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Shaun Goater made his first international appearance at the age of 17 against Canada.
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When playing for Bermuda, Shaun Goater was often the only professional player in the team.
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Shaun Goater has expressed a wish to enter coaching following his retirement, and studied for the UEFA B coaching licence in 2005.
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Shaun Goater had roles as both a director and player of the team, the Bermuda Hogges.
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Shaun Goater left Bermuda Hogges in 2008, to concentrate on youth coaching with North Village Rams in his home town.
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Shaun Goater was appointed as the head coach in 2008.
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Shaun Goater served as the head coach of the Rams from 2008 to 2013, in the process winning seven trophies, including the league, three Friendship titles, Charity Cup and two Dudley Eve titles.
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On 8 August 2015, it was announced that Shaun Goater would join Northern Premier League Division One North club New Mills as assistant manager to Andy Fearn.
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In September 2015, Fearn and Shaun Goater resigned from New Mills after nine defeats in nine games.
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On 17 February 2017, Shaun Goater was appointed manager of Northern Premier League Division One North club Ilkeston.
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On 8 October 2021, Shaun Goater returned to Manchester City as part of the academy coaching staff.
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Shaun Goater was set to work across all the club's Academy age groups, from the foundation phase up to the professional development phase, in different roles to ensure the provision of a wide range of experience.
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FC On 11 December 2024, Shaun Goater was named caretaker manager after Aston Villa Women parted company with manager Robert de Pauw.
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On 22 January 2025, Aston Villa hired Natalia Arroyo as new manager, and Shaun Goater returned to his role in the coaching staff.
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Shaun Goater was awarded the MBE in 2003 for services to sport and young people in Bermuda.