Mike Salmon

Mike Salmon

Personal information
Full name	Michael Salmon
Date of birth	14 July 1964 (1964-07-14) (age 47)
Place of birth	Leyland, Lancashire, England
Height	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Playing position	Goalkeeper Coach, formerly Goalkeeper (retired)
Club information
Current club	Vancouver Whitecaps FC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1981-83	Blackburn Rovers	1	(0)
1982	Chester City (loan)	16	(0)
1983-86	Stockport County	118	(0)
1986-87	Bolton Wanderers	26	(0)
1987	Wrexham (loan)	17	(0)
1987-89	Wrexham	83	(0)
1989-99	Charlton Athletic	148	(0)
1998	Oxford United (loan)	1	(0)
1999-02	Ipswich Town	0	(0)
Teams managed
2002	Arsenal F.C. Reserves (Goalkeeper Coach)
2002-2004	Gillingham F.C. (Goalkeeper Coach)
2004-2007	Arsenal F.C. (Goalkeeper Coach)
2007-	Vancouver Whitecaps FC (Goalkeeper Coach)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Michael "Mike" Salmon (born July 14, 1964 in Leyland, Lancashire) is an English football player and coach.

Career

During his playing days, Salmon was a goalkeeper, best known for his ten year spell at Charlton Athletic. He started as a trainee with Blackburn Rovers, making his debut in a 1-1 draw against Chelsea. He also gained lots of experience early in his career with Chester City, Stockport County, Bolton Wanderers and Wrexham before joining the Addicks in 1989. In and out of the first team at Charlton over the years due to a catalogue of injuries, he made 148 league appearances, before a serious cruciate ligament injury, sustained in 1998 against Manchester City at Maine Road, put an end to his 1st Team career. He finished his playing career at Premier League team Ipswich Town, as the back up keeper to England goalkeeper Richard Wright. He retired in 2002 having made around 500 1st team appearances and took up coaching.

Coaching career

In 2002 he joined Arsenal as goalkeeping coach. He also coached the 1st Team keepers at Gillingham from 2002-2004. He remained with Arsenal until he emigrated to Canada with his family in 2007.^[1] Currently he is the goalkeeper coach for Vancouver Whitecaps FC in the MLS.^[2]

A highly-qualified and respected coach, Salmon holds an English Football Association Goalkeeping 'A' License and a UEFA 'A' Coaching License.

References

1. ^ "Mike Salmon". Arsenal.com. http://service.arsenal.com/staffarticle.asp?article=411501&title=Mike+Salmon&lid=reserves+coaching+staff&thisNav=reserves+and+youth. 
2. ^ Players and staff look back at 2009

External links

• Mike Salmon career stats at Soccerbase
• Whitecaps Profile

Persondata
Name	Salmon, Mike
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Date of birth	July 14, 1964
Place of birth	Leyland, Lancashire, England
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