Ian Walker (footballer)
Ian Michael Walker (born 31 October 1971) is an English football coach and former professional footballer, he is the goalkeeping coach of Chinese Super League side Shanghai SIPG.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ian Michael Walker | ||
| Date of birth | 31 October 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Watford, England | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
Shanghai SIPG (Goalkeeping coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1989 | Tottenham Hotspur | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–2001 | Tottenham Hotspur | 259 | (0) |
| 1990 | → Oxford United (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 1990 | → Ipswich Town (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2001–2005 | Leicester City | 140 | (0) |
| 2005–2008 | Bolton Wanderers | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 401 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 1990–1993 | England U21 | 9 | (0) |
| 1996–2004 | England | 4 | (0) |
| 1998 | England B | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2011–2012 | Bishop's Stortford | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
As a player, he was a goalkeeper who notably played in the Premier League for Tottenham Hotspur and Leicester City. He made 259 league appearances for Spurs and was their first choice keeper from 1994 until just before his departure in 2001. He also finished his career with a three-year spell in the top flight with Bolton Wanderers but all eight of his appearances came in cup competitions. He also had brief loan spells in the Football League with Oxford United and Ipswich Town. Walker was capped four times by England, he was part of the Euro 96 squad and would go on to be selected for Euro 2004. He was also capped at U21 and B team level.
Following retirement, he later became manager of non-league side Bishop's Stortford, before moving to China as the goalkeeping coach for Shanghai Shenhua in 2012. Two-years later he moved to rivals Shanghai SIPG in a similar role.