ABOUT
tony caig
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Newcastle United FC 'Head of Academy Goalkeeping' 2022 - Present day
Northern Ireland Men's National Team Goalkeeping Coach 2024 - Present day
Scottish FA / UEFA Goalkeeping Course Tutor 2018 - Present day
GK Consultant 2020 - Present day
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QUALIFICATIONS
UEFA A Goalkeeping Licence
FA Advanced Youth Award (PDP)
NLP Associate Practitioner
S&C Fundamentals Coach
SBI Football Marketing & Management
IPSO Scouting & Analysis
Expert Academy Leadership & Management
Statsbomb Football Analytics
Statsbomb Video Analysis
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🧤COACHING TO DATE….800+ 1st team games (EPL | EFL | SPL | SPFL | USL & International Football)
Worked with Jordan Pickford | Nick Pope | Aaron Ramsdale | Martin Dubravka | Tim Krul | Dean Henderson |
Fraser Forster | Loris Karius | John Ruddy | Bailey Peacock-Farrell | Pierce Charles….and many more
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COACHING​
2010 EFL Cup Finalist - Carlisle United FC
2011 EFL Cup Winner - Carlisle United FC
2018 Play Off Promotion to SPL - Livingston FC
2020 & 2021 Consecutive top 6 SPL finishes - Livingston FC
2021 Scottish League Cup Finalists - Livingston FC
2022 SPL Top 4 finish - Dundee United FC - UEFA Conference League Qualifiers
2023 UEFA Youth League GK Coach
2024 Assisted as Premier League GK Coach - Newcastle United
2024 UEFA Nations League Winners - Northern Ireland (Group C)
2025 World Cup Qualifiers - Northern Ireland
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🧤PLAYING CAREER...475 apps
(EPL | EFL | SPL | MLS | USL)
Carlisle United | Blackpool | Charlton Athletic | Hibernian | Newcastle United | Barnsley
Vancouver Whitecaps | Houston Dynamo | Chesterfield | Gretna | Workington AFC
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KEY ACHIEVEMENTS
1995 EFL Division Three champions and EFL Trophy finalist with Carlisle United FC
1997 Gained promotion to EFL Division Two and won EFL Trophy with Carlisle United FC
1997 Selected into the PFA Division Three Team of the Year
2006 USL Champions with Vancouver Whitecaps FC
2010 National League Goalkeeper of the Year
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Khalid Benlahsen: Former Head of Goalkeeping @ Feyenoord
Currently KNVB Goalkeeping Coordinator , U21 GK Coach & Assistant GK Coach KNVB Mens National Team
“Tony is a determined, modern goalkeeping coach and he has been for many years.
He is always looking for small margins to improve his goalkeepers on any level, always with a personal touch.
Tony has a high standard for himself and people around him, this combination makes him unique in his way of coaching.”