Hans Segers

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Hans Segers (born October 30, 1961 in Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant) is a Dutch goalkeeper, who is famous for his playing career in England. His early career was with PSV Eindhoven, before being signed for Nottingham Forest by Brian Clough during 1984. Although he played four seasons with Nottingham Forest, his final season included loan spells with Sheffield United, Stoke City and Dunfermline Athletic.

His career revived when he was signed as replacement for Dave Beasant by Wimbledon, and from 1988 until 1996 was first choice goalkeeper making 265 league appearances. In 1994 he was accused of being in a match fixing scandal with Liverpool goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar, Wimbledon striker John Fashanu and a Malaysian businessman. The case was referred to Winchester Crown Court for a criminal trial in 1997 but all four defendants were cleared.^[1] On September 18, 1998 Bruce Grobbelaar and Hans Segers were charged by the Football Association with breaching betting regulations.

From 1996 to 1998, Segers was a goalkeeper for Wolverhampton Wanderers and Woking before ending his playing career at Tottenham Hotspur in 2001. He is currently goalkeeper-coach at Tottenham Hotspur.

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