Ian Feuer
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ian Anthony Feuer | ||
| Date of birth | May 20, 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | ||
| Height | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Las Vegas Generals | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1988–1993 | Club Brugge | 0 | (0) |
| 1991–1993 | → Molenbeek (loan) | 19 | (0) |
| 1993 | Los Angeles Salsa | 17 | (0) |
| 1994–1996 | West Ham United | 0 | (0) |
| 1995 | → Peterborough (loan) | 16 | (0) |
| 1995 | → Luton Town (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 1995–1998 | Luton Town | 83 | (0) |
| 1998 | New England Revolution | 26 | (0) |
| 1999 | → Rushden & Diamonds (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 2000–2002 | Colorado Rapids | 19 | (0) |
| 2000 | Cardiff City | 0 | (0) |
| 2000 | West Ham United | 3 | (0) |
| 2000–2002 | Wimbledon | 4 | (0) |
| 2001 | → Derby County (loan) | 2 | (0) |
| 2002 | Tranmere Rovers | 2 | (0) |
| 2002 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 205 | (0) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1992 | United States | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2007- | Los Angeles Galaxy (assistant) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 November 2006. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Ian Anthony "Tony" Feuer (born May 20, 1971 in Las Vegas, Nevada) is a retired U.S. soccer goalkeeper who spent most of his career with English clubs with time in Belgium and the United States. He is goalkeeper coach for the Los Angeles Galaxy.
Move to Belgium
Feuer, the son of show business parents, was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. While growing up, he developed a love for soccer after beginning to play at age 8. His coaches moved him to the goal when he was 11 because of his clumsiness. Feuer's life took a significant turn when, at age 16, he attended a soccer clinic run by Harald Schumacher. Schumacher recommended that Feuer move to Europe to develop his skills and Feuer immediately took his advice.[1]
Feuer moved to Belgium in 1988 where he signed with First Division club Brugge. In 1991 he joined Molenbeek, also of the Belgian First Division, on loan from Brugge. He played nineteen league matches For Molenbeek, before returning to the U.S.[2]
International career
While with Molenbeek, Feuer was also on the U.S. roster at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He saw no playing time as he was the backup to Brad Friedel. Feuer also earned his one cap with the U.S. national team when he came on for Mark Dodd in the 71st minute of a March 18, 1992 loss to Morocco.
Return to U.S.
When Feuer returned to the U.S. from Belgium he signed with the Los Angeles Salsa.[2] He played for Salsa in their 1993 American Professional Soccer League season, making 17 regular season appearances for them.[3] The team made the playoffs before losing to Colorado Foxes in the championship game.[3] Feuer was named Rookie goalkeeper of the season whilst with Salsa.[2]
Move to England
Feuer was on West Ham United's books for the 1994-1995 season but did not play any competitive matches for them, with Luděk Mikloško being their first choice keeper. Therefore, West Ham loaned Feuer to Division Two club Peterborough United on 20 February 1995 and he was to play sixteen games for The Posh that season.[4]
On 11 September 1995 Feuer began another loan spell, this time with First Division side Luton Town, and he debuted for them two days later against Millwall. He started fourteen straight league matches for the Hatters up to a game against Tranmere Rovers on 2 December 1995, and then on 14 December Luton signed him on a permanent basis for a fee of £580,000. His first game as a full Luton player was on 16 December 1995 versus Portsmouth. In total he played 38 league games for Luton in the 1995–96 season.[5]
He established himself as the club's first choice as keeper, seeing time in 97 League matches overall for Luton,[6] until he injured his right shoulder in August 1997.
MLS
On March 24, 1998, Major League Soccer (MLS) signed Feuer on a free transfer from Luton Town. MLS allocated Feuer to the New England Revolution. He played 26 games in the 1998 season before being traded to the Colorado Rapids for a future draft consideration on February 24, 1999. The Revs traded Feuer when Walter Zenga announced he intended to play for New England. Before the trade, the Revs had loaned Feuer to English Football Conference club Rushden & Diamonds. Feuer impressed during an FA Cup tie in which he made numerous impressive saves to take his team to a 0-0 draw with Leeds United.[7]
When Feuer arrived in Colorado, he was the backup keeper to Marcus Hahnemann. However, when Hahnemann moved to Fulham during the season, Feuer stepped into the nets for the Rapids last nineteen games of the season. Those nineteen games saw the Rapids rapidly drop in the standings and on November 29, 1999, the team declined to pick up the second year in Feuer’s contract.[8]
Back to England
On October 1, 2000, Feuer signed with Cardiff City on a monthly contract as a backup keeper, although he did not play a League game for them. However, a month later he was transferred to West Ham where he made 3 League appearances.[9] At the end of the 1999-2000 season, he moved to Division 1 club Wimbledon. He spent the next two seasons with Wimbledon as understudy to Kelvin Davis. However, the club did loan him to Derby County during the 2000-2001 season where he made just 2 appearances, although he was released by Wimbledon at the end of the 2001-2002 season. On August 12, 2002,he signed a week by week contract with Tranmere Rovers when their starting keeper, Keith Welch, was injured. That only lasted two weeks and two games. Feuer then had a trial with Arsenal followed by a trial with Wolverhampton Wanderers during September 2002 where he featured as an unused substitute in two league games. Less than a week later, Crystal Palace attempted to sign Feuer when Matt Clarke was injured. However, they could not come to terms with Feuer and pulled out of the deal. When no other clubs expressed an interest in Feuer, he retired from playing professionally and returned to the U.S.
As of March 2010, Feuer is the tallest goalkeeper to have ever played in the Premier League.[10]
References
- ↑ Ian Thomsen (23 May 1998). "In America : To Europe and Back:Soccer Goalkeeper Pursues His Dream". New York Times. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 James Garley. "Where Are They Now?: Ian Feuer". Luton Town FC. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Soccer America (27 January 2007). "Los Angeles Salsa". American Professional Soccer League 1993 Season. a-league archive. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
- ↑ Rollin (ed), Jack (1995). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1995-96. Headline. ISBN 0-7472-7823-7.
- ↑ Rollin (ed), Glenda (1996). Rothmans Football Yearbook 1996–97. Headline. ISBN 0-7472-7781-8.
- ↑ Football Lge Career Stats - Luton players
- ↑ intermark.com
- ↑ intermark 112999
- ↑ Football Lge Career Stats - West Ham players
- ↑ http://www.premierleague.com/page/Statistics/0,,12306,00.html Tallest -> All seasons
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