Stuart Gauld

Stuart Gauld
Personal information
Full nameStuart Thomas Gauld
Date of birth26 March 1964
Place of birthEdinburgh, Scotland
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Playing positionRight back
Youth career
-1981Salvesen Boys Club
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1981-1985Heart of Midlothian17(0)
1985-1987Derry City?(?)
1987-1988St Patrick's Athletic?(?)
1988-1995Derry City16(0)
1995-1996Glenavon1(0)
1996-1998Finn Harps53(2)
1998-1999Derry City22(0)
1999-2002Omagh Town?(?)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 August 2013.
† Appearances (Goals).

Stuart Gauld (born 26 March 1964 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a former Scottish footballer who played as both a full back and a center back.

During his career, Gauld played for Salvesen Boys Club, Hearts, Derry City FC, St. Patrick's Athletic, Glenavon FC, Finn Harps FC, then to his final stretch at Derry City FC, before completing his career at Omagh Town FC.

In a 1988/89 League of Ireland Cup quarter final game at Athlone Town Gauld replaced the injured Tim Dalton in a penalty shoot out and saved Stephen Yeates’ penalty before scoring the winning penalty.

He made his League of Ireland debut at Monaghan for Derry on 1 December 1985. His first goal came on the 15th of December 1987 at Finn Park. His 100th competitive appearance came in a 1-0 loss to Shamrock Rovers on the 2nd of April 1989.

Gauld represented the League of Ireland at Inter-League level.

Honours

Trivia

Gauld once appeared in the Guinness Book of Records for having the longest successful run of penalties taken in football.

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