David Klein (born 13 August 1973) is a retired French goalkeeper and current goalkeeper coach of Auxerre's B-team.
Career After retiring at the end of the 2008-09 season, Klein started that same summer as goalkeeping coach for RC Strasbourg's B team. In the summer of 2010, he stepped up as goalkeeping coach of the club's first team squad, replacing Alexander Vencel (footballer, born 1967), under new manager Laurent Fournier.Perraud a signé , lalsace.fr, 11 December 2010Racing. Gurtner, gardien de valeur(s), lalsace.fr, 28 October 2010
In the summer of 2011 he was hired in the same position for Valenciennes' B team.Ça VA pour David Klein , lalsace.fr, 5 April 2012 Ahead of the 2014-15 season, Klein was promoted to the first team squad as goalkeeping coach under manager Faruk Hadžibegić's staff.Entretien avec David Klein, le nouvel entraîneur des gardiens , facebook.com, 13 August 2014 In May 2017, it was confirmed that Klein's contract was not extended and he left the club.Un historique de Valenciennes rejoint le staff d’Hadzibegic , maligue2.fr, 25 May 2017
Not long after leaving Valenciennes, Klein started his own goalkeeping academy.David Klein, gardien de l’héritage des portiers , lavoixdunord.fr, 9 December 2017 Among other things, Klein, under his own goalkeeping academy 'J4K Valenciennes', was responsible for goalkeeper training at the club La Sentinelle, which played in the Hauts-de-France league in France.La Sentinelle irrésistible contre Cambrai , lavoixdunord.fr, 22 October 2018
In the 2018-19 season, Klein was the goalkeeping coach for the Mauritania national football team ahead of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.Mourabitounes : Réunion du staff , ffrim.org, 1 June 2019
Ahead of the 2019-20 season, Klein was appointed goalkeeper coach of Auxerre's reserve team.David Carré : « Le contenu donne le résultat » , aja.fr, 11 August 2019
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CFA Foot 2008/2009 David Klein - Strasbourg - Football sur 20minutes