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Bruce Grobbelaar
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Zimbabwean footballer and manager
Key facts
- 1975
- Chibuku Shumba
- 1976
- Highlands Park
- 1993
- → Stoke City (loan)
- 1997
- Oxford United
- 1998
- Chesham United
- 1999
- Northwich Victoria
- 2002
- Hellenic
- 2007
- Glasshoughton Welfare
- 2018
- Matabeleland
- Full name
- Bruce David Grobbelaar
- Date of birth
- ( 1957-10-06 ) 6 October 1957 (age 68)
- Place of birth
- Durban , South Africa
- Height
- 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
- Position
- Goalkeeper
- Years
- Team
- 1973 1974
- Highlanders
- 1977 1978
- Durban City
- 1979 1981
- Vancouver Whitecaps
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bruce
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Zimbabwe
- Place of birth
- Durban
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Zimbabwe men's national football team
- Position played
- goalkeeper
- Mass
- 77
- Image
- Bruce Grobbelaar.png
- Height
- 185
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- Commons category
- Bruce Grobbelaar
- date of birth
- 1957-10-06
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 2
- total goals in career
- 0
- number of points/goals conceded
- 4
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Encyclopedic overview
Bruce David Grobbelaar (born 6 October 1957) is a Zimbabwean former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, most prominently for English club Liverpool between 1981 and 1994, and for the Zimbabwean national team. Regarded as one of the best goalkeepers of his era, he is remembered for his gymnastic-like athletic ability, unflappable confidence, eccentric and flamboyant style of play, as well as his rushing ability, which has led pundits to compare him retrospectively to the sweeper-keepers of the modern era.
Born in South Africa, Grobbelaar grew up in neighbouring Rhodesia (today Zimbabwe), and served in the Rhodesian Army before he joined the Vancouver Whitecaps of the North American Soccer League in 1979. He gained Liverpool's attention during a loan spell at Crewe Alexandra during the 1979–80 season, and signed for the Merseyside club in 1981. Making 628 appearances for Liverpool over the next 13 years, including 440 in the League, he won the League championship with the club six times, as well as three FA Cups, three League Cups and the 1983–84 European Cup.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bruce Grobbelaar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.