Kolkata: Former goalkeeping coach of English Premier League legend Chelsea leslie clevely is included by SC East Bengal The club made the announcement on Sunday to help its shot-stoppers this season.
After a successful stint with the Bangladesh senior national team, Cleavey joined the coaching team of head coach Manuel ‘Manolo’ Diaz.
“I have experience working in this part of the world. Being a part of Bangladesh national team where fans are very passionate about their football, I understand the feeling very well. SC East Bengal is a huge football club And I’m proud to be a part of that,” Cleavely said.
“I have done my homework on the goalkeepers I have and I will do whatever needs to be done to bring out the best from them. All three goalkeepers are experienced and I am sure they will come with flying colours,” he said.
Arindam Bhattacharya, Shankar Roy and Suvam Sen are the three goalkeepers for SC East Bengal this season.
Clealey, a UEFA ‘A’ license holder, has over 20 years of coaching experience, having started his career at Millwall FC in 1997.
Clealey worked closely with Edwin van der Sar and Mike Taylor at Fulham FC between 1999–2002 before moving to Crystal Palace, where he became the team’s first goalscorer coach and the academy’s goalscorer coach under Steve Kember.
The 56-year-old was also the academy’s goalscorer coach at Tottenham Hotspur before jumping ship to Chelsea in 2007, where he spent four years working at the academy as well as helping the senior team when needed.
For the EPL, Cleevely helped Petr Cech, Carlo Cudicini and Hilario get better between the sticks. Cleavey was also part of the Carshalton Academy before relocating to Bangladesh in 2020, where he was the team’s senior goalscorer coach.
As a player, Cleavey was an understudy to the great Peter Shilton for more than a year at Southampton, in addition to making appearances for Crystal Palace and Notts County.
He has played over 1000 games at senior level in non-league football in England, including 110 appearances for Farnborough Town. Cleary won several trophies, including Player of the Year on four occasions with Carshalton Athletic, a team he led in more than 100 games.
He was also at Sutton United, playing over 150 games and captaining the team.
Incidentally, Cleavely replaced Bobby Mims in the Bangladesh national team. The Mims joined SC East Bengal last season as part of Robbie Fowler’s backroom staff. Cleavely has now taken over from the Mims as the Red and Gold prepare for their second season in the country’s top league.
SC East Bengal will take on Jamshedpur FC in their opening game Indian Super League 2021-22 season on 21 November at Tilak Maidan Stadium in Goa.
After a successful stint with the Bangladesh senior national team, Cleavey joined the coaching team of head coach Manuel ‘Manolo’ Diaz.
“I have experience working in this part of the world. Being a part of Bangladesh national team where fans are very passionate about their football, I understand the feeling very well. SC East Bengal is a huge football club And I’m proud to be a part of that,” Cleavely said.
“I have done my homework on the goalkeepers I have and I will do whatever needs to be done to bring out the best from them. All three goalkeepers are experienced and I am sure they will come with flying colours,” he said.
Arindam Bhattacharya, Shankar Roy and Suvam Sen are the three goalkeepers for SC East Bengal this season.
Clealey, a UEFA ‘A’ license holder, has over 20 years of coaching experience, having started his career at Millwall FC in 1997.
Clealey worked closely with Edwin van der Sar and Mike Taylor at Fulham FC between 1999–2002 before moving to Crystal Palace, where he became the team’s first goalscorer coach and the academy’s goalscorer coach under Steve Kember.
The 56-year-old was also the academy’s goalscorer coach at Tottenham Hotspur before jumping ship to Chelsea in 2007, where he spent four years working at the academy as well as helping the senior team when needed.
For the EPL, Cleevely helped Petr Cech, Carlo Cudicini and Hilario get better between the sticks. Cleavey was also part of the Carshalton Academy before relocating to Bangladesh in 2020, where he was the team’s senior goalscorer coach.
As a player, Cleavey was an understudy to the great Peter Shilton for more than a year at Southampton, in addition to making appearances for Crystal Palace and Notts County.
He has played over 1000 games at senior level in non-league football in England, including 110 appearances for Farnborough Town. Cleary won several trophies, including Player of the Year on four occasions with Carshalton Athletic, a team he led in more than 100 games.
He was also at Sutton United, playing over 150 games and captaining the team.
Incidentally, Cleavely replaced Bobby Mims in the Bangladesh national team. The Mims joined SC East Bengal last season as part of Robbie Fowler’s backroom staff. Cleavely has now taken over from the Mims as the Red and Gold prepare for their second season in the country’s top league.
SC East Bengal will take on Jamshedpur FC in their opening game Indian Super League 2021-22 season on 21 November at Tilak Maidan Stadium in Goa.
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