Adrian Tucker
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adrian John Tucker[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 26 September 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Merthyr Tydfil, Wales | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1995 | Torquay United | 1 | (0) |
| 1995–1996 | Inter Cardiff | 16 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | Ebbw Vale | 8 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2007–2010 | Wales (women) | ||
| 2009–2014 | Swansea City (GK coach) | ||
| 2015–2018 | Sunderland (GK coach) | ||
| 2018-2019 | Swansea City (GK coach) | ||
| 2019–2020 | Bristol Rovers (GK coach) | ||
| 2020–2021 | Morocco (Head of Goalkeeping) | ||
| 2021– | England youth teams (GK coach) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Adrian John Tucker (born 26 September 1976) is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He is currently a goalkeeping coach for the England national youth football teams.
Tucker has previously had two spells as goalkeeper coach at Swansea City (2009–2014, 2018–2019), where he was part of Swansea City's promotion campaign to the Premier League in 2011 and League Cup win in 2013. He was also the goalkeeping coach at Sunderland from 2015 to 2018.
Born in Merthyr Tydfil, Tucker began his playing career with Torquay United. His debut came in December 1994, during an FA Cup second round replay at home to Enfield, when regular Torquay goalkeeper Ashley Bayes was sent off.[2]
A shoulder injury spoiled Tucker's professional career. After leaving Torquay in 1995, he played in the Welsh Premier League and Welsh pyramid system for a number of years.
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