Gary Goodchild

{{Short description|English footballer (born 1958)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2016}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Gary Goodchild

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1958|1|27}}

| birth_place = Chelmsford, England

| position = Forward

| years1 = 1974–1976 | clubs1 = Arsenal | caps1 = 0 | goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1976–1977 | clubs2 = Hereford United | caps2 = 4 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1977–1978 | clubs3 = Reading | caps3 = 1 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1978–1979 | clubs4 = Kramfors | caps4 = | goals4 =

| years5 = 1979–1981 | clubs5 = Crystal Palace | caps5 = 2 | goals5 = 0

| years6 = 1981–1985 | clubs6 = Viking | caps6 = 78 | goals6 = 24

| nationalyears1 = 1973 | nationalteam1 = England Schoolboys | nationalcaps1 = 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0

|manageryears1 = 1993–1994 | managerclubs1 = Bryne FK

|manageryears2 = 2007–2016 | managerclubs2 = Viking (scout)

|manageryears3 = 2012 | managerclubs3 = Viking (caretaker)

|manageryears4 = 2017– | managerclubs4 = Wolverhampton Wanderers (scout)

| totalcaps = 375 | totalgoals = 5

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Gary Goodchild (born 27 January 1958 in Chelmsford){{cite book|last1 =Purkiss|first1 =Mike|last2 =Sands|first2 =Nigel|title=Crystal Palace: A Complete Record 1905–1989|year =1990|publisher =The Breedon Books Publishing Company|page=326|isbn=0907969542}} is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Arsenal, Crystal Palace, Hereford United and Reading.

He works as a scout for Wolverhampton Wanderers.{{cite web|title=Wolverhampton Wanderers and the Scandanavian [sic] scouting strategy|url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/wolverhampton-wanderers-transfer-window-signings-14261472|website=www.birminghammail.co.uk|publisher=Birmingham Mail|accessdate=17 March 2019|date=8 February 2018}}