Jason Batty

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Jason Batty

| fullname = Jason Alfred Batty{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce4/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=Men's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020 – Squad List: New Zealand |work=FIFA |format=PDF |page=12 |date=22 July 2021 |access-date=8 January 2022}}

| image = Jason Batty at Union at Earthquakes 2010-09-15 2.JPG

| image_size = 250

| caption = Batty with the Earthquakes in September 2010

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1971|03|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand

| height =

| currentclub = Nashville SC (Academy GK Director)

| clubnumber =

| position = Goalkeeper

| youthyears1 = 1988–1990

| youthclubs1 = Norwich City

| years1 = 1989–1990

| clubs1 = Wroxham

| caps1 = 12

| goals1 = 0

| years2 = 1990–1991

| clubs2 = Blockhouse Bay

| caps2 = 18

| goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1992–1997

| clubs3 = North Shore United

| caps3 = 82

| goals3 = 0

| years4 = 1997

| clubs4 = Albuquerque Geckos

| caps4 = 18

| goals4 = 0

| years5 = 1998–1999

| clubs5 = Bohemians

| caps5 = 7

| goals5 = 0

| years6 = 1999

| clubs6 = Geylang United

| caps6 = 14

| goals6 = 0

| years7 = 1999–2000

| clubs7 = Football Kingz

| caps7 = 16

| goals7 = 0

| years8 = 2000–2001

| clubs8 = Grimsby Town

| caps8 = 0

| goals8 = 0

| years9 = 2001

| clubs9 = Scunthorpe United

| caps9 = 0

| goals9 = 0

| years10 = 2001

| clubs10 = Stalybridge Celtic

| caps10 = 12

| goals10 = 0

| years11 = 2002

| clubs11 = Glenfield Rovers

| caps11 = 8

| goals11 = 0

| years12 = 2002

| clubs12 = California Gold

| caps12 = 7

| goals12 = 0

| years13 = 2003

| clubs13 = Caversham

| caps13 = 12

| goals13 = 0

| totalcaps = 206

| totalgoals = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1994–2003

| nationalteam1 = New Zealand

| nationalcaps1 = 55

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 2003–2006

| managerclubs1 = Dartmouth College (Assistant/GK Coach)

| manageryears2 = 2008–2015

| managerclubs2 = San Jose Earthquakes (Assistant/GK Coach)

| manageryears3 = 2016–2017

| managerclubs3 = New Zealand U-17/U-20 (Goalkeeper Coach)

| manageryears4 = 2018–2020

| managerclubs4 = Utah Royals FC (Assistant/GK Coach)

| manageryears5 = 2019–2020

| managerclubs5 = New Zealand(Assistant/GK Coach)

| manageryears6 = 2020–

| managerclubs6 = Nashville SC (Academy GK Director)

}}

Jason Alfred Batty (born 23 March 1971) is a New Zealand former professional footballer, who played as a goalkeeper, and is the current New Zealand National Team Assistant/Goalkeeping Coach. Batty frequently represented the New Zealand national team in the 1990s.

Batty later became the Assistant coach at Dartmouth College in the U.S. and served as the Director of Goalkeeping for Texas Premier SC. Batty spent eight seasons as Goalkeeper Coach in the MLS with the San Jose Earthquakes, where they got to the Eastern Conference Final in 2010 and won the MLS Supporters Shield in 2012. He then was named Assistant Coach for New Zealand Youth National Teams. In 2018 Batty was appointed Assistant / Goalkeeping Coach in the National Women's Soccer League for new expansion club Utah Royals FC along with the Real Salt Lake Academy. From 2019 to the present, Batty is an Assistant and Goalkeeping Coach with the New Zealand national football team. Batty is currently the Academy GK Director of MLS side Nashville SC.

Club career

Batty was born in Auckland, New Zealand. He started his career at Norwich City F.C. in their Academy system, he then moved back in New Zealand for a period of time before heading back overseas to join up with Bohemian F.C. in the League of Ireland.{{fact|date=April 2019}} He then made 14 appearances for a Singapore team S-League before joining the Football Kingz.{{fact|date=April 2019}} Batty made 16 appearances for the Football Kingz in their inaugural season in the NSL in 1999 before heading back to the UK for a spell in England with Championship side Grimsby Town in August 2000.{{fact|date=April 2019}} He failed to dislodge regular shot stopper Danny Coyne and understudy Steve Croudson. After only six months he left the club and joined Scunthorpe United on similar terms but left at the end of the season after failing to make a 1st Team appearance. He then briefly played for Stalybridge Celtic in the Conference League.{{fact|date=April 2019}}

International career

Batty made his New Zealand A-international debut in a 3–0 win over Singapore on 21 February 1995 and quickly became first choice goalkeeper.{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id1564.htm|title=A-International Appearances - 1990–99|author=|publisher=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website|date=|accessdate=25 July 2008}} He went on to collect 55 caps between 1994 and 2003. Playing in two FIFA Confederation Cup tournaments in 1999 in Mexico and 2003 in France.{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/caps_and_goals.htm|title=A-International Appearances – Overall|author=|publisher=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website|date=1 June 2008|accessdate=25 July 2008}}

Coaching career

In 2003, Batty started his coaching career as the Assistant and Goalkeeping Coach for both Men's and Women's programs at Dartmouth College.{{cite web | last1=Batty| first1=Jason | title=Jason Batty LinkedIn Page |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-batty-694a4110 |website=linkedin.com |accessdate=23 August 2021 |date=23 August 2021}}

In 2008, Batty was hired as an Assistant and Goalkeeping Coach for the MLS side San Jose Earthquakes.{{cite web | last1=MLS Communications |title=Quakes names Jason Batty as Assistant and GK Coach |url=https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/quakes-name-jason-batty-gk-coach |website=mlssoccer.com |accessdate=23 August 2021 |date=23 August 2021}}

In 2014, Batty was retained as Assistant Coach for the MLS side San Jose Earthquakes following several coaching changes at the club.{{cite web | last1=US SOCCER PLAYERS |title=Quakes retain Jason Batty as Assistant Coach |url=https://ussoccerplayers.com/2014/10/san-jose-earthquakes-announce-a-coaching-change.html |website=ussoccerplayers.com |accessdate=23 August 2021 |date=23 August 2021}}

In 2016, Batty became Goalkeeping Coach for the U17 & U20 New Zealand national team.{{cite web |last1=Batty | first1=Jason | title=Jason Batty LinkedIn Page |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-batty-694a4110 |website=linkedin.com |accessdate=23 August 2021 |date=23 August 2021}}

In 2018, Batty was hired as Assistant and Goalkeeping Coach for the National Women's Soccer League for new expansion club Utah Royals and the MLS side Real Salt Lake Academy.{{cite web |last1=RSL Communications | title="Utah Royals FC complete hiring for inaugural season technical staff" |url=https://www.rsl.com/news/utah-royals-fc-complete-hiring-inaugural-season-technical-staff |website=rsl.com |accessdate=23 August 2021 |date=23 August 2021}}

In 2019, Batty became goalkeeper coach for the New Zealand national team.{{cite web |last1=Voerman |first1=Andrew |title=Neil Emblen returns to the All Whites as Danny Hay rounds out his coaching staff |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/nz-teams/116795238/neil-emblen-returns-to-the-all-whites-as-danny-hay-rounds-out-his-coaching-staff |website=stuff.co.nz |accessdate=28 July 2020 |date=23 October 2019}}

In 2020, Batty was hired as Academy Goalkeeper Director at MLS side Nashville SC.{{cite web | last1=Batty| first1=Jason | title=Jason Batty LinkedIn Page |url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-batty-694a4110 |website=linkedin.com |accessdate=23 August 2021 |date=23 August 2021}}

Honours

= As player =

New Zealand Player of the Year: 1997
OFC Nations Cup: 1998, 2002

= As coach =

MLS Supporters Shield: 2012{{cite web|url=http://www.ultimatenzsoccer.com/NZRepSoccer/id170.htm|title=Honours List|author=|publisher=The Ultimate New Zealand Soccer Website|date=1 June 2008|accessdate=25 July 2008}}