Mark Beeney is a retired English

England

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 football goalkeeper and currently the Goalkeeping Coach for Chelsea

Chelsea F.C. Reserves and Youth Team

Chelsea F.C. Reserves are the reserve team of Chelsea Football Club. They are members of the Premier Reserve League Southern Division and the reigning champions of the Southern Division winning the Championship in 2010 - 11...

's Reserve and Youth teams.

Playing career

He began his career with Gillingham

Gillingham F.C.

Gillingham Football Club is an English professional football club based in the town of Gillingham, Kent. The only Kent-based club in the Football League, they play their home matches at the Priestfield Stadium...

 in 1986 and after one season he moved to Maidstone United

Maidstone United F.C.

Maidstone United Football Club is an English football team from Maidstone, Kent.The current club is a continuation of the old Maidstone United, which was a member of the Football League between 1989 and 1992. The club was forced out of the league by financial ruin but the youth squad formed the...

. He remained with Maidstone until 1991 where he joined Brighton & Hove Albion

Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.

Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club are an English association football club based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. They currently play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system....

. He then moved to Leeds United

Leeds United A.F.C.

Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...

 in 1993 and served as backup to John Lukic

John Lukic

Jovan "John" Lukic is an English former football goalkeeper who was a member of Football League championship sides with two different clubs and played at the highest level of English football in four separate decades.-Childhood and early life:Lukic was born in Chesterfield to Yugoslavian parents;...

 and then Nigel Martyn

Nigel Martyn

Antony Nigel Martyn , more commonly known as Nigel Martyn, is a retired English football goalkeeper. He played for Crystal Palace where he became the first £1million goalkeeper in British football and also won the Full Members Cup. Martyn then left to spend six seasons at Leeds United. He went on...

. In 2000 he joined Doncaster Rovers

Doncaster Rovers F.C.

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 and then joined non-league side Dover Athletic

Dover Athletic F.C.

Dover Athletic Football Club is an association football team based in the town of Dover, Kent, England. The club was formed in 1983 after the dissolution of the town's previous club, Dover, whose place in the Southern League was taken by the new club...

 in 2001 before retiring.

Coaching

After his retirement he spent a little time as a player/coach at Sittingbourne before taking up the Academy Goalkeeping Coach role at Chelsea. He has worked closely with a number of young stoppers. In September 2007, when Jose Mourinho

José Mourinho

José Mário dos Santos Félix Mourinho is a Portuguese football manager and the current manager of Real Madrid. He is commonly known as "The Special One".Mourinho is regarded by some players, coaches and critics as the best ever coach in football....

 and his staff left the club, Beeney was temporarily promoted to first team goalkeeping coach and worked with Petr Čech

Petr Cech

Petr Čech is a Czech footballer who plays for Chelsea and the Czech Republic as a goalkeeper. Čech previously played for Viktoria Plzeň, Chmel Blšany, Sparta Prague, and Rennes. He was voted into the all-star team of Euro 2004 after helping his country reach the semi-finals...

 and Carlo Cudicini

Carlo Cudicini

Carlo Cudicini is an Italian goalkeeper who currently plays for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur. In his 10 years at Chelsea he established himself as one of England's best goalkeepers before injury and the arrival of Petr Cech displaced him as first-choice...

 until the club hired Christophe Lollichon

Christophe Lollichon

Christophe Lollichon is the current Goalkeeping Coach at Chelsea. He took the position in November 2007, following the arrival of Avram Grant at the club and under Petr Cech's recommendation He was previously Goalkeeping Coach at Rennes for 8 years.-Rennes:Christophe worked as Goalkeeping Coach at...

. He now continues his work with the Reserves and Academy.

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