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
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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
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, 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
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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