| David Klein | |
| Fullname: | David Klein |
| Birth Date: | 13 August 1973 |
| Birth Place: | Mulhouse, France |
| Height: | 1.850NaN0 |
| Currentclub: | Auxerre B (gk coach) |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Years1: | 1995–1998 |
| Years2: | 1998 |
| Years3: | 1998–2000 |
| Years4: | 2000–2001 |
| Years5: | 2001 |
| Years6: | 2001 |
| Years7: | 2001 |
| Years8: | 2001–2002 |
| Years9: | 2002–2003 |
| Years10: | 2003 |
| Years11: | 2003–2006 |
| Years12: | 2006–2007 |
| Years13: | 2008–2009 |
| Clubs13: | RC Strasbourg |
| Caps1: | 8 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Caps2: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Caps3: | 62 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Caps4: | 2 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Caps5: | 1 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Caps6: | 5 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Caps7: | 9 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Caps8: | 2 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Caps9: | 37 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Caps10: | 3 |
| Goals10: | 0 |
| Caps11: | 102 |
| Goals11: | 0 |
| Caps12: | 48 |
| Goals12: | 0 |
| Caps13: | 0 |
| Goals13: | 0 |
| Manageryears1: | 2009–2010 |
| Managerclubs1: | RC Strasbourg B (gk coach) |
| Manageryears2: | 2010–2011 |
| Managerclubs2: | RC Strasbourg (gk coach) |
| Manageryears3: | 2011–2014 |
| Managerclubs3: | Valenciennes B (gk coach) |
| Manageryears4: | 2014–2017 |
| Managerclubs4: | Valenciennes (gk coach) |
| Manageryears5: | 2018–2019 |
| Managerclubs5: | Mauritania (gk coach) |
| Manageryears6: | 2019– |
| Managerclubs6: | Auxerre B (gk coach) |
David Klein (born 13 August 1973) is a retired French goalkeeper and current goalkeeper coach of Auxerre's B-team.
After retiring at the end of the 2008-09 season, Klein started that same summer as goalkeeping coach for RC Strasbourg's B team.[1] In the summer of 2010, he stepped up as goalkeeping coach of the club's first team squad, replacing Alexander Vencel (footballer, born 1967), under new manager Laurent Fournier.[2] [3]
In the summer of 2011 he was hired in the same position for Valenciennes' B team.[4] Ahead of the 2014-15 season, Klein was promoted to the first team squad as goalkeeping coach under manager Faruk Hadžibegić's staff.[5] In May 2017, it was confirmed that Klein's contract was not extended and he left the club.[6]
Not long after leaving Valenciennes, Klein started his own goalkeeping academy.[7] Among other things, Klein, under his own goalkeeping academy 'J4K Valenciennes', was responsible for goalkeeper training at the club La Sentinelle, which played in the Hauts-de-France league in France.[8]
In the 2018-19 season, Klein was the goalkeeping coach for the Mauritania national football team ahead of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.[9]
Ahead of the 2019-20 season, Klein was appointed goalkeeper coach of Auxerre's reserve team.[10]