Paul Gallagher

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Paul Gallagher
Personal information
Full name Paul Gallagher
Date of birth August 9, 1984 (1984-08-09) (age 23)
Place of birth    Glasgow, Scotland
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Playing position Striker, Wide midfielder
Club information
Current club Blackburn Rovers
Number 18
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
2002–
2005–2006
2007–2008
2008		 Blackburn Rovers
→ Stoke City (loan)
→ Preston North End (loan)
→ Stoke City (loan)		 59 0(6)
37 (11)
19 0(1)
07 0(0)   
National team2
2004 Scotland 01 0(0)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of 17:16, 15 May 2008 (UTC).
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of 10:41, 25 November 2007 (UTC).
* Appearances (Goals)
There is another Scottish footballer called Paul Gallacher, with a "c".

Paul Gallagher (born August 9, 1984 in Glasgow) is a Scottish football player who currently plays for Stoke City on loan from Blackburn Rovers as a forward. Gallagher was brought up on the Higher Croft council estate in Blackburn, playing for Roman Road youth teams before being snapped up by Blackburn Rovers.

Gallagher made his debut performance as a substitute in a 2-0 win over the 2001-2002 premier league champions Arsenal on March 15, 2003, as a replacement for Dwight Yorke. His first goal was scored in a 4-0 win against Birmingham City in the 2003-04 season. He also made his international debut in February of that season, a 4-0 defeat for Scotland against Wales.

He spent almost all of the 2005-06 season on loan to Stoke City. He played most of his 36 games on the left or right wing, scoring 12 goals. Against Southampton on 15 April 2006, he exchanged a one-two on the edge of the area with Adam Rooney before drilling home a thunderous thirty yard drive into the far top corner of the net.

He was recalled by Blackburn in April 2006 with three games remaining in the Premiership season, coming on as a late subtitute in the final game of the season, being involved in the creation of the final goal of the game.

On transfer deadline day 31 August 2007, Gallagher signed a 6 month loan deal with Championship side Preston North End, after being linked with a return to Stoke.[1]

On Thursday 31st January 2008, Paul moved from Blackburn back to Stoke City on loan again until summer of 2008.

[edit] Career statistics

(correct as of 12 January, 2007)

Club Season League Cup[2] Europe Total
Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists Apps Goals Assists
Stoke City (loan) 2005-06 37 11 4 3 1 - 0 0 0 40 12 4
2008 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0
Preston North End (loan) 2007-08 19 1 - 0 0 - 0 0 0 19 1 0
Blackburn Rovers 2002-03 1 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 -
2003-04 26 3 4 2 0 - 0 0 0 28 3 4
2004-05 16 2 2 5 1 - 0 0 0 21 3 2
2005-06 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
2006-07 8 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 0 9 2 0
Career totals 100 20 10

[edit] References

  1. ^ Preston capture Gallagher on loan
  2. ^ Includes FA Cup, League Cup and FA Community Shield

[edit] External links

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