Pat Walker

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Pat Walker
Personal information

Full name	Patrick Joseph Walker
Date of birth	(1959-11-24) 24 November 1959
Place of birth	Carlow, Ireland
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
1977–1982	Gillingham	51	(3)
1982	OTP Oulu
1982–1983	Bohemians	15	(0)
1983–1986	BK Häcken	15	(4)
1987–1991	GIF Sundsvall	40	(1)
National team
1977–1978	Republic of Ireland U21	2	(0)
Teams managed
1992–1993	Varbergs BoIS
1994–1996	Kalmar FF
2002–2004	GIF Sundsvall
2005–2007	Örebro
2008–2011	Sandefjord
2011	Assyriska FF
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Patrick Joseph "Pat" Walker (born 20 December 1959 in Carlow)^[1] is an Irish former professional footballer.

Playing career

He played for Gillingham between 1977 and 1981, making 51 appearances in the Football League. He also briefly played for Bohemians, before quitting the professional game and moving to Sweden.^[1]

International career

Walker earned two caps for the Republic of Ireland U21 side.

Coaching career

Walker was coach of Varbergs BoIS,^[2] GIF Sundsvall between 2000 and 2004 and brought them to their highest league finish in the Allsvenskan to date. In 2005 he took over as manager of Örebro SK and helped them gain promotion to the Allsvenskan, before moving to Norway and Norwegian First Division club Sandefjord Fotball. He guided Sandefjord to their best league finish in the history of the club in 2010.

On 9 May 2011 he was fired from Sandefjord Fotball after a weak season opening, which included one win, two draws and two defeats in the first five matches.^[3]

Personal life

He is the father of footballers Kevin and Robert.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Triggs, Roger (2001). The Men Who Made Gillingham Football Club. Tempus Publishing Ltd. p. 326. ISBN 0-7524-2243-X.
↑ http://hn.se/sport/fotboll/1.552284-halda-kabil-tar-over-bois
↑ "Walker fikk sparken i Sandefjord" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 13 December 2012.

Kalmar FF – managers

Gustaf Andersson (1936–38)
Carlsson (1938–44)
Rasmussen (1944)
Carlsson (1945–49)
Cinadler (1946–47)
Eriksson (1949–50)
Wampetits (1951–55)
Turner (1955–56)
Wampetits (1956–58)
Ericsson (1958)
S. Andersson (1959–61)
Carlsson (1962)
Bäckvall (1963–66)
Wennerström (1967–68)
Kovács (1969)
Arnesson (1970–72)
Johansson (1973)
Göran Andersson (1974)
Wiestål (1975–76)
Bladh (1976)
Johansson (1977–78)
Falk (1979–81)
Johansson (1982–83)
Larsen (1984–86)
Sjöström (1987)
Göran Andersson (1987–88)
Axelsson (1988–90)
Westerberg (1991–92)
Björklund (1993)
Walker (1994–96)
Nyberg (1996–97)
Bergstrand (1998–99)
Hunt (2000)
Nordenhem (2000)
Karlsson (2000–02)
Bergstrand (2003–13)
Eklund (2014–)

Örebro SK – managers

Konrád (1939–42)
Magnusson (1942–44)
Östling (1944–45)
Löwenthal (1945–47)
Magnusson (1947–48)
Dunker (1948–49)
Dunker & Dahl (1949–50)
Kaufeldt (1950–51)
Pettersson (1951–52)
Pettersson & Nordahl (1952–53)
Soo (1953–54)
Lindh (1954–55)
Pettersson (1955–56)
Magnusson (1956–57)
Engvall & Burnikell (1957–58)
Bergmark & Burnikell (1958–59)
Bergmark (1960–61)
Neschy (1962)
Varszegi (1963–64)
Lindh (1965–66)
Samuelsson (1967–70)
Bergmark (1971–73)
Grip (1974–75)
Lenartsson (1976–77)
Lenartsson & Bergmark (1978)
Grip (1979–80)
Rosén (1981–82)
Hodgson (1983–84)
Baxter (1985)
Taaler & Stojanović (1986)
Zetterlund (1987–92)
Karlsson & Dahlqvist (1993)
Dahlqvist (1994–99)
Jingblad (2000–02)
Lundin (2003–04)
Walker (2005–06)
Walker & Hammar (2007)
Boström (2008–12)
Ljung (2012–)

v t e Sandefjord Fotball – managers

Skrede (1999–2001) Nordlie (2001–03) Dokken (2004) Thodesen (2005–08) Walker (2008–2011) Sandstø (2011–)

Persondata
Name	Walker, Pat
Alternative names
Short description	Irish footballer
Date of birth	24 November 1959
Place of birth	Carlow, Republic of Ireland
Date of death
Place of death

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