Allen Bula
.jpg) Bula in March 2014 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Allen Bula | ||
| Date of birth | 4 January 1965[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Gibraltar | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| Gibraltar United | |||
| St Joseph's | 3 | (?) | |
| Glacis United | |||
| National team | |||
| ? | Gibraltar U21 | ||
| Teams managed | |||
| 2006–2010 | MFK Košice (academy) | ||
| 2009–2015 | Gibraltar | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Allen Bula is a former Gibraltarian football player and former head coach/manager of the Gibraltar national football team. He was in charge of the national team when the Gibraltar Football Association was admitted to UEFA in May 2013. The Gibraltar FA parted company with Bula on Monday 2 March "after a thorough and careful investigation into internal matters". This was due to comments Bula made in the press, regarding the development of Gibraltar national teams, also for comments he made referencing the GFA, in a Sky documentary, which aired in November 2014. Bula contemplated taking the association to court, for unfair dismissal. On 1 April 2015 the Gibraltar Football Association agree an out of court settlement to Allen Bula.
Playing career
As a player, he played for Gibraltar United, St Joseph's and Glacis United.[1]
Coaching career
Between 2006 and 2010, he was the head of football development and academy manager at Slovakian first division club MFK Košice.[1]
Bula was appointed as head development officer for the Gibraltar Football Association in November 2010.[2]
Between 2009 to 2013, Bula managed the national team on 47 matches, against professional teams from Spain 2b & 2a leagues, and England Champioship & League 1 teams. Bula success rate was 78%.
On January 18, 2015, Bula arrived in England to partake in the UEFA Pro-License course at the St George's Park National Football Centre, alongside coaches such as Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, Phil Neville and Scott Parker.[3] He was sacked by Gibraltar F.A. on 2 March 2015.[4]
Personal life
His nephew is former footballer Danny Higginbotham.[5]
Managerial statistics
- As of 14 November 2014
Includes accredited UEFA fixture(s) only:
| Team | From | To | Record | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
| Gibraltar | November 2010 | Present | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 11.11 |
[6]== References ==
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Gibraltar given full Uefa membership at London Congress". BBC. 24 May 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
- ↑ "Bula appointed GFA head development officer". Football Gibraltar. 1 November 2010.
- ↑ Hasselbaink and Sampson start Pro-Licence journey TheFA.com
- ↑ "Gibraltar FA fires Allen Bula, coach who led UEFA's newest member into international football" (2 MARCH 2015). TheRepublic.com. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
- ↑ "Danny Higginbotham: Gibraltar availability confirmed by defender". BBC Sport (BBC). 19 September 2013. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
- ↑ http://www.gbc.gi/news/5780/gfa-and-allen-bula-reach-out-of-court-settlement-following-dismissal
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