Joe Gallen
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joseph Gallen | ||
| Date of birth | 2 September 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Hammersmith, England | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker (retired) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1991–1993 | Watford | 0 | (0) |
| 1992–1993 | Exeter City | 6 | (0) |
| 1992–1993 | → Shamrock Rovers (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1993–1995 | Shrewsbury Town | 6 | (1) |
| 1995–1997 | Dundalk | 48 | (18) |
| 1997–1998 | Aylesbury United | 3 | (1) |
| 1997–1998 | Stevenage Borough | 4 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | Drogheda United | 17 | (4) |
| Total | 87 | (24) | |
| National team | |||
| 1992–1993 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 7 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Joseph 'Joe' Gallen (born 2 September 1972), is an ex-professional footballer who is currently the Assistant Manager of Wolverhampton Wanderers, where he has once again teamed up with Kenny Jackett. His brothers Kevin and Steve were both professional footballers, and both still work in football in coaching and managing jobs.
Playing career
Joe Gallen played for Watford, Exeter, Shamrock Rovers,[1] Shrewsbury , Dundalk F.C. and Drogheda United and represented the Republic of Ireland national under-21 football team, before his career was cut short with a back injury at the age of 26. During his time with Shrewsbury he won the 3rd division title in 1994. He joined Shamrock Rovers with David Byrne (footballer, born 1961) in January 1993 also on loan from Watford but only made three league appearances.
Coaching career
After the end of his playing career, Gallen then took up coaching and after working at youth level at Queens Park Rangers he moved onto become first the Assistant Manager at his old club Exeter and Millwall. He now has once again joined up with Kenny Jackett to be his Number 2 at Wolves [2]
During his time as youth coach at QPR he brought through many talented young players into the professional ranks. As QPR at the time had no academy many of these players were subsequently signed by other clubs. He did, however, much work in the development of Ray Jones (footballer, born 1988) who made it into the first team at QPR until Jones' tragic death in 2007.[3]
Gallen acquired all of his coaching badges by the age of 28.[4]
References
- ↑ http://www.shamrockrovers.ie/news/35-news/3695-weekend-stat-attack-
- ↑ http://www.millwallfc.co.uk/news/article/gallen-departure-886245.aspx
- ↑ "Ex-QPR youth coach Joe Gallen Remembers Ray Jones". BBC Sport. 28 August 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- ↑ "Ex-QPR's Joe Gallen Coaching and Playing Career Profiled". 30 March 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
- Sources
- The Hoops by Paul Doolan and Robert Goggins (ISBN 0-7171-2121-6)