Joe Gamble

Joe Gamble
Personal information
Full nameJoseph Finbar Gamble[1]
Date of birth14 January 1982
Place of birthCork, Ireland
Height1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
DPMM FC
Number20
Youth career
1997Everton AFC Cork
1998Cork City Youths
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1999–2000Cork City8(0)
2000–2004Reading7(0)
2001→ Crawley Town (loan)?(?)
2003–2004→ Barnet (loan)40(1)
2004–2010Cork City140(4)
2010–2011Hartlepool United52(3)
2011–2013Limerick37(3)
2014–DPMM31(0)
National team
1999Republic of Ireland U171(0)
2001–2003Republic of Ireland U218(2)
2006Republic of Ireland B1(0)
2007Republic of Ireland2(0)
2011League of Ireland XI2(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2:57, 27 April 2015 (UTC).
† Appearances (Goals).

Joseph Finbar "Joe" Gamble (born 14 January 1982) is an Irish footballer who plays for DPMM FC in the S.League. He is a graduate from the Strength & Conditioning programme at Setanta College

Club career

Cork City

Born in Cork, Gamble made his debut for Cork in the Super Cup against Bohemians in July 2000. Soon after he signed for Reading on a free transfer,[2] before he returned to Cork City in 2004. He quickly established himself in the City first team and was a mainstay in the team that won the League of Ireland Premier Division in November 2005.

He later went on to win the FAI Cup and the Setanta Sports Cup while at the club.

Hartlepool United

With Cork struggling financially Gamble was allowed to look for a new club and joined Hartlepool United for a trial in December 2009.[3]

Hartlepool's Director of Sport Chris Turner was impressed with Gamble and signed him permanently on 5 January 2010.[4] He joins former Cork teammate Denis Behan at Victoria Park.

In May 2011 he was not offered a new contract by the club, along with nine other players from the 2010/11 squad.[5]

Limerick

Joe Gamble signed for Limerick on 23 June 2011. Gamble made his Limerick debut on 16 July 2011 against Athlone Town at Athlone Town Stadium. Joe Gamble was an integral part of the Limerick F.C side for the remaining of the 2011 season as Pat Scully's side pushed for promotion for from the First Division. Gamble made 13 league appearances in midfield for the Shannonsiders as they narrowly missed out on a promotion play-off place to Monaghan United.

Brunei DPMM FC

Following Gamble's release from Limerick, he went on a two-week trial with Brunei DPMM of the S.League, along with Francis Jeffers, on 24 November 2013.[6][7] Following the completion of the trial Brunei DPMM announced they would be signing Gamble along with Robert Alviž and Boris Raspudić.[8][9]

International career

In his early career at Cork City and Reading, Gamble made eight appearances for the Republic of Ireland under-21s, scoring once. The goal came as part of a 3–2 win against Denmark at his 'home' stadium, Turners Cross.

In 2006 Joe was nominated on the eircom League team of the season and was shortlisted for player of the year. His displays for 'City did not go unnoticed by Ireland manager Steve Staunton and in May 2006 he was called up to the Irish International team. He manned the substitutes bench in a match against Chile, but a poor performance saw Staunton unwilling to experiment late in the game. Gamble later played for the Republic of Ireland B team against Scotland in November 2006. In doing so he became only the third City player ever to do so.

In May 2007, it was announced that Gamble had again been drafted into Steve Staunton's Republic of Ireland squad to travel to the United States to take part in friendly matches against Ecuador and Bolivia. He made his international debut against Ecuador on 23 May 2007 at the Giants Stadium,[10] and having suitably impressed, he started the game against Bolivia three days later at the Gillette Stadium, thus becoming the first home-based player to feature in a Republic of Ireland starting eleven since Glen Crowe's appearance against Greece in 2002.

Honours

Club

DPMM FC

Cork City

Limerick

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Hugman, Barry J., ed. (2010). The PFA Footballers' Who's Who 2010–11. Mainstream Publishing. p. 162. ISBN 978-1-84596-601-0.
  2. ↑ "SUMMER SIGNINGS". BBC. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "Hartlepool Bring in Irish International". VitalHartlepool.co.uk (Vital Hartlepool). 14 December 2009. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
  4. ↑ "Hartlepool Complete Joe Gamble Signing". VitalHartlepool.co.uk (Vital Hartlepool). 5 January 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
  5. ↑ "Ten players shown door by Hartlepool United". BBC Sport. 11 May 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
  6. ↑ "Brunei DPMM FC to trial a global list of stars". http://www.goal.com/en-sg/. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  7. ↑ "Players coming for tryouts:". http://www.eteamz.com. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  8. ↑ "DPMM FC to sign three players". The Brunei Times. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  9. ↑ "More big names to land in Brunei". The Brunei Times. Retrieved 17 December 2013.
  10. ↑

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