Joe Gallen

Joseph Gallen (born 2 September 1972), is a former professional footballer who is currently assistant manager of Portsmouth,[1] where he once again has teamed up with Kenny Jackett.[2] His brothers Kevin and Steve were both professional footballers.

Joe Gallen
Personal information
Full name Joseph Gallen
Date of birth (1972-09-02) 2 September 1972
Place of birth Hammersmith, England
Position(s) Striker
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)
Teams managed
1998–2004 Queens Park Rangers (Youth Team Coach)
2004–2007 Queens Park Rangers (Head of Youth Development)
2007 Exeter City (Assistant Manager)
2007–2013 Millwall (Assistant Manager)
2013–2016 Wolverhampton Wanderers (Assistant Manager)
2016 Rotherham United (Assistant Manager)
2017– Portsmouth (Assistant Manager)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Playing career

Joe Gallen played for Watford, Exeter City, Shamrock Rovers,[3] Shrewsbury Town, Dundalk 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 in January 1993, also on loan from Watford, but only made three league appearances.

Coaching career

After the end of his playing career, Gallen took up coaching and after working at youth level at Queens Park Rangers, he moved onto become first the assistant manager at his old clubs Exeter and Millwall. He then joined up with Kenny Jackett to be his assistant manager at Wolves. [4]

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, put a lot of work into the development of Ray Jones who made it into the first team at QPR before being killed in a 2007 car accident.[5]

Gallen acquired all of his coaching badges by the age of 28.[6]

References
  1. http://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/football/rotherham-united/rotherham-united-new-millers-boss-kenny-jackett-to-take-time-over-coach-decision-1-8196092?
  2. "Kenny Jackett: Portsmouth name ex-Wolves and Millwall boss as new manager". BBC Sport. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  3. "News - Shamrock Rovers FC". Shamrock Rovers FC. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  4. "Joe joins Kenny - News - Millwall FC". www.millwallfc.co.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  5. "Ex-QPR youth coach Joe Gallen Remembers Ray Jones". BBC Sport. 28 August 2007. Retrieved 23 October 2011.
  6. "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)
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