- Kevin Gallen
Football player infobox
playername = Kevin Gallen
fullname = Kevin Gallen
height = height|ft=5|in=11
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1975|9|21
cityofbirth =Chiswick
countryofbirth =England
currentclub = Milton Keynes Dons
clubnumber = 10
position =Striker
youthyears =
youthclubs =
years = 1992–2000
2000–2001
2001
2001–2007
2007
2007–
clubs = Queens Park Rangers
Huddersfield Town
Barnsley
Queens Park Rangers
→ Plymouth Argyle (loan)
Milton Keynes Dons
caps(goals) = 172 (36)
038 (10)
009 0(2)
194 (54)
013 0(1)
024 0(8)
nationalyears = 1995
nationalteam = England U21
nationalcaps(goals) = 003 0(0)
pcupdate = 20:36, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
ntupdate =Kevin Gallen (born
September 21 ,1975 inChiswick ) is an English professional footballer who plays for MK Dons.Gallen is a former England U21 striker who signed professional for Queens Park Rangers on his 17th birthday after setting phenomenal scoring records for the Youth Team. Kevin scored 153 goals in 110 appearances, breaking
Jimmy Greaves ' long-standing record at that level.He made his League debut at Old Trafford on the opening day of the 1994-95 season and later went on to form a partnership with
Les Ferdinand scoring more than ten goals that season. Gallen's form dipped after Ferdinand departed and he scored very few goals.After some good early season form, Gallen sustained a serious knee injury whilst scoring the winning goal against Portsmouth in 1996 which resulted in him missing the rest of the 1996-97 season.
His return to the team saw many mixed performances but by the 1998-99 season he was back to his best form, before injuries again held him back and the arrival of
Rob Steiner andChris Kiwomya kept him out of the team.The 1999-00 saw Gallen behind Kiwomya, Steiner, Slade and Beck in the pecking order. He did, however, manage to score a winning goal on the last day of the season at the ground where his injury troubles had started, Portsmouth. In summer 2000 he left to find first team football at Huddersfield Town. Gallen soon found himself out in the cold again as Huddersfield changed managers and his return to Loftus Road saw him score but then miss a penalty.
He spent the summer of 2001 training with QPR with a view to joining on a free transfer but wages were a problem and he ended up joining Barnsley. That too proved to be a short term deal and Gallen rejoined QPR on
November 19 2001. Two days after returning to his boyhood club he scored one and set up another in an empahatic 4-0 home win over Swindon.A change in fortunes soon followed for Gallen and QPR, with Gallen earning the club captaincy, netting another 55 goals over the ensuing 5 seasons and helping the club to establish itself back in the second tier of English football. Gallen scored 97 goals for QPR, making him the sixth highest scorer in the club's history.
On
January 11 ,2007 Gallen linked up again withIan Holloway , joining Plymouth Argyle on loan until the end of 2006-07 season [http://www.pafc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/News/LatestNewsDetail/0,,10364~963721,00.html] He was released by QPR at the end of the season. He was offered a contract by Plymouth Argyle, but instead opted to join a lower-level club - MK Dons - as he would be more likely to get first-team football. Gallen played 24 games and scored 8 goals, as MK Dons won promotion to League 1 Gallen has become extremely popular at MK Dons and has the chant "Kevin Gallen's magic, he wears a magic hat, and when he saw the mk, he said I'm having that!"His two brothers Joe and Stephen both played for the Irish Under 21 team. Joe gaining 7 caps and Stephen 4 caps. Joe played for
Shamrock Rovers in the 1992-93 season. Stephen played for Queens Park Rangers FC and Doncaster Rovers FC between 1990-1996. played on loan at Levante.Honours
*
UEFA Under-18 Championship : 1993
*Football League Trophy : 2008
*Football League One : Runner up; 2004
*Football League Two : 2008References
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