- Alan Moore (footballer)
Football player infobox| playername= Alan Moore
fullname = Alan Moore
nickname =
dateofbirth = birth date and age|1974|11|25
cityofbirth =Dublin
countryofbirth =Republic of Ireland
height =
currentclub = Unattached
clubnumber =
position = Midfielder
youthyears =
youthclubs = Rivermount FC
years = 1991-2001
1998-1998
2001-2004
2004-2007
2007
2008
clubs = Middlesbrough
→Barnsley (loan)
Burnley
Shelbourne
Derry CitySligo Rovers
caps(goals) = 118 (14)
5 (0)
69 (4)
45 (4)
0 (0)
nationalyears = 1996
nationalteam = Republic of Ireland
nationalcaps(goals) = 8 (0)
pcupdate =
ntupdate =Alan Moore, born
November 25 ,1974 inDublin ,Republic of Ireland is an Irish midfielder whose most recent club wasSligo Rovers in theFAI National League .Club career
Moore moved to Derry City after a short spell without a club as he had left
Shelbourne FC in January, 2007 over pay disputes.His previous clubs included Burnley, Barnsley and Middlesbrough. During his time at Middlesbrough, he was once described as "the Ryan Giggs of the north-east".
Moore returned home to Ireland during the summer of 2004 and signed for Shelbourne where he had an immediate impact on the team. In the
UEFA Champions League qualifiers he scored away toKR Reykjavik to help secure a 2-2 draw that would see the team progress on away goals and in the Second Round he scored home and away againstHajduk Split who Shelbourne knocked out 4-3 on aggregate. Shelbourne were eventually knocked out byDeportivo La Coruña in the last round before the group stages.By the end of 2004, Moore had helped Shelbourne retain the League of Ireland Premier Division title for the first time. In 2006, Moore won another League of Ireland championship medal as the
Dublin side pipped Derry City to the title on goal difference.Despite this, however, on the
5 March ,2007 , Moore signed for Derry City to work with his former manager,Pat Fenlon once again. [" [http://www.derrycityfc.net/season/07/news/displaystory.php?storyid=48 Tidman and Moore sign] ", "CityWeb",05 March , 2007.]However he failed to settle at Derry and he signed for
Sligo Rovers in February 2008 [http://www.eleven-a-side.com/eircomleague/irish_soccer_detail.asp?newsid=31230]In July 2008 Moore, after hardly featuring in the first team, was released from his contract with
Sligo Rovers as part of a cost cutting exercise by the club.International career
Moore won 8 caps for the Republic of Ireland.
Honours
*League of Ireland Championship: 2
** Shelbourne - 2004, 2006References
http://oceanfm.ie/onair/sligoleitrimsport.php?articleid=000001900
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