- Alan Gough
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playername = Alan Gough
fullname = Alan Gough
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dateofbirth = birth date and age|1971|10|3
cityofbirth = Watford
countryofbirth =England
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position =Goalkeeper
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clubs =Portsmouth FC Galway United Fulham FC Shelbourne FC Glentoran FC Derry City FC
Galway UnitedBray Wanderers F.C.
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nationalcaps(goals) =Alan Gough (born
10 March ,1972 inWatford ) is an Irish footballer who plays as agoalkeeper .His clubs included
Portsmouth FC ,Galway United ,Fulham FC ,Shelbourne FC ,Glentoran FC andDerry City FC .Gough began his career initially as an apprentice with Portsmouth before moving to Ireland with Galway United. After eighteen months with Galway, he joined Shelbourne, with whom he spent five highly successful seasons. In July 1999, Gough made the switch to Glentoran and had an excellent first season, winning three winners medals in the process. He was in terrific form in the Irish Cup Final and played a large part in the victory. He finished his career as team-captain at
Galway United at the end of the 2006 season but continued to play in 2007 as an emergency goalkeeper as well as his assistant manager role. On 31 March 2008, he was sacked from Galway United along with the rest of the management team.He won numerous major honours both north and south of the Irish border. They include five under-21 international caps with the Republic of Ireland in the early 1990s, youth caps,
FAI Cup medals and League Cup medals.On 22 May 2008 he was signed by
Bray Wanderers F.C. as a player. [http://www.braywanderers.ie/index.php?id=600&backPID=551&tt_news=389]Honours
* FAI Cup: 2
** Shelbourne - 1996, 1997* FAI League Cup: 1
** Shelbourne - 1996External links
* [http://www.zoominfo.com/people/Gough_Alan_10012191.aspx Gough on ZoomInfo]
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