Aaron Callaghan (footballer born 1966)

Aaron Callaghan (footballer born 1966)

Aaron Callaghan (born 8 October, 1966) is the former manager for the Irish football club Longford Town FC. Aaron works as a sports officer in his home city of Dublin. Apart from a brief spell as Athlone Town manager in 2004, Aaron had been a coach at Longford Town from July 2002 until the end of the 2006 season. Following a year out from the game, Aaron was appointed Longford Town FC manager in succession to Alan Mathews on December 18 2007. [ [http://www.ltfc.ie/news/article/?id=0d573361-7eca-473e-ba47-6a524db6fab3 Aaron Callaghan appointed Town Manager] www.ltfc.ie 2007-12-18. Retrieved 2008-01-28] Following a run of results which saw the Town lose 9 games out of 10, Aaron resigned as manager on August 30th 2008.

He had a distinguished career as a defender both at home and in England. Previously Aaron has played for Stoke City, Crewe Alexandra, Oldham Athletic, Preston North End, Shelbourne, St Patrick's Athletic, Crusaders, Glenavon, and Dundalk. He made his début in League of Ireland for Shelbourne in 1995 & his numerous honours include winning the FAI Cup with Dundalk, 2 Irish League titles with Crusaders, FAI League Cup winner with Shels & also a second Division Championship with Oldham Athletic. He was also player-manager of Crusaders for 1 year.

Aaron has played for the Republic of Ireland U21s. The most influential figures on his soccer career to date include his wife, the legendary Crewe manager Dario Gradi and Tony Lacey. Aaron's favourite player is Alan Hansen. Apart from being player-manager of Crusader, Aaron's proudest moment of his career was when he made his début in the English top flight Division for Potteries club Stoke City in 1984.

His daughter Chloe was born in 1995.

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