Alan Cawley

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Alan Cawley
Personal information
Full name Alan Cawley
Date of birth (1982-01-03) 3 January 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Sligo, Ireland
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Belvedere [1]
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998–2000 Leeds United 0 (0)
2000–2002 Sheffield Wednesday 0 (0)
2002–2003 UCD 45 (3)
2004–2005 Shelbourne 24 (0)
2005 → Longford Town (loan) 9 (1)
2006 UCD 15 (1)
2006 Waterford United 9 (2)
2007–2008 Bray Wanderers 57 (11)
2009 St Patrick's Athletic 25 (2)
2010 Dundalk 10 (0)
2011 Portadown 7 (1)
International career
1999 Republic of Ireland U17 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alan Cawley (born 3 January 1982 in Sligo) is a retired Irish footballer.

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Career

Before signing for Leeds United Cawley attended Summerhill College in Sligo. [2] He began his career at Leeds United and had a spell at Sheffield Wednesday before returning to Ireland to sign for UCD. His impressive performances for the students earned him a move to Shelbourne where he won a league winners medal. He had loan spells at Longford Town and Waterford United before returning for a second spell at Belfield. Cawley made his debut for St Patrick's Athletic on 18 February 2009 vs a Chelsea XI, when he scored his first goal for the club, a wonderful free kick into the top left corner.

Cawley signed for Dundalk on 24 December 2009, making him newly-appointed manager Ian Foster's first signing at the club. Foster commented "I am pleased to be able to complete the first of my new signings for next season, and Alan is a player who has impressed me over the last couple of seasons. He is a natural footballer who revels in playing the ball on the ground and is a natural fit for the attacking style that I want to employ." [3] After being plagued with injury throughout the 2010 season Cawley made only ten appearances. On 6 February Cawley signed for Portadown.

Cawley is Sligo native and has represented Ireland at all levels up to Under 18. He is a regular pundit on Soccer Republic on RTÉ television and on Game On, RTÉ 2FM radio's daily sports show from 6p.m.-7p.m. Monday to Friday. [4]

Honours

Shelbourne

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References

  1. ↑ "International Roll Of Honour". www.belvederefc.com. 2 February 2016. Archived from the original on 31 January 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  2. ↑ Blake, Ben. "'I genuinely don't have any regrets. I'm honest enough to realise that I didn't put in the work'". The42.
  3. ↑ Dundalk FC (2009) Dundalk Announce Cawley Deal, available at: http://www.dundalkfc.com/news/091224_Signing.asp
  4. ↑ "An interview with Alan Cawley". ExtraTime.com.
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