John Allen (footballer, born 1964)

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John Allen
Personal information
Date of birth (1964-11-14) 14 November 1964 (age 60)
Place of birth Chester, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 TPS (U19 manager)
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1981–1984 Chester City 79 (5)
1984–1985 Mansfield Town 2 (0)
1985–1986 Huima 40 (10)
1987–1988 MP 47 (10)
1989 Västra Frölunda 8 (1)
1989 Malmö FF 5 (1)
1990–1992 MP 80 (8)
1993–1994 RoPS 49 (13)
1995 TPS 26 (8)
1996–1997 MYPA 36 (6)
1998 RoPS 26 (4)
1999 TPV 18 (1)
1999 KuPS 4 (0)
2000–2001 Salpa 37 (2)
Managerial career
2003–2008 TPS (assistant)
2008 TPS
2009 ÅIFK
2010–2011 RoPS
2012–2014 SalPa
2015–2016 FC Jazz
2016–2018 Inter Turku (assistant)
2018 Inter Turku
2019–2020 Oskarshamns AIK
2020–2022 TPS (Women's) (assistant)
2022– TPS (U19)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Allen (born 14 November 1964) is a Welsh-Finnish football player and coach. He is the head coach of the Under-19 squad of Finnish club TPS.

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Playing career

Allen started playing football at his local club Chester City. After a brief visit at Mansfield Town, he emigrated to Finland. [1] At MP he made his top flight debut in 1987. He made a total of 282 appearances and scored 50 goals while playing for RoPS, TPS, MYPA and TPV. As a player, he won the Finnish Championship, then known as Mestaruussarja, twice.

Managerial career

After retiring as a player he joined his former club, TPS, as an assistant coach in 2003. He took charge of the first team as a caretaker in 2008 after Martti Kuusela's dismissal. [2] After the appointment of Pasi Rautiainen in 2009, Allen became the manager of TPS's feeder club, ÅIFK as well as the youth teams of TPS. [3]

In November 2009 Allen signed a two-year contract with RoPS, then playing in the second highest division of Finnish football system. [4] After only one season with RoPS they gained promotion to Veikkausliiga after being crowned the champions of Ykkönen.

In October 2014 he was signed by FC Jazz. [5]

Allen joined Swedish team Oskarshamns AIK in December 2018, where he lasted as headcoach until April 2020. [6] In May 2020, he returned to TPS as an assistant coach of the club's women's team. [7]

Honours

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References

  1. ↑ Brown, Neil (2 September 2012). "Chester City: 1946/47 – 1999/2000 & 2004/05 – 2008/09". Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database. Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  2. ↑ John Allen as caretaker of TPS Archived 22 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
  3. ↑ Pasi Rautiainen replaces John Allen as TPS manager Archived 22 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
  4. ↑ John Allen takes charge of RoPS (in Finnish)
  5. ↑ "John Allen FC Jazzin päävalmentajaksi" (audio) Archived 30 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine Radio Pori, 30 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  6. ↑ John Allen ny huvudtränare för Oskarshamns AIK Archived 4 February 2019 at the Wayback Machine , oskarshamnsaik.se, 30 December 2018
  7. ↑ "JOHN ALLEN LIITTYY TPS:N NAISTEN EDUSTUKSEN VALMENNUSRYHMÄÄN" (in Finnish). Turun Palloseura. 7 May 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
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