Kevin Langan (footballer)

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Kevin Langan
Personal information
Date of birth (1978-04-07) 7 April 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Jersey, Channel Islands
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Charlotte 49ers (Head Coach)
Youth career
1995–1997 Bristol City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–2000 Bristol City 4 (0)
2000–2001 Bath City
2000–2001 Team Bath
2001–2004 Forest Green Rovers 72 (2)
Managerial career
2012– Charlotte 49ers (Head Coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kevin Langan (born 7 April 1978) is a former professional footballer and current head coach of Charlotte 49ers.

Langan was born on Jersey in the Channel Islands and began his football career as a trainee at Bristol City. He progressed into the first-team squad at Ashton Gate and made his debut in August 1997 during the 1997-98 season in a Football League Division 2 3–0 win over Wigan Athletic as a substitute for Rob Edwards.

With opportunities limited he was released by Bristol City at the end of the 1999-2000 season by manager Tony Fawthrop. [1] He spent the 2000-01 season in the Southern Premier Division with Bath City and also spent time at Team Bath.

He made the step up to join Football Conference side Forest Green Rovers for the 2001-02 season, making his debut in October 2001 in an away win over Leigh RMI. In November 2001 he participated in what was until December 2014 the longest penalty shootout in FA Cup history, as after a 1-1 first round replay draw with Macclesfield Town at The Lawn, Forest Green exited the competition with an 11–10 shootout defeat. [2] At the end of the 2003-04 season Langan left Forest Green to study in the United States. [3]

In the USA he spent four years as the head boys' coach of the Classics Elite Soccer Academy in San Antonio, Texas. He also coached the Classics Elite Soccer Academy's U-18 United States Soccer Federation Academy team in 2008 and in January 2012 was named as the head coach of the Charlotte 49ers. [4]

Langan has previously represented Great Britain at the World University Games in 2001 in Beijing, China and then in Daegu, South Korea in 2003, as well as making international appearances for the England national futsal team. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Fawthrop sets stall out". Sky Sports.
  2. ↑ "Rovers cup travesty". Stroud News & Journal. 5 December 2001.
  3. ↑ "Rovers sign Gould". BBC Sport. 2 July 2004.
  4. ↑ "Charlotte Names Kevin Langan Head Men's Soccer Coach". Atlantic 10. 3 January 2012.
  5. ↑ "Kevin Langan profile".
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