Kevin Gallen
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| Kevin Gallen | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kevin Andrew Gallen | |
| Date of birth | September 21, 1975 | |
| Place of birth | Chiswick, England | |
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Luton Town | |
| Number | 32 | |
| Youth career | ||
| Queens Park Rangers | ||
| Senior career1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1992–2000 2000–2001 2001 2001–2007 2007 2007–2009 2008–2009 2009– |
Queens Park Rangers Huddersfield Town Barnsley Queens Park Rangers → Plymouth Argyle (loan) Milton Keynes Dons → Luton Town (loan) Luton Town |
172 (36) 38 (10) 9 (2) 194 (54) 13 (1) 30 (9) 9 (1) 20 (2) |
| National team | ||
| 1995 | England U21 | 3 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Kevin Andrew Gallen (born September 21, 1975 in Chiswick) is an English professional footballer who plays for Luton Town.
Gallen is a former England U21 striker who signed professional for Queens Park Rangers on his 17th birthday after setting phenomenal scoring records for the Youth Team. Kevin scored 153 goals in 110 appearances, breaking Jimmy Greaves' long-standing record at that level.
He made his League debut at Old Trafford on the opening day of the 1994-95 season and later went on to form a partnership with Les Ferdinand scoring more than ten goals that season. Gallen's form dipped after Ferdinand departed and he scored very few goals.
After some good early season form, Gallen sustained a serious knee injury whilst scoring the winning goal against Portsmouth in 1996 which resulted in him missing the rest of the 1996-97 season.
His return to the team saw many mixed performances but by the 1998-99 season he was back to his best form, before injuries again held him back and the arrival of Rob Steiner and Chris Kiwomya kept him out of the team.
The 1999-00 saw Gallen behind Kiwomya, Steiner, Slade and Beck in the pecking order. He did, however, manage to score a winning goal on the last day of the season at the ground where his injury troubles had started, Portsmouth. In summer 2000 he left to find first team football at Huddersfield Town. Gallen soon found himself out in the cold again as Huddersfield changed managers and his return to Loftus Road saw him score but then miss a penalty.
He spent the summer of 2001 training with QPR with a view to joining on a free transfer but wages were a problem and he ended up joining Barnsley. That too proved to be a short term deal and Gallen rejoined QPR on November 19 2001. Two days after returning to his boyhood club he scored one and set up another in an emphatic 4-0 home win over Swindon.
A change in fortunes soon followed for Gallen and QPR, with Gallen earning the club captaincy, netting another 55 goals over the ensuing 5 seasons and helping the club to establish itself back in the second tier of English football. Gallen scored 97 goals for QPR, making him the sixth highest scorer in the club's history.
On January 11, 2007 Gallen linked up again with Ian Holloway, joining Plymouth Argyle on loan until the end of 2006-07 season[1] He was released by QPR at the end of the season. He was offered a contract by Plymouth Argyle, but instead opted to join a lower-level club - Milton Keynes Dons - as he would be more likely to get first-team football. Gallen played 24 games and scored 8 goals as MK Dons won promotion to League 1.
On the 14th November 2008, Gallen joined Luton Town on an initial 1 month loan, which was later extended by another month. Gallen's run in the first team at Luton coincided with a seven match unbeaten run for The Hatters, with his link-up play proving particularly impressive. At the beginning of January, Gallen had his contract at MK Dons terminated by mutual consent, and he signed for Luton on a free transfer on 13 January 2009 until the end of the season.[2] On 28 May 2009, Gallen signed a one-year extension to his Luton contract, keeping him at the club until June 2010.[3]
[edit] Honours
- UEFA Under-18 Championship winner: 1992–93
- Football League Division Two Runner up: 2003–04
- Football League Trophy winner: 2008–09
- Football League Two winner: 2007–08
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