John_Allen_(Welsh_Football_Coach)

John Allen (footballer, born 1964)

John Allen (footballer, born 1964)

Welsh-Finnish footballer (born 1964)

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

References

  1. [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. [2]
    John Allen as caretaker of TPS Archived 22 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
  3. [3]
    Pasi Rautiainen replaces John Allen as TPS manager Archived 22 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
  4. [4]
    John Allen takes charge of RoPS (in Finnish)
  5. [5]
    "John Allen FC Jazzin päävalmentajaksi" (audio) Radio Pori, 30 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
  6. [6]
    John Allen ny huvudtränare för Oskarshamns AIK, oskarshamnsaik.se, 30 December 2018
  7. [7]
    "JOHN ALLEN LIITTYY TPS:N NAISTEN EDUSTUKSEN VALMENNUSRYHMÄÄN" (in Finnish). Turun Palloseura. 7 May 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
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