Gary Heale
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 15 July 1958 | ||
| Place of birth | Canvey Island, Essex, England | ||
| Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Canvey Island | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1975–1978 | Luton Town | 32 | (18) |
| 1978–1982 | Reading | 76 | (20) |
| 1982–1983 | Sparta Rotterdam | 32 | (11) |
| 1983 | San Diego Sockers | 15 | (10) |
| 1983–1988 | Tacoma Stars (indoor) | 221 | (141) |
| 1988–1989 | Los Angeles Lazers (indoor) | 48 | (37) |
| 1989–1990 | St. Louis Storm (indoor) | 44 | (13) |
| 1989 | Seattle Storm | ||
| 1990–1992 | Tacoma Stars (indoor) | 47 | (35) |
| 1994–1995 | Seattle Sounders | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Gary John Heale (born 15 July 1958, in Canvey Island, Essex, England) is a former professional football (soccer) player in both USA and England.
Heale began his career in 1975 with Canvey Island. In 1978, he moved to Luton Town. After only one season, he was transferred to Reading, where he played until 1982.[1] That year, he moved to Sparta Rotterdam in the Netherlands for the 1982–83 season. In 1983, he moved to the San Diego Sockers of the North American Soccer League.[2] In the fall of 1983, he signed with the Tacoma Stars of the Major Indoor Soccer League. In 1987, he moved to the Los Angeles Lazers, then to St. Louis Storm. In 1988, he spent one season with the Seattle Storm in the Western Soccer League[3] and the Seattle Sounders of the A-League. In 1994, he signed with the Seattle Sounders in the A-League.
He is currently the head coach of the Washington Premier FC Academy in Tacoma, Washington alongside Jimmy McAlister. They coached the team to the USSF National Finals taking fifth place.
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- 1958 births
- Living people
- English footballers
- English expatriate footballers
- F.C. Seattle Storm players
- Los Angeles Lazers players
- Luton Town F.C. players
- Major Indoor Soccer League (1978–92) players
- North American Soccer League (1968–84) players
- Reading F.C. players
- San Diego Sockers (NASL) players
- Seattle Sounders (1994–2008) players
- Sparta Rotterdam players
- St. Louis Storm players
- Tacoma Stars players
- Western Soccer Alliance players
- Canvey Island F.C. players
- Grays Athletic F.C. players
