Pat Walker
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Patrick Joseph Walker | ||
| Date of birth | 24 November 1959 | ||
| Place of birth | Carlow, Ireland | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1977–1982 | Gillingham | 51 | (3) |
| 1982 | OTP Oulu | ||
| 1982–1983 | Bohemians | 15 | (0) |
| 1983–1986 | BK Häcken | 15 | (4) |
| 1987–1991 | GIF Sundsvall | 40 | (1) |
| International career | |||
| 1977–1978 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1992–1993 | Varbergs BoIS | ||
| 1994–1996 | Kalmar FF | ||
| 2002–2004 | GIF Sundsvall | ||
| 2005–2007 | Örebro | ||
| 2008–2011 | Sandefjord | ||
| 2011 | Assyriska FF | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Patrick Joseph "Pat" Walker (born 20 December 1959 in Carlow)[1] is an Irish former professional footballer.
Playing career
He played for Gillingham between 1977 and 1981, making 51 appearances in the Football League. He also briefly played for Bohemians, before quitting the professional game and moving to Sweden.[1]
International career
Walker earned two caps for the Republic of Ireland U21 side.
Coaching career
Walker was coach of Varbergs BoIS,[2] GIF Sundsvall between 2000 and 2004 and brought them to their highest league finish in the Allsvenskan to date. In 2005 he took over as manager of Örebro SK and helped them gain promotion to the Allsvenskan, before moving to Norway and Norwegian First Division club Sandefjord Fotball. He guided Sandefjord to their best league finish in the history of the club in 2010.
On 9 May 2011 he was fired from Sandefjord Fotball after a weak season opening, which included one win, two draws and two defeats in the first five matches.[3]
Personal life
He is the father of footballers Kevin and Robert.
References
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- ↑ http://hn.se/sport/fotboll/1.552284-halda-kabil-tar-over-bois
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- Pages with broken file links
- 1959 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from County Carlow
- Republic of Ireland association footballers
- Gillingham F.C. players
- The Football League players
- League of Ireland players
- Bohemian F.C. players
- Republic of Ireland football managers
- Republic of Ireland under-21 international footballers
- Kalmar FF managers
- Sandefjord Fotball managers
- Örebro SK managers
- GIF Sundsvall managers
- Expatriate football managers in Norway
- Expatriate football managers in Sweden
