John Allen (footballer, born 1964)

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John Allen
Personal information
Date of birth (1964-11-14) 14 November 1964 (age 59)
Place of birth Chester, England
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1981-1984 Chester City 79 (5)
1984-1985 Mansfield Town 2 (0)
1985-1986 Huima 40 (10)
1987-1988 MP 47 (10)
1989 Västra Frölunda 8 (1)
1989 Malmö FF 5 (1)
1990-1992 MP 80 (8)
1993-1994 RoPS 49 (13)
1995 TPS 26 (8)
1996-1997 MYPA 36 (6)
1998 RoPS 26 (4)
1999 TPV 18 (1)
1999 KuPS 4 (0)
2000-2001 Salpa 37 (2)
Managerial career
2003-2008 TPS (assistant)
2008 TPS
2009 ÅIFK
2010-2011 RoPS
2012-2014 SalPa
2015- FC Jazz
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

John Allen (born 14 November 1964) is a football player and coach. He is currently the head coach of FC Jazz in Finnish second tier Ykkönen.

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 on 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 on 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]

On 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]

Honours

References

  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. ^ John Allen as caretaker of TPS Template:Fi icon
  3. ^ Pasi Rautiainen replaces John Allen as TPS manager Template:Fi icon
  4. ^ John Allen takes charge of RoPS Template:Fi icon
  5. ^ "John Allen FC Jazzin päävalmentajaksi" (audio) Radio Pori, 30 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
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