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.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 November 1964 | ||
| Place of birth | Chester, England | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | TPS (U19 manager) | ||
| 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 | ||
| 2015–2016 | FC Jazz | ||
| 2016–2018 | Inter Turku (assistant) | ||
| 2018 | Inter Turku | ||
| 2019–2020 | Oskarshamns AIK | ||
| 2020–2022 | TPS (Women's) (assistant) | ||
| 2022– | TPS (U19) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career edit
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 edit
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 edit
- Ykkönen: 2010
References edit
- ^ 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.
- ^ John Allen as caretaker of TPS Archived 22 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
- ^ Pasi Rautiainen replaces John Allen as TPS manager Archived 22 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine (in Finnish)
- ^ John Allen takes charge of RoPS (in Finnish)
- ^ "John Allen FC Jazzin päävalmentajaksi" (audio) Radio Pori, 30 October 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2014.
- ^ John Allen ny huvudtränare för Oskarshamns AIK, oskarshamnsaik.se, 30 December 2018
- ^ "JOHN ALLEN LIITTYY TPS:N NAISTEN EDUSTUKSEN VALMENNUSRYHMÄÄN" (in Finnish). Turun Palloseura. 7 May 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2022.