Kevin Gallacher

Kevin Gallacher
Personnel
Surname	Kevin William Gallacher
birthday	November 23, 1966
place of birth	Clydebank ,  Scotland
size	174 cm
position	striker
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1983-1990	Dundee United	131 (27)
1990-1993	Coventry City	100 (28)
1993-1999	Blackburn Rovers	146 (47)
1999-2001	Newcastle United	39 0(4)
2001-2002	Preston North End	5 0(1)
2002	Sheffield Wednesday	3 0(0)
2002	Huddersfield Town	7 0(0)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1988-2001	Scotland	53 0(9)
1 Only league games are given.

Kevin William Gallacher (born November 23, 1966 in Clydebank , Scotland ) is a retired Scottish football player .

career

The 1.73 meter tall Scot began his career in 1983 with Dundee United in Scotland . In 1990 he left Dundee United. In seven years he played 131 games there and scored 27 goals. His second stop was Coventry City , where he was under contract until 1993. From 1993 he played in the English Premier League with the Blackburn Rovers , where he scored 47 goals in 146 games. In 1999 Gallacher was signed by Newcastle United . In 2001 he moved to Preston North End . However, he only played here for a year. Gallacher's last two stations were both in 2002. He played three games for Sheffield Wednesday , seven for Huddersfield Town . Gallacher was also a Scottish national player and participated with Scotland in the 1992 European Championship in Sweden , the 1996 European Championship in England and the 1998 World Cup in France . The center forward scored nine goals in 53 international matches .

successes

Gallacher's greatest successes include reaching the UEFA Cup final with Dundee United in 1987 , in which he lost 2-1 to IFK Gothenburg on a two-way leg . In 1995 he was English champion with the Blackburn Rovers, even if he had to sit out most of the season because of a broken foot.

Web links

• Mission dates at the Scottish Association
• Kevin Gallacher in the database of soccerbase.com (English)
• Kevin Gallacher in the database of weltfussball.de