Eamonn Dolan
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Eamonn John Dolan | ||
| Date of birth | 20 September 1967 | ||
| Place of birth | Galway, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Reading (Academy manager) | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1985–1990 | West Ham United | 15 | (3) |
| 1989 | → Bristol City (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 1990–1991 | Birmingham City | 12 | (1) |
| 1991–1993 | Exeter City | 26 | (4) |
| National team | |||
| 1986–1989 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 5 | (1) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2002 | Exeter City (caretaker) | ||
| 2003–2004 | Exeter City | ||
| 2013 | Reading (caretaker) | ||
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Eamonn Dolan (born 20 September 1967 in Galway) is an Irish ex-professional footballer, now working as a coach at Reading.
Career
Dolan and his twin brother Pat Dolan were capped at Under-21 and youth level for Republic of Ireland national football team. He scored 10 goals in his first seven youth internationals. They both played at the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship.[1] Both had made their Irish international début at Republic of Ireland national under-17 football team level against Northern Ireland in the first ever fixture between the two nations at Seaview in a 6–1 friendly win in January 1985. Dolan scored a hat trick.
Dolan played as a striker, beginning his professional career with West Ham United, before moving on to Birmingham City and then Exeter City. Dolan joined Exeter in 1991, and this marked the beginning of a 13-year association with the club, although he only managed 26 league appearances for the club as his career was cut short in 1993 when he developed cancer.[2] His testimonial was in September 1994 in a game between Exeter and West Ham.
He survived the condition, and continued to serve the "Grecians" as football in the community officer, youth coach, caretaker manager, and finally full-time manager, taking over after the club's relegation from the Football League in 2003.[3] His first season in charge was fairly successful, steadying the ship after a difficult year, and almost qualifying for the playoffs, but he left the club in September 2004 to join Reading as academy manager,[4] a position he holds to this day.[5]
References
- ↑ FIFA Player Statistics: Eamonn DOLAN - FIFA.com
- ↑ "Football - Cancer survivor Dolan prepares Reading for Man Utd battle", Yahoo Sport, 15 March 2013
- ↑ "Eamonn Dolan and Steve Perryman appointed at Exeter City FC". BBC. 2003-06-09. Retrieved 2007-04-18.
- ↑ "Eamonn Dolan resigns as Exeter boss". BBC. 2004-09-27. Retrieved 2007-04-18.
- ↑ "Academy Staff". Reading FC. 17 July 2013.
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