Steve Galloway

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Steve Galloway (born 13 February 1963) is an English football coach and former player. He is the assistant manager of Umeå FC.[2]

Date of birth (1963-02-13) 13 February 1963 (age 63)
Place of birth Hannover, West Germany[1]
Position Forward
Current team
Umeå FC (assistant manager)
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Steve Galloway
Galloway in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth (1963-02-13) 13 February 1963 (age 63)
Place of birth Hannover, West Germany[1]
Position Forward
Team information
Current team
Umeå FC (assistant manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–1984 Sutton United
1984–1986 Crystal Palace 5 (1)
1985Cambridge United (loan) 1 (0)
1986–1987 Maidstone United
1987 Tegs SK 21 (16)
1988–1989 Djurgårdens IF 45 (17)
1989St Mirren (loan) 4 (0)
1990–2000 Umeå FC 278 (114)
Total 354 (148)
Managerial career
2004 Umeå FC
2009 Djurgårdens IF (assistant manager)
2010 Umeå Södra
2016– Umeå FC (assistant manager)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals
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As a player, Galloway played professionally as a forward in England, Scotland and Sweden.

Playing career

Born in Hannover, West Germany,[1] Galloway played in English non-league football at Sutton United, before moving into the Football League with Crystal Palace in 1984.[3] He spent two seasons with Palace – which included a loan spell at Cambridge United[4] – before joining non-league Maidstone United in 1986. He was brought to the Umeå-based club Tegs SK for the 1987 season in Sweden.[5] His goalscoring ability earned him a contract with Djurgårdens IF – where he stayed for two seasons which included a loan spell in Scotland with St Mirren.[6] In 1990, he returned to Umeå to help local club Umeå FC rise in the Swedish football league.[7]

Coaching career

Galloway has coached Umeå FC,[8] and coached Djurgårdens IF as assistant to Andrée Jeglertz in the 2009 season.[9]

In 2010, he became head coach for Umeå Södra.[10]

After football

Steve filmed two seasons of the hit Swedish show Gladiatorerna as the Timekeeper. Galloway currently lives in Umeå in Sweden, and owns a sport store called Fotbollskliniken[11] and three restaurants.[12]

References

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