Glen Crowe
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Glen Crowe is an Irish
professional
football forward
who currently plays for Malahide United
in the Leinster Senior League
.
He was a prolific goalscorer in the League of Ireland
and has represented the Republic of Ireland national football team
on two occasions.
Crowe previously played for Wolves
, Bohemians
, Shelbourne
and Sporting Fingal
.
and scored on his first full game against Charlton Athletic
in May 1996. He had loan spells at Cardiff City
, Exeter City
and Plymouth Argyle
. He appeared in the famous Jimmy Glass
game against Carlisle, in which the goalkeeper scored in the 94th minute to keep Carlisle United
in the Football League.
, managed by Roddy Collins
, in pre-season 1999.
After scoring on his League of Ireland
debut on 13 August 1999, Crowe ended up as top scorer for Bohemians in his first season with 9 league goals. The following season (2000/01), Glen formed a potent partnership with new-signing Trevor Molloy
and broke the League goal-scoring record by hitting 25 league goals (35 in all competitions) as Bohemians won their first league title since 1978 and their first league and FAI Cup
double since 1928. He also scored in Bohemians' UEFA Cup
run, both home and away against 1. FC Kaiserslautern
. This form led Mick McCarthy
to call him into the international squad in the summer of 2001 for the World Cup qualifiers
against Portugal
and Estonia
.
Crowe once again starred as Bohemians won their 2nd league title in 3 years in 2003, but left the team for Dublin rivals Shelbourne
in a controversial move in December 2004 where he formed a successful partnership with Jason Byrne
. He claimed his third league winning medal in November 2006, ironically scoring the winning goal against his old club Bohemians to clinch Shelbourne's third title in four seasons.
Crowe re-joined Bohemians in early 2007 where he continued to show his goalscoring skills. On 4 April 2008, he broke the previous record of 121 goals against Shamrock Rovers
to surpass the record previously held by Turlough O'Connor. Bohemians romped to the 2008 Premier Division title by 19 points from their nearest challengers St Patrick's Athletic
, and Crowe also scored in the FAI Cup Final
as Bohemians won the trophy to complete a "Double". He scored against Rhyl F.C.
in the 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/7459721.stm.
Crowe struggled for form during the 2009 season and found himself out of the starting XI on many occasions when Paddy Madden
returned from his loan spell at Shelbourne. However Glen collected his first ever League Cup winners medal in the September as Bohemians beat Waterford United 3–1 at the RSC
. And Crowe collected his fifth League winners medal (fourth at Bohemians) in November as they won the title.
in advance of the club's first season in the League of Ireland top flight.
Crowe scored his 11th European goal at the Estádio da Madeira
in the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League http://www.extratime.ie/fixtures/detail/12343/1/.
of Shamrock Rovers
) when Don Givens
selected him in a friendly
international against Greece
. He won his second cap for Ireland in April 2003, coming on as a late substitute in a friendly international against Norway
at Lansdowne Road
.
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
professional
Professional
A professional is a person who is paid to undertake a specialised set of tasks and to complete them for a fee. The traditional professions were doctors, lawyers, clergymen, and commissioned military officers. Today, the term is applied to estate agents, surveyors , environmental scientists,...
football forward
Striker
Forwards, also known as strikers, are the players on a team in association football who play nearest to the opposing team's goal, and are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals...
who currently plays for Malahide United
Malahide United F.C.
Malahide United F.C. are a football club from Malahide, Fingal County in Ireland. The club plays at Gannon Park. Malahide compete in the Leinster Senior League.Club colours: Red and Black striped shirts, Black Shorts and Black Socks...
in the Leinster Senior League
Leinster Senior League (association football)
The Leinster Senior League is an association football league organised by the Leinster Football Association. The league is the highest level of football outside the Republic of Ireland football league system...
.
He was a prolific goalscorer in the League of Ireland
League of Ireland
The League of Ireland is the national association football league of the Republic of Ireland. Founded in 1921, as a league of eight clubs, it has expanded over time into a two-tiered league of 22 clubs. It is currently split into the League of Ireland Premier Division and the League of Ireland...
and has represented the Republic of Ireland national football team
Republic of Ireland national football team
The Republic of Ireland national football team represents Ireland in association football. It is run by the Football Association of Ireland and currently plays home fixtures at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, which opened in May 2010....
on two occasions.
Crowe previously played for Wolves
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...
, Bohemians
Bohemian F.C.
Bohemian F.C. , more commonly referred to as Bohemians, is a professional football club from Dublin, Ireland. Bohemians compete in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland and are the third most successful club in League of Ireland football history, having won the League of Ireland title 11...
, Shelbourne
Shelbourne F.C.
Shelbourne Football Club is an Irish professional football club based in the Drumcondra area of Dublin, currently playing in the League of Ireland Premier Division....
and Sporting Fingal
Sporting Fingal F.C.
Sporting Fingal Football Club was a professional football club based in Fingal, County Dublin, Ireland. The club competed in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland from 2008 to 2011. Former Shamrock Rovers manager, Liam Buckley was the club's manager while former Arsenal player, John Devine...
.
English league
Crowe began his career with Saint Mochta's Football Club where he played schoolboy football before moving to Stella Maris. He then signed professionally for WolvesWolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...
and scored on his first full game against Charlton Athletic
Charlton Athletic F.C.
Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of Greenwich. They compete in Football League One, the third tier of English football. The club was founded on 9 June 1905, when a number of youth clubs in the southeast London area,...
in May 1996. He had loan spells at Cardiff City
Cardiff City F.C.
Cardiff City Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club competes in the English football pyramid and is currently playing in the Football League Championship. Cardiff City is the best supported football club in Wales, averaging approximately 22,500 for...
, Exeter City
Exeter City F.C.
Exeter City Football Club is an English football club, based in Exeter, which is owned by its fans through the Exeter City Supporters Trust.The club was a member of the Football League from 1920 to 2003...
and Plymouth Argyle
Plymouth Argyle F.C.
Plymouth Argyle Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Plymouth, Devon, that plays in Football League Two.Since becoming professional in 1903, the club has won five Football League titles, five Southern League titles and one Western League title. The 2009–10 season was the...
. He appeared in the famous Jimmy Glass
Jimmy Glass
James "Jimmy" Glass is a former football goalkeeper. Glass is remembered for scoring the last-minute goal which kept Carlisle United in the Football League in 1999...
game against Carlisle, in which the goalkeeper scored in the 94th minute to keep Carlisle United
Carlisle United F.C.
Carlisle United F.C. is an English football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, where they play at Brunton Park. Formed in 1904, the club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system....
in the Football League.
Bohemians and Shelbourne
Crowe returned to Dublin to join BohemiansBohemian F.C.
Bohemian F.C. , more commonly referred to as Bohemians, is a professional football club from Dublin, Ireland. Bohemians compete in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland and are the third most successful club in League of Ireland football history, having won the League of Ireland title 11...
, managed by Roddy Collins
Roddy Collins
Roderick 'Roddy' Collins , is a Irish former professional football player and current manager of Monaghan United. He has also worked as a television pundit, and is the brother of acclaimed former boxer, Steve Collins....
, in pre-season 1999.
After scoring on his League of Ireland
League of Ireland
The League of Ireland is the national association football league of the Republic of Ireland. Founded in 1921, as a league of eight clubs, it has expanded over time into a two-tiered league of 22 clubs. It is currently split into the League of Ireland Premier Division and the League of Ireland...
debut on 13 August 1999, Crowe ended up as top scorer for Bohemians in his first season with 9 league goals. The following season (2000/01), Glen formed a potent partnership with new-signing Trevor Molloy
Trevor Molloy
Trevor Molloy is a semi-professional, Irish football player who is currently playing for Bluebell United in the Leinster Senior League....
and broke the League goal-scoring record by hitting 25 league goals (35 in all competitions) as Bohemians won their first league title since 1978 and their first league and FAI Cup
FAI Cup
The Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup, known as the FAI Ford Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knock-out association football competition contested annually by teams from the Republic of Ireland...
double since 1928. He also scored in Bohemians' UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
run, both home and away against 1. FC Kaiserslautern
1. FC Kaiserslautern
1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern, also known as 1. FCK, FCK or simply Kaiserslautern, is a German association football club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. On 2 June 1900, Germania 1896 and FG Kaiserslautern merged to create FC 1900...
. This form led Mick McCarthy
Mick McCarthy
Michael Joseph "Mick" McCarthy is an English-born former Irish international footballer who is currently the manager of Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers, where he has been in charge since July 2006....
to call him into the international squad in the summer of 2001 for the World Cup qualifiers
FIFA World Cup qualification
The FIFA World Cup qualification is the process that a national association football team goes through to qualify for the FIFA World Cup Finals. The FIFA World Cup is a global event, so qualification is required to reduce the large field of participants from about 200 to 32.Qualifying tournaments...
against Portugal
Portugal national football team
The Portugal national football team represents Portugal in association football and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation, the governing body for football in Portugal. Portugal's home ground is Estádio Nacional in Oeiras, and their head coach is Paulo Bento...
and Estonia
Estonia national football team
The Estonia national football team represents Estonia in international association football. Team members are selected by the head coach of Estonian Football Association . Estonia play their home matches at the A. Le Coq Arena in Tallinn, Estonia....
.
Crowe once again starred as Bohemians won their 2nd league title in 3 years in 2003, but left the team for Dublin rivals Shelbourne
Shelbourne F.C.
Shelbourne Football Club is an Irish professional football club based in the Drumcondra area of Dublin, currently playing in the League of Ireland Premier Division....
in a controversial move in December 2004 where he formed a successful partnership with Jason Byrne
Jason Byrne (footballer)
Jason Byrne is an Irish football player, currently playing for Dundalk in the League of Ireland.-Bray Wanderers:...
. He claimed his third league winning medal in November 2006, ironically scoring the winning goal against his old club Bohemians to clinch Shelbourne's third title in four seasons.
Crowe re-joined Bohemians in early 2007 where he continued to show his goalscoring skills. On 4 April 2008, he broke the previous record of 121 goals against Shamrock Rovers
Shamrock Rovers F.C.
Shamrock Rovers Football Club are a professional football club from Dublin, Ireland. They compete in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland and are the most successful club in Irish football history. The club have won the League of Ireland title a record 17 times and the FAI Cup a record 24...
to surpass the record previously held by Turlough O'Connor. Bohemians romped to the 2008 Premier Division title by 19 points from their nearest challengers St Patrick's Athletic
St Patrick's Athletic F.C.
St Patrick's Athletic Football Club is a football club from Dublin, Ireland. They compete in the League of Ireland Premier Division. Founded in 1929, they are based in the Dublin suburb of Inchicore and play their home matches at Richmond Park. They have won the League of Ireland title 7 times and...
, and Crowe also scored in the FAI Cup Final
2008 FAI Cup Final
The 2008 FAI Cup Final was a football match held at the RDS, Dublin on 23 November 2008 and was the final match of the 2008 FAI Cup competition. The match was the 85th FAI Cup Final, and the second to be held at the RDS since Lansdowne Road shut for redevelopment...
as Bohemians won the trophy to complete a "Double". He scored against Rhyl F.C.
Rhyl F.C.
Rhyl Football Club is a Welsh football club, playing in the Cymru Alliance.The club was founded in 1882 and the team plays its home matches at Belle Vue, Rhyl, which can accommodate 3,000 spectators.- History :Few clubs in the Welsh Premier League have as distinguished a past as Rhyl's...
in the 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/7459721.stm.
Crowe struggled for form during the 2009 season and found himself out of the starting XI on many occasions when Paddy Madden
Paddy Madden
Patrick Madden is an Irish footballer currently playing for Carlisle United having been signed from Bohemians. Madden plays as a striker.-Career:...
returned from his loan spell at Shelbourne. However Glen collected his first ever League Cup winners medal in the September as Bohemians beat Waterford United 3–1 at the RSC
Waterford Regional Sports Centre
The Waterford Regional Sports Centre is part of Waterford Corporation's Municipal sporting facilities and home to Waterford United of the League of Ireland ....
. And Crowe collected his fifth League winners medal (fourth at Bohemians) in November as they won the title.
Sporting Fingal
Crowe was released by Bohemians in November 2009 after his contract expired. In January 2010, he signed for Sporting FingalSporting Fingal F.C.
Sporting Fingal Football Club was a professional football club based in Fingal, County Dublin, Ireland. The club competed in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland from 2008 to 2011. Former Shamrock Rovers manager, Liam Buckley was the club's manager while former Arsenal player, John Devine...
in advance of the club's first season in the League of Ireland top flight.
Crowe scored his 11th European goal at the Estádio da Madeira
Estádio da Madeira
Estádio da Madeira, formerly named Estadio Eng. Rui Alves and informally known as Estádio da Choupana is a football stadium in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. It is currently used mostly for the home matches of C.D. Nacional, one of two Liga Sagres teams located in Funchal Estádio da Madeira, formerly...
in the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League http://www.extratime.ie/fixtures/detail/12343/1/.
International career
In November 2002, as a Bohemians player, Crowe became the first League of Ireland player to be capped by Ireland for 16 years (the last being Pat ByrnePat Byrne
Pat Byrne is a former Irish football player and manager.-Playing career:A central midfielder, Byrne's playing career started with Bohemians, his debut coming against St Patricks Athletic on 25 August 1974...
of Shamrock Rovers
Shamrock Rovers F.C.
Shamrock Rovers Football Club are a professional football club from Dublin, Ireland. They compete in the Premier Division of the League of Ireland and are the most successful club in Irish football history. The club have won the League of Ireland title a record 17 times and the FAI Cup a record 24...
) when Don Givens
Don Givens
Daniel Joseph "Don" Givens is a football player and coach, and former Republic of Ireland U21 team manager...
selected him in a friendly
Exhibition game
An exhibition game is a sporting event in which there is no competitive value of any significant kind to any competitor regardless of the outcome of the competition...
international against Greece
Greece national football team
The Greece national football team represents Greece in association football and is controlled by the Hellenic Football Federation, the governing body for football in Greece. Greece's home ground is Karaiskakis Stadium in Piraeus and their head coach is Fernando Santos...
. He won his second cap for Ireland in April 2003, coming on as a late substitute in a friendly international against Norway
Norway national football team
The Norway national football team represents Norway in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Norway, the governing body for football in Norway. Norway's home ground is Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo and their head coach is Egil Olsen...
at Lansdowne Road
Lansdowne Road
Lansdowne Road was a stadium in Dublin owned by the Irish Rugby Football Union that has been the location of a number of sports stadiums. It was used primarily for rugby union and for association football matches as well as some music concerts...
.
Honours
- League of IrelandLeague of IrelandThe League of Ireland is the national association football league of the Republic of Ireland. Founded in 1921, as a league of eight clubs, it has expanded over time into a two-tiered league of 22 clubs. It is currently split into the League of Ireland Premier Division and the League of Ireland...
: 5- Bohemians – 2000/01, 2002/03, 2008, 2009
- Shelbourne – 2006
- FAI CupFAI CupThe Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup, known as the FAI Ford Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knock-out association football competition contested annually by teams from the Republic of Ireland...
: 2- Bohemians – 2001, 2008
- League of Ireland Cup
- Bohemians – 2009
- PFAI Player of the Year: 2
- Bohemians – 2000/01, 2002/03
- League of Ireland Player of the Year: 2
- Bohemians – 2000/01, 2001/02
- SWAI Personality of the Year: 2
- Bohemians – 2000/01, 2002/03
Records
- Crowe is currently the League of Ireland's joint sixth all time leading scorer at with 159 goals.
- He became the first Eircom League player to be capped by Ireland for 16 years in November 2002.
- Crowe is Bohemians all-time leading league goalscorer with 133 goals
- Crowe is Bohemians all-time leading FAI CupFAI CupThe Football Association of Ireland Challenge Cup, known as the FAI Ford Cup for sponsorship reasons, is a knock-out association football competition contested annually by teams from the Republic of Ireland...
goalscorer with 22 goals - Crowe is Bohemians all-time leading goalscorer in European competition and has also scored more goals in European competition (11) than any other Irish domestic player.