Joseph John "Joe" Dunne (born Dublin, 25 May 1973) is an Irish

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,...

 former professional footballer

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

. He played professionally for Gillingham

Gillingham F.C.

Gillingham Football Club is an English professional football club based in the town of Gillingham, Kent. The only Kent-based club in the Football League, they play their home matches at the Priestfield Stadium...

 and Colchester United

Colchester United F.C.

Colchester United Football Club is an English football club based in Colchester. The club was formed in 1937, and briefly shared their old Layer Road home with now defunct side Colchester Town who had previously used the ground from 1910....

 and made nearly 280 Football League appearances in a 13-year career. He is currently Colchester's Assistant Manager, having previously served as youth team

Youth system

Youth system is a sporting terminology used to refer to a youth investment program within a particular team or league, which develops and nurtures young talent in farm teams, with the vision of using them in the first team if they show enough promise, and to fill up squads numbers in some teams...

 manager, First Team Coach and reserve team

Reserve team

Large professional sports clubs often have far more players under contract than could possibly play in a match. As a result, many of these clubs create second teams composed of players who need playing time, but have little hope of playing on the first team. The players on this second team are...

 coach,. He acted as caretaker manager after the resignation of Paul Lambert

Paul Lambert

Paul Christopher Lambert is a Scottish football manager and former player who is the manager of Norwich City. He won numerous trophies as a player, winning the Scottish Cup with St...

. He took charge of three league matches and one cup match until Aidy Boothroyd was named as the permanent manager. When Boothroyd left the club at the end of the 2009–10 season, Dunne was made the assistant of new manager John Ward.

Managerial statistics

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Won %	Drawn %	Lost%
Colchester United Colchester United F.C. Colchester United Football Club is an English football club based in Colchester. The club was formed in 1937, and briefly shared their old Layer Road home with now defunct side Colchester Town who had previously used the ground from 1910.... (Caretaker)		18 August 2009	2 September 2009	4	1	0	3	25.0	0.00	75.00