Alan Mahon
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alan Joseph Mahon | ||
| Date of birth | 4 April 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Dublin, Ireland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | ||
| Playing position | Attacking Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1993–1995 | Tranmere Rovers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–2000 | Tranmere Rovers | 120 | (13) |
| 2000–2001 | Sporting CP | 1 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | → Blackburn Rovers (loan) | 18 | (0) |
| 2001–2004 | Blackburn Rovers | 18 | (1) |
| 2003 | → Cardiff City (loan) | 15 | (2) |
| 2003 | → Ipswich Town (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 2004–2006 | Wigan Athletic | 47 | (9) |
| 2006 | → Burnley (loan) | 8 | (0) |
| 2006–2009 | Burnley | 59 | (4) |
| 2009 | → Blackpool (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2009–2011 | Tranmere Rovers | 16 | (1) |
| Total | 313 | (31) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2000 | Republic of Ireland | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19:16, 8 May 2010 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 August 2008 (UTC) |
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Alan Joseph Mahon (born 4 April 1978) is an Irish former professional footballer who played a midfielder and was capped by the Republic of Ireland.
Dublin-born Mahon, who was educated at St. James Street Christian Brothers Secondary School in the Irish capital, joined English Football League club Tranmere Rovers in 1995. In five years at the club, Mahon made a total of 144 appearances, scoring fourteen goals. He played in the 2000 Football League Cup Final as Tranmere lost 2–1 to Leicester City at Wembley on 27 February 2000.
On 4 July 2000 he moved to Portugal, joining Portuguese Liga club Sporting Clube de Portugal on a free transfer. He played the first half in a 4–0 defeat in the Champions League to Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium on 25 October, he was loaned to First Division club Blackburn Rovers on 15 December for the rest of the season, making his debut two days later as an 89th-minute substitute in a 2–0 victory over their Lancashire rivals Burnley at Turf Moor. He was a regular first-team squad member and made eighteen league appearances as Blackburn finished in second place and were promoted to the Premier League.
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