Joe Gamble
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Joseph Finbar Gamble | ||
| Date of birth | 14 January 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Cork, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997 | Everton AFC Cork | ||
| 1998 | Cork City Youths | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2000 | Cork City | 8 | (0) |
| 2000–2004 | Reading | 7 | (0) |
| 2001 | → Crawley Town (loan) | ? | (?) |
| 2003–2004 | → Barnet (loan) | 40 | (1) |
| 2004–2010 | Cork City | 140 | (4) |
| 2010–2011 | Hartlepool United | 52 | (3) |
| 2011–2013 | Limerick | 37 | (3) |
| 2014–2015 | Brunei DPMM | 46 | (1) |
| National team | |||
| 1999 | Republic of Ireland U17 | 1 | (0) |
| 2001–2003 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 8 | (2) |
| 2006 | Republic of Ireland B | 1 | (0) |
| 2007 | Republic of Ireland | 2 | (0) |
| 2011 | League of Ireland XI | 2 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 2:01, 4 January 2016 (UTC). |
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Joseph Finbar "Joe" Gamble (born 14 January 1982) is an Irish footballer who last played for Brunei DPMM FC in the S.League. He is a graduate from the Strength & Conditioning programme at Setanta College.
Born in Cork, Gamble made his debut for Cork in the Super Cup against Bohemians in July 2000. Soon after he signed for Reading on a free transfer, before he returned to Cork City in 2004. He quickly established himself in the City first team and was a mainstay in the team that won the League of Ireland Premier Division in November 2005.
He later went on to win the FAI Cup and the Setanta Sports Cup while at the club.
With Cork struggling financially Gamble was allowed to look for a new club and joined Hartlepool United for a trial in December 2009.
Hartlepool's Director of Sport Chris Turner was impressed with Gamble and signed him permanently on 5 January 2010. He joins former Cork teammate Denis Behan at Victoria Park.
In May 2011 he was not offered a new contract by the club, along with nine other players from the 2010/11 squad.
Joe Gamble signed for Limerick on 23 June 2011. Gamble made his Limerick debut on 16 July 2011 against Athlone Town at Athlone Town Stadium. Joe Gamble was an integral part of the Limerick F.C side for the remaining of the 2011 season as Pat Scully's side pushed for promotion for from the First Division. Gamble made 13 league appearances in midfield for the Shannonsiders as they narrowly missed out on a promotion play-off place to Monaghan United.
Following Gamble's release from Limerick, he went on a two-week trial with Brunei DPMM of the S.League, along with Francis Jeffers, on 24 November 2013. Following the completion of the trial Brunei DPMM announced they would be signing Gamble along with Robert Alviž and Boris Raspudić. He scored his first goal for the club against Young Lions on 23 August 2015. He won the 2015 S.League with DPMM on 21 November 2015.
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