John McGreal
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | John Leslie McGreal | ||
| Date of birth | 2 June 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Birkenhead, England | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
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Current team
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Colchester United (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Tranmere Rovers | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1999 | Tranmere Rovers | 195 | (1) |
| 1999–2004 | Ipswich Town | 123 | (4) |
| 2004–2007 | Burnley | 96 | (1) |
| Total | 414 | (6) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2015 | Colchester United (caretaker) | ||
| 2016– | Colchester United | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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John Leslie McGreal (born 2 June 1972) is an English football manager and former professional footballer who is currently manager of League Two club Colchester United. He spent one match as joint-caretaker manager of the club with Richard Hall in November 2015, before he was named as successor to Kevin Keen in April 2016
McGreal began his playing career with his local side Tranmere Rovers, where he progressed through the youth team to become a first-team regular, making over 200 appearances in nine years. He joined Ipswich Town in the summer of 1999, helping the club to play-off success and earning promotion to the Premier League in his first season. He spent five years with the Suffolk club, making over 150 appearances before joining Burnley in 2004. He ended his career in 2007 after making over 100 appearances for the club.
Born in Birkenhead, McGreal began his career with Tranmere Rovers, rising through the club's youth system to eventually become a first-team regular, making 195 league appearances between 1990 and 1999. He scored just one goal for the club in 233 appearances, with the opening goal on 23 February 1994 in a 1–1 draw with Leicester City at Filbert Street. Unfortunately for McGreal, his first goal was cancelled out when he scored an own goal when he sliced in Ian Ormondroyd's header which would otherwise have gone wide.
In the summer of 1999, with Huddersfield Town manager Steve Bruce and Ipswich Town manager George Burley both interested in signing McGreal, he opted to sign for the Suffolk club after a £650,000 offer was accepted by Tranmere.
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