Kevin Gallen
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Kevin Andrew Gallen | ||
| Date of birth | 21 September 1975 | ||
| Place of birth | Hammersmith, England | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1992–1994 | Queens Park Rangers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–2000 | Queens Park Rangers | 172 | (36) |
| 2000–2001 | Huddersfield Town | 38 | (10) |
| 2001 | Barnsley | 9 | (2) |
| 2001–2007 | Queens Park Rangers | 197 | (54) |
| 2007 | → Plymouth Argyle (loan) | 13 | (1) |
| 2007–2009 | Milton Keynes Dons | 30 | (9) |
| 2008–2009 | → Luton Town (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2009–2011 | Luton Town | 60 | (18) |
| 2010–2011 | → Barnet (loan) | 7 | (1) |
| 2011 | Braintree Town | 3 | (1) |
| 2011–2012 | 5 | (1) | |
| 2012–2013 | Aylesbury United | 4 | (2) |
| Total | 547 | (136) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| 1993 | England U18 | 11 | (0) |
| 1995–1996 | England U21 | 4 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 9 December 2013 (UTC). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13:05, 5 February 2012 (UTC) |
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Kevin Andrew Gallen (born 21 September 1975 in Chiswick) is an English retired professional footballer who last played for Aylesbury United.
A former England Under-21 striker, Gallen signed a professional contract for Queens Park Rangers on his 17th birthday after setting phenomenal scoring records whilst in the youth team, breaking Jimmy Greaves' long-standing record at that level.
Gallen made his Queens Park Rangers league debut in the Premier League at Old Trafford on the opening day of the 1994–95 season, and later went on to form a partnership with Les Ferdinand, scoring more than ten goals. Gallen's form dipped the next season after Ferdinand departed for Newcastle United, as QPR were relegated to The First Division.
After just two games of the 1996–97 season, in which he scored three goals, Gallen sustained a serious knee injury whilst playing against Portsmouth, which resulted in him missing the rest of the season.
His return to the team saw mixed performances, but by the 1998–99 season he was back to his best form, before injuries again held him back and the arrival of Rob Steiner and Chris Kiwomya kept him out of the team.
The 1999-00 campaign saw Gallen fall behind Kiwomya, Steiner, Steve Slade and Mikkel Beck in the pecking order. He did, however, manage to score a winning goal on the last day of the season at the ground where his injury troubles had started – Portsmouth.
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