Alan Moore (born 25 November 1974) is a retired Irish footballer.

Club career

Moore moved to Derry City after a short spell without a club, as he had left Shelbourne in January 2007 when his contract was up. His previous clubs included

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, Barnsley and

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. During his time at Middlesbrough, he was once described as "the Ryan Giggs of the north-east". Moore returned home to Ireland during the summer of 2004 and signed for Shelbourne where he had an immediate impact on the team. In the

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qualifiers he scored away to

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to help secure a 2–2 draw that would see the team progress on away goals and in the Second Round he scored both home and away against Hajduk Split who Shelbourne knocked out 4–3 on aggregate. Shelbourne were eventually knocked out by

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in the last round before the group stages. By the end of 2004, Moore had helped Shelbourne retain the

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Premier Division title for the first time. In 2006, Moore won another League of Ireland championship medal as the

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side pipped Derry City to the title on goal difference. Despite this, however, on 5 March 2007, Moore signed for Derry City to work with his former manager,

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once again.Tidman and Moore sign
", ''CityWeb'', 5 March 2007. However, he failed to settle at Derry City and he signed for Sligo Rovers in February 200

In July 2008 Moore, retired from the game after failing to recover from a back injury. In October 2008 he joined Jim Crawford (footballer), Jim Crawford as assistant caretaker manager at Shamrock Rovers. Moore recently swapped being the Youth Team manager at Carlisle United FC to become a coach at Preston's Cardinal Newman College.

International career

Moore played at every age group for his national team and won 8 senior caps for the

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Honours

* Football league winner- 1994-95 * Football league runners up 1997-98 * League cup runners up 1997 *

: 2 ** Shelbourne – 2004, 2006

References

External links

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