Paul Gerard McGee (born 19 June 1954) is an Irish former

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who played as a forward. McGee was born in Sligo, and started his career with Sligo Rovers, making his debut at 15 years of age on 15 November 1970. While at

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he won the FAI Cup in 1974. He then rejoined his home town club Sligo Rovers winning the

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championship in 1977. After the league success he was purchased by

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in November 1977. In his Ireland career, he scored 4 goals in 15 matches and also won 10 youth

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and 2 U21 caps. In January 1977 he played for the

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team against Italian League B which included

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. He had 6 different spells during his career playing for Sligo. He played at

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in the 1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup. In played several summer months abroad in the National Soccer League with Toronto Italia, and Montreal Castors. McGee signed for Shamrock Rovers in August 1984. He made a scoring debut with 2 goals on the 26th against Home Farm in a 4–2 win at Milltown. His last appearance was against his home town club in a 4–0 win on 11 November 1978. In total he played 15 times for the Hoops, including twice in the European Cup, scoring 5 goals. While at Galway United he scored in the

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at FC Groningen. His impressive displays earned him a move to HFC Haarlem for the rest of the

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season. During his time there his opponents included Marco van Basten and

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. He is currently Galway United's all-time top goalscorer in the League of Ireland. He was also the club's player-manager during the 1989–90 season. He moved to Derry City for the 1990–91 League of Ireland Premier Division season but by November he had moved back to his home town club. However, he did play in the

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for the Candystripes. In January 1993 McGee moved clubs for the 34th occasion, a record for an Irish player. In January 2007, McGee was appointed manager of Limerick 37 F.C. He was sacked in December despite an impressive 4th-place position In January 2008 he was appointed assistant manager to Alan Mathews at

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. In August 2008 he lost his job as Cork went into

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. In May 2011 McGee was appointed manager of

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At the end of the 2012 League of Ireland season McGee is eleventh in the all-time League of Ireland goalscoring list with 143 league goals

Honours

** Sligo Rovers – 1976–77 * FAI Cup **

– 1974 *

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** Galway United – 1985/86 * League of Ireland First Division Shield ** Galway United – 1992/93 * English Football League Third Division **

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– 1981–82

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