Stephen "Steve" Gallen is a London-born Irish former association footballer and manager who is currently

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's Director of Football and a UEFA Pro Licence Coach. He is a former manager of

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Coaching and managerial career

Queens Park Rangers

He was employed for almost two decades at

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, and first joined the Academy coaching setup in 1997, as the under-12s coach. In 2009, he was jointly QPR's caretaker manager for one game with fellow QPR academy coach

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. The game was live on TV and away at

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, the final score of the game was 2–2. He and Bircham were caretaker managers due to the suspension of

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for an altercation with

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. He has two brothers, who were both professional footballers and on the QPR coaching staff at one point,

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and

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. He was in the position of Senior Professional Development Coach, coach of the QPR U21 side, from 2014 to 2015, when he was promoted to First Team Coach. He left the club on 30 January 2016.

Hong Kong Pegasus

On 23 June 2016, Hong Kong Pegasus announced that Gallen would be the club's manager from the

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. He left the club on 3 November 2016 after struggling to adapt to Hong Kong football.

Charlton Athletic

On 19 April 2017, he joined

as the club's Head of Recruitment. Steve was appointed as

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on 10 January 2020 soon after

was taken over by East Street Investments.

Managerial statistics

Honours

As manager

Queens Park Rangers under-18s * Football League Youth Alliance Cup winner: 2009–10 * Football League Youth Alliance South East Conference champion: 2010–11, 2011–12 * Professional Development under-18 League Two champion: 2012–13 *Esad Osmanovski Memorial Cup runner-up: 2013 *Newark International Soccer Classic winner: 2013 Queens Park Rangers under-21s * Professional Development under-21 League Two runner-up: 2013–14

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gallen, Steve Queens Park Rangers F.C. non-playing staff Queens Park Rangers F.C. managers TSW Pegasus FC managers 1973 births Living people Republic of Ireland youth international footballers Republic of Ireland under-21 international footballers Doncaster Rovers F.C. players Footballers from Acton, London People from County Donegal Association footballers not categorized by position Republic of Ireland association footballers English football managers