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Full name
  
Patrick Joseph Walker

1982
  
OTP Oulu

1977–1982
  
Gillingham


Years
  
Team

Place of birth
  
Carlow, Ireland

Name
  
Pat Walker

Pat Walker

Date of birth
  
(1959-11-24) 24 November 1959 (age 56)

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Patrick Joseph Walker (born 20 December 1959) is an Irish former professional footballer.

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Playing career

He played for Gillingham between 1977 and 1981, making 51 appearances in the Football League. He also briefly played for Bohemians, before quitting the professional game and moving to Sweden.

International career

Walker earned two caps for the Republic of Ireland U21 side.

Coaching career

Walker was coach of Varbergs BoIS, GIF Sundsvall between 2000 and 2004 and brought them to their highest league finish in the Allsvenskan to date. In 2005, he took over as manager of Örebro SK and helped them gain promotion to the Allsvenskan, before moving to Norway and Norwegian First Division club Sandefjord Fotball. He guided Sandefjord to their best league finish in the history of the club in 2010.

On 9 May 2011 he was fired from Sandefjord Fotball after a weak season opening, which included one win, two draws and two defeats in the first five matches.

In April 2016 he took over Pars FC Örebro as chairman and renamed the team to Scandinavian Football Club Örebro in order to make the team more professional and attract more players from around the world.

Personal life

He is the father of footballers Kevin and Robert.

References

Pat Walker Wikipedia