Allan Russell
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Allan John Russell | ||
Date of birth | 13 December 1980 | ||
Place of birth | Glasgow, Scotland | ||
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Position(s) | Midfielder / Forward | ||
Team information | |||
Current team
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Orange County Blues | ||
Number | 9 | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1999–2003 | Hamilton Academical | 65 | (21) |
2003–2005 | St Mirren | 51 | (19) |
2005 | Macclesfield Town | 13 | (4) |
2005–2006 | Mansfield Town | 18 | (4) |
2006–2007 | Forest Green Rovers | 19 | (7) |
2007 | Partick Thistle | 14 | (1) |
2007–2008 | Airdrie United | 32 | (28) |
2008–2010 | Kilmarnock | 25 | (6) |
2010–2011 | Carolina RailHawks | 28 | (7) |
2012–2016 | Orange County Blues | 70 | (17) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of September 11, 2014 |
Allan Russell (born 13 December 1980 in Glasgow) is a Scottish footballer currently playing for Orange County Blues in the American USL Pro division.
Career
Scotland and England
Russell began his career in 1999 with Hamilton Academical, making over sixty league appearances over a four-year period. In 2003, Russell began a two-year spell with St Mirren before moving to English side Macclesfield Town in early 2005. Russell's stay at Macclesfield lasted only a few months and he moved on to Mansfield Town at the start of the 2005–06 season.
Russell returned to Scotland with Partick Thistle in 2007. Russell began the 2007–08 season with Airdrie, where a December 2007 Player of the Month award and his goalscoring form – by February 2008 he had already scored more than any previous season – attracted interest from Scottish Premier League sides Kilmarnock and Dundee United.[1][2]
In May 2008, Russell netted the Scottish Football League Second Division Player of the Year award having scored 28 goals in a record breaking season and was eventually signed by Scottish Premier League side Kilmarnock signing a two-year deal.[3] He left Kilmarnock after the expiry of his contract in 2010.[4]
United States
Russell signed for Carolina RailHawks on 23 July 2010.[5] He stayed with the club through the 2011 season winning the 2010 and 2011 NASL league Championships. He then signed with Los Angeles Blues of the USL Pro Division on 8 December 2011, who later changed franchise name to Orange County Blues.
Russell has captained Orange County Blues for the last two years, playing both as a defensive midfielder and as a striker.[6]
Russell is now a striker coach at Newcastle United. Russell started training the NUFC strikers last week and the training has paid off for Aleksandar Mitrovic who got the equalizer against Sunderland.
References
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External links
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Preceded by | Scottish Football League Player of the Month December 2007 |
Succeeded by Andrew Barrowman |
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- 1980 births
- Sportspeople from Glasgow
- Living people
- Association football forwards
- Scottish footballers
- Hamilton Academical F.C. players
- St Mirren F.C. players
- Macclesfield Town F.C. players
- Mansfield Town F.C. players
- Forest Green Rovers F.C. players
- Partick Thistle F.C. players
- Airdrieonians F.C. players
- Kilmarnock F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- The Football League players
- National League (English football) players
- Scottish Premier League players
- Carolina RailHawks players
- Orange County Blues FC players
- USSF Division 2 Professional League players
- North American Soccer League players
- United Soccer League players
- Scottish expatriate footballers
- Scottish expatriates in the United States
- Expatriate soccer players in the United States