Paul McGee (footballer, born 1954), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Irish association football player (b. 1954)
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Place of Birth: Sligo, Connacht, Ireland
About Paul McGee (footballer, born 1954)
- Paul Gerard McGee (born 19 June 1954 in Sligo) is an Irish former footballer who played as a forward. McGee started his career with Sligo Rovers making his debut at 15 years of age on 15 November 1970.
- While at Finn Harps he won the FAI Cup in 1974.
- He then rejoined his home town club Sligo Rovers winning the League of Ireland championship in 1977.
- After the league success he was purchased by Queens Park Rangers in November 1977.
- In his Ireland career, he scored 4 goals in 15 matches and also won 10 youth caps and 2 U21 caps.
- In January 1977 he played for the League of Ireland XI team against Italian League B which included Gaetano Scirea. He had 6 different spells during his career playing for Sligo.
- He played at FC Haka in the 1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup. 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 1986–87 UEFA Cup at FC Groningen.
- His impressive displays earned him a move to HFC Haarlem for the rest of the 1986–87 Eredivisie season.
- During his time there his opponents included Marco van Basten and Ruud Gullit. 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 1990–91 UEFA Cup 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 positionIn January 2008 he was appointed assistant manager to Alan Mathews at Cork City.
- In August 2008 he lost his job as Cork went into examinership.
- In May 2011 McGee was appointed manager of Salthill DevonAt 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
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