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Line 1: {{Short description\|Irish footballer}} {{Use British English\|date=July 2013}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=~~July~~May ~~2013~~2022}} {{Infobox football biography \| name = Paul McGee Line 44 ⟶ 45: \| nationalyears2 = 1978–1980 \| nationalteam2 = [[Republic of Ireland national football team\|Republic of Ireland]] \| nationalcaps2 = 15<ref name=irlapp>{{cite web\|url=http://www.fai.ie/international/senior-men/irelands-international-players.html \|title=Ireland's International Players \|accessdate=28 February 2012 \|publisher=[[Football Association of Ireland~~\|FAI~~]] \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120205004742/http://www.fai.ie/international/senior-men/irelands-international-players.html \|archivedate=5 February 2012 }}</ref> \| nationalgoals2 = 4 \| nationalyears3 = 1977 Line 52 ⟶ 53: \| manageryears1 = 2007 \| manageryears2 = 2011 ~~\| manageryears3 = 2015~~ \| managerclubs1 = [[Limerick F.C.\|Limerick 37]] \| managerclubs2 = [[Salthill Devon F.C.\|Salthill Devon]] ~~\| managerclubs3 = [[Kinvara United F.C.\|Kinvara United]]~~ }} '''Paul Gerard McGee''' (born 19 June 1954) inis an Irish former [[~~Sligo~~Association football\|footballer]]) iswho aplayed ~~former~~as ~~Irish~~a [[~~Association~~Forward (association football)\|~~football~~forward]] ~~player~~. McGee was born in [[Sligo]], and started his career with [[Sligo Rovers F.C.\|Sligo Rovers]], making his debut at 15 years of age on 15 November 1970. While at [[Finn Harps F.C.\|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 F.C.\|Queens Park Rangers]] in November 1977.<ref>[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1977/111/Pg003.html#Ar00301 www.irishtimes.com]</ref> In his Ireland career, he scored 4 goals in 15 matches and also won 10 youth [[cap (sport)\|caps]] and 2 U21 caps. In January 1977 he played for the [[League of Ireland XI]] team against [[Italy under-21 Serie B representative team\|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]]. In played several summer months abroad in the [[Canadian National Soccer League\|National Soccer League]] with [[Toronto Italia]], and [[Montreal Castors]].<ref>{{Cite web\|date=10 May 1978\|title=More on Soccer\|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/421312019/?terms=Barros+montreal+castors\|access-date=2020-08-13\|via=Newspapers.com\|work=Montreal Gazette\|page=23\|language=en}}</ref> McGee signed for [[Shamrock Rovers F.C.\|Shamrock Rovers]] in August 1984. He made a scoring debut with 2 goals on the 26th against [[Home Farm F.C.\|Home Farm]] in a 4–2 win at [[Glenmalure Park\|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 [[UEFA Champions League\|European Cup]], scoring 5 goals. Line 68 ⟶ 67: While at [[Galway United F.C.\|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.<ref name=clubs>{{cite ~~web~~news \|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1993/0128/Pg015.html#Ar01504 \|title=McGee in 34th move of career \|accessdate=28 February 2012 \|date=28 January 1993 \|~~publisher~~newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]}}</ref> In January 2007, McGee was appointed manager of Limerick 37 F.C.<ref name=limerickfc>{{cite web \|url=http://www.rte.ie/sport/2007/0201/mcgee.html \|title=McGee appointed to Limerick post \|accessdate=28 February 2012 \|date=1 February 2007\|publisher=[[RTÉ]]}}</ref> He was sacked in December despite an impressive 4th-place position<ref name=sacked>{{cite web\|url=http://www.elevenaside.com/limerick37/irish_soccer_detail.asp?newsid=30396 \|title=McGee appointed to Limerick post \|accessdate=28 February 2012 \|date=1 February 2007 \|publisher=[[RTÉ]] }}{{dead link\|date=June 2017 \|bot=InternetArchiveBot \|fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Line 76 ⟶ 75: In January 2008 he was appointed assistant manager to [[Alan Mathews]] at [[Cork City F. C.\|Cork City]]. In August 2008 he lost his job as Cork went into [[examinership]]. In May 2011 McGee was appointed manager of [[Salthill Devon F.C.\|Salthill Devon]]<ref name=shdevon>{{cite web\|url=http://www.airtricityleague.ie/index.php/component/content/article/18-salthill-devon/3502-paul-mcgee-appointed-salthill-boss \|title=Paul Mcgee appointed Salthill boss \|accessdate=28 February 2012 \|date=5 May 2011 \|publisher=[[League of Ireland\|Airtricity League]] \|url-status=dead \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120404182620/http://www.airtricityleague.ie/index.php/component/content/article/18-salthill-devon/3502-paul-mcgee-appointed-salthill-boss \|archivedate=4 April 2012 }}</ref> 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<ref>{{cite web\|url=~~http~~https://www.rsssf.~~com~~org/tablesi/iertops.html \|title=~~Archived~~Ireland ~~copy~~- List of Topscorers \|accessdate=2016-07-06 \|url-status=~~dead~~live \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406093820/http://www.rsssf.com/tablesi/iertops.html \|archivedate=6 April 2012 }}</ref> ==Honours== '''[[League of Ireland]]''' * [[Sligo Rovers F.C.\|Sligo Rovers]] – [[~~1976-77~~1976–77 League of Ireland\|1976–77]] '''[[FAI Cup]]''' * [[Finn Harps F.C.\|Finn Harps]] – 1974 Line 100 ⟶ 99: {{DEFAULTSORT:McGee, Paul}} [[Category:1954 births]] [[Category:~~Association~~Men's association football forwards]] [[Category:Athlone Town A.F.C. players]] [[Category:Ballymena United F.C. players]] Line 107 ⟶ 106: [[Category:Dundalk F.C. players]] [[Category:Eredivisie players]] [[Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in Canada]] [[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in England]] [[Category:Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands]] [[Category:Finn Harps F.C. players]] [[Category:Galway United F.C. (1937–2011) players]] Line 117 ⟶ 116: [[Category:Irish expatriate sportspeople in England]] [[Category:Irish expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands]] [[Category:Montreal Castors players]] [[Category:NIFL Premiership players]] [[Category:Kidderminster Harriers F.C. players]] Line 123: [[Category:League of Ireland XI players]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:~~People~~Association footballers from Sligo (town)]] [[Category:Preston North End F.C. players]] [[Category:Queens Park Rangers F.C. players]] [[Category:Republic of Ireland men's association footballers]] [[Category:Republic of Ireland men's international footballers]] [[Category:Republic of Ireland men's under-21 international footballers]] [[Category:Republic of Ireland men's youth international footballers]] [[Category:Republic of Ireland expatriate men's association footballers]] [[Category:Shamrock Rovers F.C. players]] [[Category:Sligo Rovers F.C. players]] ~~[[Category:Association footballers from County Sligo]]~~ [[Category:English Football League players]] [[Category:Toronto Italia players]] [[Category:Torquay United F.C. players]] [[Category:Waterford ~~United~~ F.C. players]] [[Category:Salthill Devon F.C. managers]] [[Category:Galway United F.C. managers]] [[Category:Canadian National Soccer League players]] [[Category:Republic of Ireland association football managers]]