John Filan
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Filan warming-up with Sydney FC
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | John Richard Filan | ||
| Date of birth | 8 February 1970 | ||
| Place of birth | Sydney, Australia | ||
| Height | Script error: No such module "person height". | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1991 | St. George Saints | 52 | (0) |
| 1991–1992 | Wollongong Wolves | 23 | (0) |
| 1992 | St. George Saints | 0 | (0) |
| 1992–1993 | Wollongong Wolves | 6 | (0) |
| 1993–1995 | Cambridge United | 68 | (0) |
| 1995 | → Nottingham Forest (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| 1995–1997 | Coventry City | 16 | (0) |
| 1997–2001 | Blackburn Rovers | 64 | (0) |
| 2001–2007 | Wigan Athletic | 184 | (0) |
| 2006 | → Doncaster Rovers (loan) | 3 | (0) |
| 2008 | Sydney FC | 0 | (0) |
| Total | 416 | (0) | |
| International career | |||
| 1990–1992 | Australia U23 | 14 | (0) |
| 1992–1997 | Australia | 2 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
John Richard Filan (born 8 February 1970 in Sydney, Australia) is an Australian former football player.
As a player he was a goalkeeper from 1989 until 2008 and notably played in the Premier League for Coventry City, Blackburn Rovers and Wigan Athletic, having also been contracted without playing for Nottingham Forest in England's top division. He also played in the Football League for Cambridge United and Doncaster Rovers, and in his native country for St. George Saints, Wollongong Wolves and Sydney F.C.. He was capped three times by Australia.
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Club career
He played for St. George Saints and Wollongong Wolves in the old National Soccer League in Australia before moving to England to join Cambridge United in 1993, after an unsuccessful trial at Southampton.[1] In 1995 he signed for Coventry City, then moved on to Blackburn Rovers in 1997.
He joined Wigan Athletic in December 2001 for £600,000. Prior to the start of Wigan's debut season in the Premier League he had missed only one match for the club but was injured at the start of the 2005–06 season with Wigan's new signing Mike Pollitt taking his place in the side. Filan, however signed a new contract which kept him at the club until 2007. Seeing out his contract with Wigan, he was released at the end of the season. Whilst at Wigan he appeared as a substitute in the 2006 Football League Cup Final when Pollitt had to come off early in the first half with an injury.
International career
Filan was a member of the Australian team that competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. As he has an Irish passport through his ancestry, he once sought to play international football for Ireland. However, FIFA ruled against it in February 1999 because he had played for the Australian Olympic team.[2][3]
Coaching career
Filan returned to Australia in semi-retirement, resettling in his home town of Sydney. In August 2007 agreed terms with A-League side Sydney FC as backup to Clint Bolton,[4] however the deal fell through citing outside issues.[5]
Honours
- Blackburn Rovers
- Football League First Division Runner-up: 2000–01
- Wigan Athletic
References
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- ↑ FIFA rule Leeds must free players
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External links
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- 1970 births
- Living people
- Soccer players from Sydney
- Australian people of Irish descent
- Association football goalkeepers
- Australian soccer players
- Australian expatriate soccer players
- Australia international soccer players
- Olympic soccer players of Australia
- Footballers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Australian expatriates in the United Kingdom
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Premier League players
- The Football League players
- National Soccer League (Australia) players
- Blackburn Rovers F.C. players
- Cambridge United F.C. players
- Coventry City F.C. players
- Doncaster Rovers F.C. players
- Nottingham Forest F.C. players
- Sydney FC players
- Wigan Athletic F.C. players
- Wollongong City players
- St. George Saints players
- Blackburn Rovers F.C. non-playing staff
