Pat Walker (footballer)

Pat Walker

Personal information
Full name	Patrick Joseph Walker[1]
Date of birth	(1959-11-24) 24 November 1959 (age 64)
Place of birth	Carlow, Ireland
Position(s)	Right Back, Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1977–1982	Gillingham	51	(3)
1982	OTP Oulu
1982–1983	Bohemians	15	(0)
1983–1986	BK Häcken	15	(4)
1987–1991	GIF Sundsvall	40	(1)
International career
1977–1978	Republic of Ireland U21	2	(0)
Managerial career
1992–1993	Varbergs BoIS
1994–1996	Kalmar FF
2002–2004	GIF Sundsvall
2005–2007	Örebro
2008–2011	Sandefjord
2011	Assyriska FF
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Patrick Joseph Walker (born 20 December 1959)^[2] is an Irish former professional footballer.

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.^[2]

Walker earned two caps for the Republic of Ireland U21 side.^{[citation needed]}

Walker was coach of Varbergs BoIS,^[3] 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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[4]

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.^[5]

He is the father of footballers Kevin and Robert.^{[citation needed]}