John Caulfield (Irish footballer)
Personal information | |||
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Full name | John Caulfield | ||
Date of birth | 11 October 1964 | ||
Place of birth | New York City, United States | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1983–1985 | Athlone Town | 1 | (0) |
1985–1986 | Wembley | ||
1986–2001 | Cork City | 455 | (129) |
2001–2002 | Avondale United | ||
Managerial career | |||
2001–2002 | West Cork Schoolboys | ||
2002–2010 | Avondale United | ||
2010–2013 | UCC | ||
2013–2019 | Cork City | ||
2020– | Galway United | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
John Caulfield (born 11 October 1964) is a retired
Family
Caulfield was born in
His brother Daniel is Head of Track & Field at California Vulcans[6]
Playing career
Early years
While completing his third level education at
Cork City
Between 1986 and 2001, Caulfield played for Cork City, making his debut in a League of Ireland Cup game against Kilkenny City. Shortly after he scored the club's first hat-trick in a 3-2 win over Sligo Rovers on the 23rd of November 1986. Together with Pat Morley and Dave Barry, he subsequently became a prominent member of the City team that won the 1992–93 Premier Division, the 1997–98 FAI Cup, three League of Ireland Cups and eleven Munster Senior Cups. During this time Caulfield made 455 appearances for the club. This remains a club record. Caulfield is also the holder of several other club records including most starts (376) and most substitute appearances (79). Together with Pat Morley, he is the club's joint all-time top scorer with 129 goals.[3][7][8][9] He was also the
While playing for Cork City, Caulfield continued to live in
Gaelic football
As well as playing association football, Caulfield has also played Gaelic football at inter-county level. He initially represented Roscommon as a minor [8] but after moving to West Cork he played for St Mary's, Carbery and then for Cork at inter-county junior level.[2][9] In 1990, he was a member of the Cork team that won the Munster and All-Ireland Junior Football Championships. In the All-Ireland final on September 9 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh he scored 1–3 as Cork defeated Warwickshire 3–16 to 0–8.[13] He continued to play for St Mary's until 2007 and was subsequently part of the coaching staff that guided the club to the 2009 West Cork Junior A Football Championship.[9][14]
Coach/Manager
Early years
While still playing for
Avondale United
Between 2002 and 2010 Caulfield served as manager of Avondale United in the Munster Senior League. During this time Caulfield transformed Avondale into one of the leading intermediate clubs in the Republic of Ireland.[15] In 2004–05 Avondale reached the Munster Senior Cup. Caulfield was initially a player/coach at Avondale and in the semi-final he scored the opening goal in a 3–1 win over Clonmel Town.[16][17][18] With Caulfield in charge Avondale won the FAI Intermediate Cup in 2005–06 and 2006–07 and two Munster Premier Division titles in 2008–09 and 2009–10.[19][20][3][7][8][9]
UCC
Between 2010 and 2013 served as manager of University College Cork A.F.C., who like Avondale United, played in the Munster Senior League. Caulfield guided UCC to success in both the 2011 Collingwood Cup and in the 2011–12 MSL Senior First Division which saw them promoted to the Senior Premier Division.[21][22][8][23][3]
Cork City
On 5 November 2013 Caulfield was appointed manager of
In May 2019, Caulfield left his position as manager of Cork City after a disappointing start to the season in which the club picked up 13 points from their 14 league games.[32]
Galway United
In August 2020, Caulfield took over as manager of Galway United. United won the first five league games under his management as he guided the club to the promotion playoffs, however a loss to Longford Town saw the club remain in the Division for the following season. In 2021, after a sluggish start in which the club took just 9 points from the opening 9 league games, a strong finish to the season saw United finish 2nd behind Shelbourne. A home defeat to Bray in the playoffs saw the club again miss out on promotion. 2022 saw the club make the best ever start to a league season but a loss of form in the second half of the season resulted in a 3rd placed finish and another trip to the playoffs, this time Waterford FC ending the promotion hopes. He signed a new contract in September 2021 to bring him to the end of the 2023 season.[33]
- Stats
Stats shown below are for Premier Division, FAI Cup, League of Ireland Cup and Europa League games.
Team | Nat | Year | Record | ||||
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G | W | D | L | Win % | |||
Cork City
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2014 | 39 | 25 | 7 | 7 | 64% | |
Cork City
|
2015 | 43 | 24 | 12 | 7 | 56% | |
Cork City
|
2016 | 44 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 64% | |
Cork City
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2017 | 33 | 27 | 3 | 3 | 86% | |
Cork City
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2018 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 69% | |
Cork City
|
2019 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 27% | |
Galway United | 2020 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 62% | |
Galway United | 2021 | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 48% | |
Galway United | 2022 | 37 | 19 | 10 | 8 | 51% | |
Total | 269 | 160 | 55 | 54 | 59% |
Honours
Player
Association football
- League of Ireland Premier Division
- 1992–93: 1
- FAI Cup
- 1997–98: 1
- League of Ireland Cup
- 1987–88, 1994–95, 1998–99: 3
- Munster Senior Cup
- 1987–88, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01: 11
- League of Ireland B Division
- 1983–84: 1
- Individual
Gaelic football
Manager
- FAI Intermediate Cup
- 2005–06, 2006–07: 2
- Munster Senior League Senior Premier Division
- 2008–09, 2009–10: 2
- Munster Senior League Senior First Division
- 2002–03: 1
- League of Ireland First Division (1): 2023
- PFAI 2023 First Division Manager of the Year
References
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- ^ a b Lynch, Frank (1991). A History of Athlone Town F.C: The First 101 Years. Athlone: Arcadia.
- ^ https://calvulcans.com/staff-directory/daniel-caulfield/8
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- ^ a b c d e "A risk John just had to take". www.southernstar.ie. 5 March 2014. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
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- ^ ISBN 1-86223-135-4.
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- ^ "UCC's Historical Soccer Year". Student Sport Ireland. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
- ^ "Interview: John Caulfield, Cork City FC". uccexpress.ie. 4 November 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ "UCC connections with Cork City's bid for cup glory". sport.ucc.ie. 14 June 2007. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ "John Caulfield named as new Cork City boss". www.independent.ie. 5 March 2014.
- ^ "Caulfield: I can take City to a higher level". www.extratime.ie. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ^ "Cork set to name John Caulfield as manager later today". www.the42.ie. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
- ^ "Cork City make statement of intent beating Dundalk to win President's Cup". www.irishexaminer.com. 27 February 2016. Retrieved 7 March 2016.
- ^ "'You give your life to this' - John Caulfield savours winning sensation for Cork City". www.irishexaminer.com. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
- ^ "Caulfield proud despite going down 2-1 to Genk". www.irishexaminer.com. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
- ^ Sciaretta, Brian. "Two Yanks Making a Go of It in Irish Premier League". American Soccer Now. ASN. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
- ^ Sciaretta, Brian. "American John Caulfield Leads Cork City Revival". American Soccer Now. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- ^ "'The time is right' - John Caulfield and Cork City part ways after poor start to the season". Irish Independent. 1 May 2019. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "John Caulfield pens new deal with promotion-chasers Galway United". The 42. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
Sources
- Rebel Heart - John Caulfield : An Autobiography (ISBN 9781910827130)