Paul Gallacher

Paul Gallacher
Gallacher playing for St Mirren
Personal information
Full name Paul James Gallacher
Date of birth (1979-08-16) 16 August 1979
Place of birth Glasgow, Scotland
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Heart of Midlothian (goalkeeping coach)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2004 Dundee United 121 (0)
1999–2000Airdrieonians (loan) 9 (0)
2004–2007 Norwich City 31 (0)
2004Gillingham (loan) 3 (0)
2005Sheffield Wednesday (loan) 12 (0)
2007Dunfermline Athletic (loan) 13 (0)
2008–2009 Dunfermline Athletic 53 (0)
2009–2011 St Mirren 63 (0)
2011–2013 Dunfermline Athletic 46 (0)
2013 Ross County 1 (0)
2013–2016 Partick Thistle 37 (0)
2016–2017 Heart of Midlothian 0 (0)
Total 385 (0)
International career
1999–2000 Scotland under-21 12 (0)
2002–2007 Scotland B 5 (0)
2002–2004 Scotland 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Paul James Gallacher (born 16 August 1979) is a Scottish former professional footballer who currently is the goalkeeping coach for Heart of Midlothian. Gallacher made eight appearances for the Scotland national team between 2002 and 2004. He started his career at Dundee United and made 127 appearances for them over a seven-year period, and has also played for Airdrieonians, Norwich City, Gillingham, Sheffield Wednesday, Dunfermline Athletic, St Mirren, Ross County and Partick Thistle.

He is the son of Jim Gallacher, a goalkeeper who played in the Scottish Football League for 22 years, and the cousin of full-back Tony Gallacher, who was previously on the books of Liverpool.