Glen Crowe

Glen Crowe (born 25 December 1977) is an Irish former professional football forward.

He was a prolific goalscorer in the League of Ireland Premier Division and has represented the Republic of Ireland national football team on two occasions.

Crowe previously played for Wolves, Bohemians, Shelbourne and Sporting Fingal.

Family Glen Crowe's grandad is Liam Crowe, who played football for the Irish Army, including a match against the Republic of Ireland national football team on 23 April 1944. Liam Crowe also played for Shamrock Rovers and won the FAI Cup in 1944. He also played for Shelbourne, St Patrick's Athletic, Dundalk and St James's Gate.

Club career Wolverhampton Wanderers Crowe began his career with local Irish side St Mochta's, joining the youth setup at the age of 7. Stella Maris showed an interest in Crowe for several years and he eventually signed for the club and played in the Dublin & District Schoolboy League. At the age of 17, Crowe spent time on trial with Division One side Wolverhampton Wanderers, attending three separate trials with the club before being offered a one-year YTS contract. He spent the majority of his first season at Molineux in the youth team but was handed his professional debut on 30 April 1996 as a substitute during a 3–0 defeat to Reading. In the following match, the final game of the 1995–96 season, Crowe started his first match for Wolves against Charlton Athletic in May 1996 and scored his side's only goal during a 1–1 draw. Bohemians romped to the 2008 Premier Division title by 19 points from their nearest challengers St Patrick's Athletic, and Crowe also scored in the FAI Cup Final as Bohemians won the trophy to complete a "Double". He scored against Rhyl F.C. in the 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup .

Crowe struggled for form during the 2009 season and found himself out of the starting XI on many occasions when Paddy Madden returned from his loan spell at Shelbourne. However Glen collected his first ever League Cup winners medal in the September as Bohemians beat Waterford United 3–1 at the RSC. And Crowe collected his fifth League winners medal (fourth at Bohemians) in November as they won the title.

Sporting Fingal Crowe was released by Bohemians in November 2009 after his contract expired. In January 2010, he signed for Sporting Fingal in advance of the club's first season in the League of Ireland top flight.

Crowe scored his 11th European goal at C.S. Marítimo in the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.

International career Crowe played for the Republic of Ireland national under-19 football team in the 1996 UEFA European Under-18 Championship finals in Luxembourg and was part of the squad for the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship in Malaysia. Due to the extreme humidity that they would encounter, Crowe and the squad trained in raincoats for a week at the University of Limerick to prepare for the tournament. He won his second cap for Ireland in April 2003, coming on as a late substitute in a 1-0 friendly international win against Norway at Lansdowne Road.

Honours

Club Individual PFAI Players' Player of the Year 2000–01, 2002–03: 2 SWAI Personality of the Year: 2000–01, 2002–03: 2 League of Ireland Player of the Year: 2000–01, 2001–02: 2 League of Ireland Premier Division Top Scorer 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03: 3 Bohemians League of Ireland Premier Division: 2000–01, 2002–03, 2008, 2009: 4 FAI Cup: 2001, 2008: 2 League of Ireland Cup: 2009: 1 Shelbourne League of Ireland Premier Division: 2006 Republic of Ireland FIFA World Youth Championship: Third Place: 1997

Records At the end of the 2020 League of Ireland season Crowe is seventh in the all-time League of Ireland goalscoring list with 159 league goals He became the first League of Ireland player to be capped by Ireland for 16 years in November 2002. Crowe is Bohemians all-time leading league goalscorer with 133 goals Crowe is Bohemians all-time leading FAI Cup goalscorer with 22 goals Crowe is Bohemians all-time leading goalscorer in European football.