| John Allen | |
| Birth Date: | 1964 11, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Chester, England |
| Position: | Midfielder |
| Currentclub: | TPS (U19 manager) |
| Years1: | 1981–1984 |
| Years2: | 1984–1985 |
| Years3: | 1985–1986 |
| Years4: | 1987–1988 |
| Years5: | 1989 |
| Years6: | 1989 |
| Years7: | 1990–1992 |
| Years8: | 1993–1994 |
| Years9: | 1995 |
| Years10: | 1996–1997 |
| Years11: | 1998 |
| Years12: | 1999 |
| Years13: | 1999 |
| Years14: | 2000–2001 |
| Clubs1: | Chester City |
| Clubs2: | Mansfield Town |
| Clubs3: | Huima |
| Clubs4: | MP |
| Clubs5: | Västra Frölunda |
| Clubs6: | Malmö FF |
| Clubs7: | MP |
| Clubs8: | RoPS |
| Clubs9: | TPS |
| Clubs10: | MYPA |
| Clubs11: | RoPS |
| Clubs12: | TPV |
| Clubs13: | KuPS |
| Clubs14: | Salpa |
| Caps1: | 79 |
| Caps2: | 2 |
| Caps3: | 40 |
| Caps4: | 47 |
| Caps5: | 8 |
| Caps6: | 5 |
| Caps7: | 80 |
| Caps8: | 49 |
| Caps9: | 26 |
| Caps10: | 36 |
| Caps11: | 26 |
| Caps12: | 18 |
| Caps13: | 4 |
| Caps14: | 37 |
| Goals1: | 5 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Goals3: | 10 |
| Goals4: | 10 |
| Goals5: | 1 |
| Goals6: | 1 |
| Goals7: | 8 |
| Goals8: | 13 |
| Goals9: | 8 |
| Goals10: | 6 |
| Goals11: | 4 |
| Goals12: | 1 |
| Goals13: | 0 |
| Goals14: | 2 |
| Manageryears1: | 2003–2008 |
| Manageryears2: | 2008 |
| Manageryears3: | 2009 |
| Manageryears4: | 2010–2011 |
| Manageryears5: | 2012–2014 |
| Manageryears6: | 2015–2016 |
| Manageryears7: | 2016–2018 |
| Manageryears8: | 2018 |
| Manageryears9: | 2019–2020 |
| Manageryears10: | 2020–2022 |
| Manageryears11: | 2022– |
| Managerclubs1: | TPS (assistant) |
| Managerclubs2: | TPS |
| Managerclubs3: | ÅIFK |
| Managerclubs4: | RoPS |
| Managerclubs5: | SalPa |
| Managerclubs6: | FC Jazz |
| Managerclubs7: | Inter Turku (assistant) |
| Managerclubs8: | Inter Turku |
| Managerclubs9: | Oskarshamns AIK |
| Managerclubs10: | TPS (Women's) (assistant) |
| Managerclubs11: | TPS (U19) |
John Allen (born 14 November 1964) is a Welsh-Finnish football player and coach. He is the head coach of the Under-19 squad of Finnish club TPS.
Allen started playing football at his local club Chester City. After a brief visit at Mansfield Town, he emigrated to Finland.[1] At MP he made his top flight debut in 1987. He made a total of 282 appearances and scored 50 goals while playing for RoPS, TPS, MYPA and TPV. As a player, he won the Finnish Championship, then known as Mestaruussarja, twice.
After retiring as a player he joined his former club, TPS, as an assistant coach in 2003. He took charge of the first team as a caretaker in 2008 after Martti Kuusela's dismissal.[2] After the appointment of Pasi Rautiainen in 2009, Allen became the manager of TPS's feeder club, ÅIFK as well as the youth teams of TPS.[3]
In November 2009 Allen signed a two-year contract with RoPS, then playing in the second highest division of Finnish football system.[4] After only one season with RoPS they gained promotion to Veikkausliiga after being crowned the champions of Ykkönen.
In October 2014 he was signed by FC Jazz.[5]
Allen joined Swedish team Oskarshamns AIK in December 2018, where he lasted as headcoach until April 2020.[6] In May 2020, he returned to TPS as an assistant coach of the club's women's team.[7]
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