{{short description|Scottish footballer}} {{For|the baseball player|Allen Russell}} {{Use British English|date=April 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Allan Russell | image = | fullname = Allan John Russell<ref>{{Hugman|25192|accessdate=17 April 2017}}</ref> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1980|12|13}} | birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland | height = | position = Midfielder, forward | currentclub = | youthyears1 = 1990–1997 | youthclubs1 = Rangers | years1 = 1997–1999 | clubs1 = Hibernian | years2 = 1999–2003 | clubs2 = Hamilton Academical | caps2 = 65 | goals2 = 13 | years3 = 2003–2005 | clubs3 = St Mirren | caps3 = 51 | goals3 = 9 | years4 = 2005 | clubs4 = Macclesfield Town | caps4 = 13 | goals4 = 2 | years5 = 2005–2006 | clubs5 = Mansfield Town | caps5 = 18 | goals5 = 2 | years6 = 2006–2007 | clubs6 = Forest Green Rovers | caps6 = 19 | goals6 = 4 | years7 = 2007 | clubs7 = Partick Thistle | caps7 = 14 | goals7 = 1 | years8 = 2007–2008 | clubs8 = Airdrie United | caps8 = 32 | goals8 = 19 | years9 = 2008–2010 | clubs9 = Kilmarnock | caps9 = 25 | goals9 = 4 | years10 = 2010–2011 | clubs10 = Carolina RailHawks | caps10 = 30 | goals10 = 5 | years11 = 2012–2014 | clubs11 = Orange County Blues FC | caps11 = 55 | goals11 = 8 | totalcaps = 322 | totalgoals = 67 | manageryears1 = 2017–2021 | managerclubs1 = England (attacking coach) | manageryears2 = 2021–2022 | managerclubs2 = Aberdeen (assistant) | manageryears3 = 2022–2023 | managerclubs3 = Norwich City (set-piece coach) | manageryears4 = 2022 | managerclubs4 = Norwich City (caretaker) }} '''Allan John Russell''' (born 13 December 1980) is a Scottish former professional footballer who was most recently a set-piece coach for {{English football updater|NorwichC}} club Norwich City.
==Playing career==
===Scotland and England=== Born in Glasgow, Russell began his career in 1999 with Hamilton Academical, making over sixty league appearances over a four-year period. In 2003, Russell began a two-year spell with St Mirren before moving to English side Macclesfield Town in early 2005. Russell's stay at Macclesfield lasted only a few months and he moved on to Mansfield Town at the start of the 2005–06 season.
Russell returned to Scotland with Partick Thistle in January 2007. At Partick he scored once; his goal coming in a 1–0 win over Livingston.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/scot_div_1/6362339.stm |title=Livingston 0-1 Partick Thistle |publisher=BBC |date=17 February 2007 |access-date=30 August 2016}}</ref> Russell began the 2007–08 season with Airdrie, where a December 2007 ''Player of the Month'' award and his goalscoring form – by February 2008 he had already scored more than any previous season – attracted interest from Scottish Premier League sides Kilmarnock and Dundee United.<ref name="killie">{{cite news|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/k/kilmarnock/7221396.stm|title=Killie fail in deadline-day bids|access-date=1 February 2008|publisher=BBC Sport | date=1 February 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080208105534/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/k/kilmarnock/7221396.stm| archive-date= 8 February 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://sport.scotsman.com/football/Russell-catches-Levein39s-eye-with.3834809.jp|title=Russell catches Levein's eye with two-goal display|author=Marwick, Bill|access-date=3 March 2008|work=The Scotsman }}</ref>
In May 2008, Russell netted the Scottish Football League Second Division Player of the Year award having scored 28 goals in a record breaking season and was eventually signed by Scottish Premier League side Kilmarnock signing a two-year deal.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/k/kilmarnock/7401013.stm|title=Kilmarnock seal Russell transfer|access-date=14 May 2008 |work=BBC News | date=14 May 2008| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080517221616/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/k/kilmarnock/7401013.stm| archive-date= 17 May 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref> He left Kilmarnock after the expiry of his contract in 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/k/kilmarnock/8762797.stm |last=Wilson |first=Fraser |title=Allan Russell backs Mixu Paatelainen to fix Kilmarnock |publisher=BBC Sport |date=25 June 2010 |access-date=25 June 2010| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100628150202/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/k/kilmarnock/8762797.stm| archive-date= 28 June 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>
===United States=== Russell signed for Carolina RailHawks on 23 July 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.carolinarailhawks.com/article/railhawks-acquire-scottish-forward |title=RailHawks Acquire Scottish Forward |publisher=Carolina RailHawks FC |date=23 July 2010 |access-date=29 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923200557/http://www.carolinarailhawks.com/article/railhawks-acquire-scottish-forward |archive-date=23 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He stayed with the club through the 2011 season winning the 2010 and 2011 NASL league Championships. He then signed with Los Angeles Blues of the USL Pro Division on 8 December 2011, who later changed franchise name to Orange County Blues.
Russell captained Orange County Blues for a time, playing both as a defensive midfielder and as a striker.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://uslpro.uslsoccer.com/home/584628.html |title=Blues Sign Scottish Striker |publisher=United Soccer Leagues |date=8 December 2011 |access-date=9 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527230811/http://uslpro.uslsoccer.com/home/584628.html |archive-date=27 May 2012 }}</ref>
==Coaching career== In March 2017, Russell joined the England coaching staff as their striker coach.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Northcroft |first1=Jonathan |title=England's model coach giving strikers a helping hand |url=https://www.thetimes.com/sport/football/article/englands-model-coach-giving-strikers-a-helping-hand-jqrl6cdqg |access-date=14 October 2020 |work=The Times |date=24 June 2018}}</ref> During the 2018 FIFA World Cup, he earned particular praise for his work on the England team's set pieces, after a well-choreographed goal in their game against Panama.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jun/25/england-set-pieces-world-cup Gareth Southgate praises Allan Russell for England's set-piece success] The Guardian. 25 June 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.</ref>
Russell was appointed assistant first team coach at Aberdeen in April 2021, initially combining the role with his England duties.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Media |first1=AFC |title=ALLAN RUSSELL JOINS NEW MANAGEMENT TEAM |url=https://www.afc.co.uk/2021/04/01/allan-russell-joins-new-management-team/ |access-date=3 April 2021 |work=Aberdeen F.C |date=2 April 2021}}</ref> He left his consultancy position with England a month later, after he admitted allowing his younger brother to drive while uninsured.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57109401 |title=Aberdeen's Allan Russell leaves England set-up after 'serious error of judgement' |first=Clive |last=Lindsay |website=BBC Sport |date=13 May 2021 |accessdate=14 May 2021}}</ref>
When Dean Smith was terminated as manager of Championship club Norwich City in December 2022, Russell and the club's Head of Football Development, Steve Weaver were announced as the now co-head coaches on an interim basis a few months after Russell was appointed their set-piece coach, the club's December 2022 statement confirms. Russell then became the set piece coach for Norwich. In March 2023, Russell and Norwich parted ways and they agreed to a mutual termination of his contract.
==Personal life== In January 2023, Russell began dating American actress and singer Jana Kramer, and the couple subsequently moved to Franklin, Tennessee. On May 25, 2023, it was confirmed the two were engaged after six months of dating.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=DeSantis|first=Rachel|title= Jana Kramer Is Engaged to Allan Russell After 6 Months of Dating: 'I Know He's My Person'|url=https://people.com/jana-kramer-engaged-allan-russell-after-six-months-of-dating-7504261|date=May 25, 2023|access-date=July 13, 2023|magazine=People!}}</ref> On June 8, 2023, the couple confirmed via Instagram that they are expecting their first child together.<ref>{{cite news|last=Carras|first=Christi|title= Jana Kramer expecting first child with fiancé Allan Russell: 'It's been hard to hide'|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-06-08/jana-kramer-pregnant-baby-fiance-allan-russell|date=June 8, 2023|access-date=July 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230713081850/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2023-06-08/jana-kramer-pregnant-baby-fiance-allan-russell|archive-date=July 13, 2023|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times}}</ref> Kramer gave birth to a son, Roman James Russell, on November 13, 2023. Russell and Kramer were married in Scotland on 13 July 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CzpOhd0rEZR/?img_index=1 |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=www.instagram.com}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Soccerbase}}
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