Conor Gallagher


Conor John Gallagher is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chelsea.

Early and personal life

Gallagher was born in Epsom and attended Howard of Effingham School. His older brothers are also footballers, who played in non-league.
Gallagher's family are Chelsea fans, and he lived a 10 minutes drive from their training ground in Cobham.

Club career

After playing for Epsom Eagles, Gallagher joined Chelsea at the age of 8. In October 2018 he signed a new contract with Chelsea until 2021. He had minor heart surgery that year. In May 2019 he was an unused substitute in the 2019 UEFA Europa League Final, winning a winner's medal, and was also awarded Chelsea's Academy Player of the Year for the 2018–19 season.
In August 2019 he signed a new three-year contract with Chelsea and moved on loan to Charlton Athletic. After his first month with Charlton in which he scored 3 goals in 6 games, he won the English Football League's Young Player of the Month award for August 2019.
On 14 January 2020, it was confirmed that Gallagher had been recalled by Chelsea.
On 15 January 2020, Gallagher joined Swansea City on loan for the rest of the 2019–20 season. Gallagher later said that his time at Swansea allowed him to be more creative as a player.

International career

He has represented England at U17, U18, U19 and U20 youth levels, winning the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
On 8 October 2019, Gallagher received his first call up to the England U21 squad and made his debut on 11 October 2019 as a substitute during a 2–2 draw against Slovenia in Maribor.

Playing style

Gallagher has described himself as "best position is as a box-to-box midfielder I can play deeper and I can play attacking as well", and was described by Charlton manager Lee Bowyer as "an all-round midfielder. His work-rate is unreal, he puts his foot in for tackles and he can also see a pass". Gallagher's idol while growing up was Chelsea midfielder Frank Lampard.

Career statistics

Honours

Chelsea
England U17
Individual