Editing Gary Breen (section)

==Club career==
Breen was born in [[Hendon]], London, and began his professional career as a youth player at [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]], but never made a first-team appearance for the club. Instead, he moved to [[Maidstone United F.C. (1897)|Maidstone United]] where he played his first league game at age 17. After one full season with the club he joined [[Gillingham F.C.|Gillingham]] where he eventually became a first-team regular, prompting a £70,000 bid from [[Peterborough United F.C.|Peterborough United]].<ref name=pundit>[http://www.punditarena.com/football/english-football/jkeogh/now-gary-breen/  Where Are They Now? – Gary Breen, Pundit Arena ]</ref>

He only had one full season at Peterborough United, but did well enough to draw attention from [[Football League First Division|First Division]] [[Birmingham City F.C.|Birmingham City]], who paid £250,000 for him in February 1996. Less than 12 months after arriving at Birmingham, he was on the move again, to [[Premier League]] [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]] in a £2.5 million deal. He played for five full seasons at [[Highfield Road (stadium)|Highfield Road]], four in the top flight.<ref name=pundit/>

Following the 2002 World Cup, Breen was signed on a free transfer by [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]] by manager [[Glenn Roeder]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:TND1&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=132A8FD7A73B1358&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB57AB53DF815 |title=Roeder's ability persuades Breen to join West Ham |author=Pierson, Mark |newspaper=The Independent |date=30 July 2002 |access-date=4 November 2013}}</ref> but left the club after relegation from the top flight and only 18 appearances in all competitions.<ref name=WHU>{{cite web|url=http://www.westhamstats.info/westham.php?west=2&ham=767&united=Gary_Breen |title=Gary Breen |website=westhamstats.info |access-date=4 November 2013}}</ref> He was signed on a free transfer by his old Ireland manager [[Mick McCarthy]] for [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]].<ref name=WHU/>

Breen was subsequently signed by [[Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.|Wolverhampton Wanderers]] in a two-year deal, reuniting him again with McCarthy. He played almost all the club's games as they reached the play-offs in his first season at [[Molineux Stadium|Molineux]], scoring once, against [[Luton Town F.C.|Luton Town]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/6392561.stm |title=Luton 2–3 Wolverhampton |publisher=BBC Sport |date=3 March 2007 |access-date=5 February 2010}}</ref>

He was made Wolves' club captain for the [[2007–08 in English football|2007–08]] season,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/6934697.stm |title=Wolves name Breen as club captain |publisher=BBC Sport |date=7 August 2007 |access-date=4 November 2013}}</ref> but ended up missing several months through injury. He was involved in an after-match confrontation with his manager in March 2008.<ref>{{cite news |title=McCarthy and Breen in bust-up |newspaper=Express & Star |place=Wolverhampton |date=6 March 2008 |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/2008/03/06/mccarthy-and-breen-in-bust-up/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501233518/http://www.expressandstar.com/2008/03/06/mccarthy-and-breen-in-bust-up/ |archive-date=1 May 2009}}</ref>

In December 2008, he joined [[Barnet F.C.|Barnet]] as a player-coach.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bees land Breen |publisher=Sky Sports |date=1 December 2008 |url=http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11750/4577150/ |access-date=4 November 2013}}</ref> In July 2009 Breen signed a new contract to become player/assistant manager at the club.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/8141960.stm |title=Breen named Barnet assistant boss |publisher=BBC Sport |date=9 July 2009 |access-date=4 November 2013}}</ref>

On the ''[[Goals on Sunday]]'' programme on 6 September 2009, Breen revealed that he had agreed to move to [[F.C. Internazionale Milano|Inter Milan]] after the 2002 World Cup, but failed a medical.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bigredbench.blogspot.com/2009/09/gary-breen-and-inter-milan.html |title=Gary Breen and Inter Milan |date=7 September 2009 |access-date=14 July 2010}}</ref> Breen had also been linked with a move to [[FC Barcelona|Barcelona]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2003/feb/21/newsstory.sport1 |title=Gary Breen: Uppity of Upton Park? |date=21 February 2003 |access-date=14 July 2010 |location=London |work=The Guardian |first=Dan |last=Rookwood}}</ref> Breen left Barnet in June 2010.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.times-series.co.uk/sport/8224006.Gary_Breen_leaves_Barnet/ |title=Ex-World Cup star departs Underhill for new challenge |newspaper=Barnet & Potters Bar Times |date=17 June 2010 |access-date=4 November 2013}}</ref>

Breen was appointed first-team coach of Peterborough United in June 2013.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/22758956 |title=Peterborough United: Gary Breen becomes first-team coach |publisher=BBC Sport |date=3 June 2013 |access-date=4 November 2013}}</ref>