Alan Sheehan — Career, clubs & managerial record
Alan Sheehan
Swansea City· EFL Championship · 
Republic of Ireland · Age 40
68/ 100
Developing / mixed
13th percentile of covered managers
Career snapshot
Age
40
14 SEP 1986
Appointed
30 SEP 2025
Tenure
1Y
1 year
Contractⓘ
Until 30 June 2028
Two-and-a-half-year agreement
Senior managerial experienceⓘ
1 year, 5 months
Since 1 FEB 2024
In coaching
2 years
Includes academy & assistant roles
Season: 2026/27Competition: EFL ChampionshipUpdated: Updated todaySource: GafferLens editorial review — appointment, contract and career dates manually verified to the 21 August 2026 baseline
Career summary
- Age
- 39
- Contract
- Until 2028
- Current club
- Swansea City
- Senior managerial experience
- 1 year, 5 months
- Total coaching experience
- 2 years
- Senior spells
- Not publicly confirmed
- Matches (recorded)
- Not publicly confirmed
- W–D–L (recorded)
- Not publicly confirmed
- Win rate / PPG
- Not publicly confirmed
Honours
None recordedHonours are listed only once verified against a licensed source.
Career record
GafferLens holds no verified senior managerial record for Alan Sheehan yet. Totals appear once a full-spell results record has been checked against a licensed source — development-team and coaching-pathway roles are never counted as senior management.
Club spells
Verified GafferLens chronology — classify spells in the admin to edit them live
Swansea City
CurrentFirst-team coach · 2023–2024
Match record for this spell is not yet verified.
Formation: 4-2-3-1Performance
Matches—Wins—Draws—Losses—Win rateNot publicly confirmedPoints per gameNot publicly confirmedGoals for—Goals against—Goal differenceNot publicly confirmedSampleDeveloping sampleTactical identity
Base shape (this spell)
4-2-3-1
Alternative formations
Not publicly confirmed
Phase analysis
- In possession
- 3-2-5
- Out of possession
- 4-4-2 mid-block
- Build-up
- Mixed build-up: short when available, direct when pressed
- Transitions
- Counter-press the first five seconds, then re-form the block
Career record
- Conclusion of spell
- Ongoing
Swansea City
Interim head coach · 2024–2024
Match record for this spell is not yet verified.
Formation: —Swansea City
Head coach · 2025–present
Match record for this spell is not yet verified.
Formation: —
- Senior management
- 1 year, 5 months
- Total management
- 1 year, 5 months
- Total coaching
- 2 years
- Current club tenure
- 1 year
Career passport
Shirts are original GafferLens club-identity visuals — not replica kits, badges or sponsors.
Methodology & data freshness
GafferScore 0.4 (provisional editorial) · tactical model 0.3 (prototype model) · rankings updated 2026-08-17. Form window: Last 10 competitive matches, recency weighted.
Updated today · Confidence MEDIUM · Source: GafferLens editorial review — appointment, contract and career dates manually verified to the 21 August 2026 baseline
Image credits
Visual: GafferLens generic Swansea City shirt — an original unbranded illustration using traditional club colours. No licensed photograph verified for Alan Sheehan (status: PLACEHOLDER).