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Gary Heale
Personal information
Date of birth	15 July 1958 (age 66)
Place of birth	Canvey Island, Essex, England
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
	Canvey Island
Senior career*
Years	Team
1975–1978	Luton Town
1978–1982	Reading
1982–1983	Sparta Rotterdam
1983	San Diego Sockers
1983–1988	Tacoma Stars (indoor)
1988–1989	Los Angeles Lazers (indoor)
1989–1990	St. Louis Storm (indoor)
1989	Seattle Storm
1990–1992	Tacoma Stars (indoor)
1994–1995	Seattle Sounders
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gary John Heale (born 15 July 1958) is an English former professional footballer who played for teams in England, the Netherlands, and the United States.

Heale began his career in 1975 with Canvey Island. In 1978, he moved to Luton Town. After only one season, he was transferred to Reading, where he played until 1982.^[1] That year, he moved to Sparta Rotterdam in the Netherlands for the 1982–83 season. In 1983, he moved to the San Diego Sockers of the North American Soccer League.^[2] In the fall of 1983, he signed with the Tacoma Stars of the Major Indoor Soccer League. In 1987, he moved to the Los Angeles Lazers, then to St. Louis Storm. In 1988, he spent one season with the Seattle Storm in the Western Soccer League^[3] and the Seattle Sounders of the A-League. In 1994, he signed with the Seattle Sounders in the A-League.

He was the head coach of the Washington Premier FC Academy in Tacoma, Washington alongside Jimmy McAlister. They coached the team to the USSF National Finals taking fifth place. In 2018 he was named head coach of Premier Development League side Wake FC. He is also a coach in their youth program.^[4]