Brian Kerr

Quick Facts

Full Name	Brian Kerr
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Mar 3, 1953(1953-03-03)
Age	71
Birthplace	Dublin
Country	Ireland
Birth City	Dublin
Horoscope	Aries

Brian Kerr Biography

Brian Kerr is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on March 3, 1953 in Dublin, Dublin, Ireland. Brian Kerr (born 3 March 1953) is an Irish football manager. Born in Dublin, Kerr grew up playing football and boxing. At the age of 13, he took his first coaching role with the Crumlin United under-11 side. Realising later that he didn’t have the talent to become a top player, he decided to focus on coaching. In 1986, he was appointed manager of the League of Ireland side St Patrick’s Athletic. In 1992, when the club was facing liquidation, Kerr was among the investors who raised IR£82,000 to help save the club. In December 1996, he left St Patrick’s to become the technical director of the Football Association of Ireland.

As financial troubles hit St. Pats, Kerr was forced to offload his star players and all bar John Treacy left by 1993. In 1992, with the club facing liquidation, Kerr was among a group of investors (many of whom re-mortgaged their houses) who raised IR£82,000 which helped save the club from extinction. Once again Kerr was left the job of rebuilding a totally new squad and once again he showed he was more than capable as St. Pats won the league again

1996. In December 1996, he shocked St. Pats by quitting to become technical director of the Football Association of Ireland. Kerr is still idolised by fans of St Patrick’s Athletic and most commentators attribute the further success the club have had largely down to the work started by Kerr.

The following year Kerr guided Republic of Ireland to an unprecedented double by winning both the under-16 and under-18 European Championships. No Irish team had ever won a major trophy before. A number of the players involved would go on to win full international caps, such as Richard Dunne, John O’Shea and Robbie Keane. In 1999, Ireland were knocked out of the World Youth Championships by hosts Nigeria on penalties in the quarter final. He again qualified Ireland for the 2003 World Youth Championships before taking up the position of manager of the senior national side.

The first two matches of Ireland’s qualification campaign for the 2004 European Championships in Portugal ended in defeat. The first was a 4–2 reverse away to Russia and the second a damaging 2–1 defeat at home to Switzerland. Mick McCarthy, who several months previously had taken the team to the knock-out stages of the 2002 World Cup, came under mounting pressure from fans and pundits alike and he resigned on 5 November 2002.

In December 1986, Kerr was appointed manager of League of Ireland side St Patrick’s Athletic. Kerr told reporters that as a fan of St. Pats, this appointment was a “dream come true”. Within 3 weeks Kerr had won his first senior trophy as St. Pats won the Leinster Senior Cup. It was the Inchicore side’s first trophy in a decade. Traditionally one of Ireland’s poorer clubs, Kerr immediately set about rebuilding the squad on a shoe string budget. He acquired several players from junior and schoolboy football (such as future international Curtis Fleming) and rescued others from reserve leagues. This included John McDonnell, who went on to become manager of the club himself. St. Pats drew 1–1 with Dundalk F.C. in the last game of the 1987/88 season when a win would have seen St. Pats gain their first league title since 1956. In 1990, Kerr led St. Pats to that long cherished league championship.

Brian Kerr Net Worth

Brian Kerr is one of the richest Association Football Player from Ireland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Brian Kerr 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was then invited by Liam Tuohy to manage Shamrock Rovers B side in 1974. Kerr managed the Irish Technical Schools team during this time. He was reserve team manager at Shelbourne in 1978 and after a stint playing for Bluebell United, he was appointed assistant manager at Shels in 1983. The following season, he moved to Home Farm.

Kerr coached under Liam Tuohy with the Irish youth side that reached the World Cup finals in 1985. He resigned in April 1986. Soon after he was appointed assistant manager at Drogheda United under Mick Lawlor (footballer) but left following Lawlor’s resignation in November 1986.

As part of his technical director remit, Kerr was manager of Republic of Ireland sides from under-16 to under-20 level. His first major tournament was the 1997 World Youth Championships. Kerr surprised many commentators by bringing 3 players from the League of Ireland but was proved correct when Republic of Ireland won bronze medals by finishing third. The undoubted star of the Irish team was Damien Duff.

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Despite the disappointment in failing to qualify, hopes remained high that Kerr would be able to lead the Irish team to the 2006 World Cup in Germany. Ireland were drawn in UEFA Group 4 – once again alongside Switzerland – but also with the formidable challenge presented by the 1998 World Champions France, with Israel, Cyprus and Faroe Islands rounding out the group. On 4 September 2004, the campaign got off to a positive start with a 3–0 home win over Cyprus, Clinton Morrison, Andy Reid and Robbie Keane the scorers. Four days later, Ireland returned to the scene of their previous campaign’s elimination as they took on Switzerland in Basel. This time they were able to claim a 1–1 draw after Clinton Morrison opened the scoring with Hakan Yakin restoring parity for the home side.

Facts & Trivia

Brian Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ireland. Brian Kerr celebrates birthday on March 3 of every year.

On 7 September 2005, Ireland welcomed France to Lansdowne Road. France were now a different proposition to the side that had drawn with Ireland in Paris the previous year and could now welcome back their first-choice players who had missed that game. Ireland produced a battling performance but, after 70 minutes and with the home side seemingly having run out of attacking ideas, they were powerless to prevent Thierry Henry’s wonder strike which curled past Given from 25 yards out. The result was a massive blow to Ireland’s qualification hopes and they now had to hope to win their remaining games – away to Cyprus and at home to Switzerland – while hoping other results went their way.

What teams did Brian Kerr manage?

Brian Kerr (Irish football manager) (born 1953), Irish football manager (Republic of Ireland national team, Faroe Islands national team) Brian Kerr (Scottish footballer) (born 1981), Scottish football player (Newcastle United, Motherwell, Hibernian, national team) and manager ( Albion Rovers )

Where in Dublin is Brian Kerr from?

Brian Kerr, former Ireland international soccer manager was born in Drimnagh Co. Dublin. His father Frank and mother Margaret were Belfast born.

How long did Brian Kerr manager Ireland?

Personal information
1986–1996| St Patrick’s Athletic
1997–2003| Republic of Ireland U16, U18, U20
2003–2005| Republic of Ireland
2009–2011| Faroe Islands

Who is Brian Kerr married to?

The Right Honourable The Lord Kerr of Tonaghmore PC
Nationality| British, Irish
Spouse| Gillian Widdowson
Children| 2
Alma mater| Queen’s University Belfast

Did Brian Kerr play football?

Brian Kerr was born in Dublin on 3rd March 1953. He played schoolboy football for the famous Dublin team Crumlin United but he never played at a high level as an adult. He did have stints with Shelbourne FC B’s and with Bluebell United.