Kenny Shiels

Quick Facts

Full Name	Kenny Shiels
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Apr 27, 1956(1956-04-27)
Age	68
Birthplace	Maghera
Country	Northern Ireland
Birth City	Maghera
Horoscope	Taurus

Kenny Shiels Biography

Kenny Shiels is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on April 27, 1956 in Maghera, Maghera, Northern Ireland. Kenny Shiels (born 27 April 1956 in Magherafelt) is a Northern Irish football player and manager, who is currently the manager of the Northern Ireland women’s national team. He spent all of his playing career at different levels in the Irish Football League.

According to the official club website Shiels was manager of Moyola Park from January 1999 to December 2000, although these dates overlap in part with his time at Coleraine. Nonetheless Shiels was in charge of the club and even signed a youthful Ivan Sproule for them.

Shiels next appointment was at Ballymena United, where he was confirmed in the managerial chair on 2 January 2001. The club were battling relegation and ultimately Shiels was unable to prevent the club from dropping down at the end of the season. Shiels responded by making a number of big name signings, including Tommy Wright, Paul Beesley and Liberian international Leon Browne, but none of them proved a success and the club finished in fifth place. The club improved significantly in the 2002–03 season, although ultimately they managed only second place in the First Division, as well as the Ulster Cup and the Country Antrim Shield. The league position was enough to ensure promotion, although the club had led the table until near the end when Dungannon Swifts took over at the top. With Nigel Jemson added to the side Shiels’ Braidmen proved a hit in the top flight, finishing sixth and qualifying for the Intertoto Cup. Shiels again signed some big names, bringing in Rory Hamill, Gary Smyth, Gordon Simms and Tim McCann but the club failed to make any headway. He was sacked as manager on 4 May 2005.

Shiels took charge of Larne for the 2005–06 season and took the club to two cup semi-finals, but his full-time job with the IFA meant that he was unable to fully devote his time to the club and so he stood down at the end of the season.

Shiels left Carrickfergus in December 1994 to take charge of Coleraine. The 1994–95 season ended in relegation for Coleraine after the previously unitary Irish League split into a new two division set-up, Coleraine placed in the eight team First Division below the Premier Division). The season was only three games old when Shiels, who had managed the club for only thirteen games in total, was sacked by a group of club directors. Two days later he was asked to return for a single match and then following this the board decided to endorse Shiels’ management for the rest of the season. Securely in charge, Shiels led the club to an 8–0 drubbing of Newry Town in the next match, the second of what proved to be a twenty match unbeaten league run. With his younger brother Sammy Shiels, who had played under Kenny Shiels’ management at Carrick, leading the line in scoring 25 league goals, Coleraine won the title, and thus promotion, a full fifteen points ahead of runners-up Ballymena United. The club would also win the inaugural Irish News Cup, a competition for Irish League and League of Ireland clubs in North-West Ireland, that same season.

Kenny Shiels Net Worth

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

Shiels third spell at Tobermore United was as player-manager and whilst in charge at the club Shiels won the prestigious North West Senior Cup in the 1989–90 season, as well as the North West Intermediate Cup in 1988–89 and 1989–90.

Shiels got his first league appointment in 1992 when he took charge of Carrick Rangers, his first Irish League side. “King Kenny”, as he became known at Taylors Avenue, proved a success at the club, winning the County Antrim Shield and securing a mid-table finish for the generally struggling seaside club.

The following season began with the Ulster Cup and Coleraine underlined their credentials by winning this competition. They carried their form into the league, with Shiels’ men sitting top of the league after eight matches. The club remained in the hunt for the league title until the end of the season when they were pipped for the honours by Crusaders. This was to be the high- water mark of Shiels’ time at Coleraine as the club began to slip back into a more mid-table position, despite some comparatively heavy investment in playing staff. During the 1999–2000 season, things came to a head when the club lost consecutive matches to Limavady United in the Gold Cup and Linfield in the league, causing Shiels to tender his resignation.

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After Mixu Paatelainen left Kilmarnock to become manager of the Finland national football team, Shiels became caretaker manager. His first game in charge was a goalless draw with St Johnstone on 2 April 2011.

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Kenny Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Northern Ireland. Kenny Shiels celebrates birthday on April 27 of every year.

On 18 March 2012, Shiels’ Kilmarnock side travelled to Hampden Park for the League Cup Final, where they upset the odds by beating Celtic 1–0, with Dieter van Tornhout scoring the crucial goal in the 83rd minute. Killie’s joy was tempered by the death of Liam Kelly’s father, Jack, who suffered a fatal heart attack at the final whistle of the game. On the win, Shiels stated the team “are thinking more about Liam (Kelly) than our triumphalism”. He then told BBC Scotland’s Jonathan Sutherland, winning the cup is “unbelievable”, in addition “a great emotion” for the Kilmarnock’s supporters. Following his side’s historic cup win, Shiels announced his intention to stay at the club, having a rejected a move from an English club in the past week. A week later, on 22 May 2012, Shiels signed a two-year contract extension.

What did Kenny Shiels say?

Northern Ireland boss Kenny Shiels apologises after saying women are more emotional than men. Northern Ireland boss Kenny Shiels has apologised for his post-match comments after the 5-0 loss to England in which he described women as being “more emotional than men”.

Who is Northern Ireland women's football manager?

Kenny Shiels

Is Ireland a country?

The island of Ireland comprises the Republic of Ireland, which is a sovereign country , and Northern Ireland, which is part of the United Kingdom.

Why is there Ireland and Northern Ireland?

Northern Ireland was created in 1921, when Ireland was partitioned by the Government of Ireland Act 1920, creating a devolved government for the six northeastern counties. The majority of Northern Ireland’s population were unionists, who wanted to remain within the United Kingdom.

What age is Kenny Shiels?

66 years (April 27, 1956)