Stephen Kenny

Quick Facts

Full Name	Stephen Kenny
Occupation	Association Football Player
Date Of Birth	Oct 30, 1971(1971-10-30)
Age	53
Country	Ireland
Birth City	Dublin
Horoscope	Libra

Stephen Kenny Biography

Stephen Kenny is one of the most popular and richest Association Football Player who was born on October 30, 1971 in Dublin, Ireland. Stephen Kenny (born 30 October 1971) is a manager of football and former player, who is now director of the Republic of Ireland. He previously managed Longford Town, Bohemians, Derry City, Dunfermline Athletic, Shamrock Rovers and Dundalk. He is among the most successful managers in Ireland with 8 major awards in the name of Dundalk and boasts a vast knowledge of European competition.

After only three weeks of the game Kenny returned to the management of Derry City following the sacking of Gavin Dykes, and took the place of the interim manager, Peter Hutton. The time he has spent at Derry City was extremely successful, and he has been praised with turning a team struggling to avoid relegation during the year 2004, into one that was a contender to win the Premier Division title in 2005 which was a runner-up finish.

Following his departure from the League of Ireland, his contributions during the 2006 season were still recognised by eircom / Soccer Writers Association of Ireland (SWAI) who nominated the former Derry manager for their ‘Personality of the Year’ award on 13 December 2006.

Kenny was confirmed as the new Dunfermline Athletic manager on 10 November 2006 and took up his position on 18 November 2006 where he was to watch Dunfermline’s game against Dundee United from the stand An interview was done upon his arrival at the club by stv.

The summer of 1998 saw Kenny was the youngest coach to be appointed in National League history when he became the manager of Longford Town at the age of 26. He guided Longford to great success over his three-year tenure , as they gained promotion into the League of Ireland Premier Division as well as a place in the FAI Cup final and subsequently was selected for UEFA Cup.

Stephen Kenny Net Worth

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

Kenny was born in Tallaght and was in Tallaght throughout his first 18 years. He was a student at Our Lady of Loreto Boys National School and Old Bawn Community School. Kenny operated a profitable meat production company in the late 1990s, before he shifted to coaching football for a full-time.

In his playing career, Kenny spent two years at Belvedere as a youngster before joining St Patrick’s Athletic. In the absence of a game, he moved into Home Farm, playing just four fixtures during the League of Ireland First Division which was the League of Ireland debut on 13 March 1994.

In December 2001, Kenny left the midlands club and became manager of Bohemians. Taking over at Dalymount Park. Bohemians were then the champions of the Eircom League, having won the Double the previous season. However, the club was in something of a crisis, having parted ways with their league- winning manager, Roddy Collins, in the summer, his successor Pete Mahon struggling after an excellent start to the season. Kenny’s impact at Bohemians was immediate, as the side steadily moved away from the lower end of the league table and reached that year’s FAI Cup final. However, the season was to end in bitter disappointment, as Bohemians were beaten 2–1 by Dundalk FC, a club which had been relegated from the top flight the previous week. This was Kenny’s second FAI Cup final defeat in as many seasons. In the close season Kenny made some changes to the first team squad, and the 2002/2003 season saw Bohemians win the Premier Division title, leading from start to finish. The following season they finished runners-up to Shelbourne FC. In the 2004 season Bohemians began poorly and after 3 months found themselves in 3rd place. Kenny’s job was insecure and he was sacked on 27 July 2004, following Bohemians’ 3–1 home defeat in the UEFA Cup to Estonian side FC Levadia Tallinn. His league record at Bohemians was 49 wins in 96 games.

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After one year in charge, on 4 December 2007, Kenny was sacked as Dunfermline manager. Striker Jim McIntyre – injured for much of Kenny’s reign – took charge as caretaker of the club.

Facts & Trivia

Stephen Ranked on the list of most popular Association Football Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Ireland. Stephen Kenny celebrates birthday on October 30 of every year.

On 21 November 2012 Kenny was named as the new Dundalk manager on a two-year contract. In the 2013 season he guided Dundalk to second place in the league. The following season Dundalk won a double consisting of the League and League Cup.