Declan Devine

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Declan Devine
Personal information
Date of birth (1973-09-15) 15 September 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Derry, Northern Ireland
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Glentoran (manager)
Youth career
Ipswich Town
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1992–1995 Omagh Town 25 (0)
1995–1996 Glentoran 18 (0)
1996–1997 Derry City 5 (0)
1997–1998 Omagh Town 3 (0)
1998–2002 Institute 22 (0)
Total73(0)
International career
1994 Northern Ireland U21 1 (0)
Managerial career
2003–2006 Derry City (First Team Coach)
2006–2007 Dunfermline (First Team Coach)
2007–2012 Derry City (Assistant Manager)
2012–2014 Derry City
2015–2018 Northern Ireland U16
2019–2021 Derry City
2022–2024 Bohemians
2024– Glentoran
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Declan Devine (born 15 September 1973) is a Northern Irish football coach and former player who is manager of Glentoran in the NIFL Premiership.

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Devine has played for and managed his hometown club Derry City in the League of Ireland Premier Division.

Playing career

Devine began his career with Ipswich Town but was unable to make the breakthrough at Portman Road and returned home. Devine then plied his trade with a number of Irish League clubs as well as Derry City and won the Ulster Young Footballer of the Year Award in 1994 when playing for Roy McCreadie's Omagh Town side. Devine was capped right up to U-21 level with Northern Ireland, winning an U-21 cap in a 0–0 draw against Romania in 1994. [1]

He had success with Glentoran, helping them to defeat Glenavon in the Irish Cup final in the 1995–96 season. However, at the end of that season Devine moved to the Brandywell for a combined fee of £42,000 which included Liam Coyle, where he provided backup to Tony O'Dowd as Derry City went on to win the title. [2]

Managerial career

Having stopped playing at the end of the 2001–02 season, Devine became involved in coaching at an underage level. He returned to Derry City as the Youth Development officer in 2003 and was initially involved in the delivery of the community coaching and Football in the Community programmes which were run by the club at that time. The installation of former teammate, Gavin Dykes, as manager in 2003 meant a promotion for Devine and he took on the role of first team coach. Stephen Kenny opted to retain Devine as first team coach when he arrived at the club the following season, and the back room setup, including Paul Hegarty, guided Derry City to successive second-place finishes as well as success in the FAI Cup, League Cup and memorable European runs. Following this success, Kenny lured Devine to join him at Dunfermline Athletic when he left for East End Park and he was appointed first team coach there on 5 December 2006. [3] Devine described the move as a "massive wrench" but felt for personal reasons that he needed to move on. However, after Stephen Kenny's return to Derry City in late 2007, Devine, too followed him back to the club. He was instrumental in guiding the team to the First Division title and a third-place finish in the 2011 season. Following the departure of Stephen Kenny to Shamrock Rovers in December 2011, Devine was appointed manager of Derry City on 6 January 2012, beating off Willie McStay to land the post. [4] He agreed a two-year deal along with Paul Hegarty who was appointed as his assistant manager. In his first season in charge, the club finished 5th in the league, won the FAI Cup, and were runners-up in the Setanta Sports Cup. In the wake of this success, Devine signed a one-year contract extension to keep him at the club until the end of the 2014 season. [5] At the beginning of his second season in charge, after an opening day defeat to Sligo Rovers, Devine guided his team to a 10-match unbeaten run and top of the table until they were defeated again by Sligo in the second series of fixtures. Devine left by mutual consent at the end of the season despite having qualified for Europe and a 6–0 victory against Limerick. [6] Prior to the 2014 League of Ireland season, Devine was linked with the assistant manager post at champions St. Patrick's Athletic, however he turned this down in favour of becoming an underage coach in the Elite Performance Club NI scheme. Devine, along with former Derry City player Pascal Vaudequin, will work with youth players in the west of Northern Ireland. [7] He returned to managing Derry City in 2019, serving until 2021. [8]

Devine served as manager of Bohemians from October 2022 until March 2024. [9] [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "NIFG: Declan Devine". Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  2. ↑ "NIFG: Liam Coyle". Northern Ireland's Footballing Greats. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  3. ↑ "Devine joins Kenny at Dunfermline". BBC Sport. 5 December 2006. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
  4. ↑ "Declan Devine appointed new Derry City manager". BBC Sport. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "Devine signs new deal at Derry". Extratime.ie. Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  6. ↑ "Sligo quickly end Derry's stay at summit". Irish Examiner. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 8 May 2013.
  7. ↑ "Northern Ireland stars to get coaching exposure at a younger age". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  8. ↑ "Declan Devine makes winning return to Brandywell as Derry City open with victory". DerryJournal.com . 15 February 2019.
  9. ↑ "BOHEMIAN FC APPOINT DECLAN DEVINE AS MANAGER". BohemianFC.com .
  10. ↑ "Bohs and Devine part ways, Fenlon takes interim charge". RTÉ Sport . 10 March 2024.
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