Desi Curry

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Desi Curry
Personal information
Full name Desmond Curry
Date of birth (1960-09-19) 19 September 1960 (age 63) [1]
Place of birth Northern Ireland [2]
Managerial career
YearsTeam
200?–2009 Northern Ireland U16
2013 Northern Ireland U15
2018 Gibraltar (interim)

Desmond "Desi" Curry (born 19 September 1960) is a Northern Irish football manager, who is currently the General Manager of Glentoran F.C. since his appointment in summer 2022. He was the caretaker manager of the Gibraltar national football team between January and June 2018. He served as Technical Director for the Irish Football Association between 2009 and 2013, and Gibraltar Football Association from 2017 to 2022.

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Career

Curry played football at schoolboy level, representing Stranmillis University College's side while studying to become a P.E. teacher. [3] After graduating, he became the head of Physical Education at Laurehill Community College before managing youth teams part-time at Irish Football Association. [3]

In 2009, Curry, having previously managed Northern Ireland under 16 [4] for a number of years, was named IFA's Technical Director. [3] He was also manager of the under-15 side in 2013, [5] but left both his post as manager and Technical Director in August of that year. [6] He then worked with both FIFA and UEFA as a pro licence qualified consultant. [7]

On 10 January 2017, Curry was announced as Technical Director of Gibraltar Football Association. [8] On 20 February 2018, he was appointed interim manager of the national team after Jeff Wood left the post. [9] His first game in charge occurred on 25 March, against Latvia; a goal from Liam Walker granted a 1–0 win for the hosts, which was the nation's first ever official triumph at home. [10]

At the start of the 2022/23 season he was appointed the General Manager of Glentoran having left his role as Technical Director in Gibraltar in early summer 2022.

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References

  1. ↑ "Desi Curry". worldfootball.com. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  2. ↑ "Northern Ireland man Desi Curry helps Gibraltar FA create a little piece of history". Belfast Live. 29 March 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "TECHNICAL APPROACH – Desi Curry – Creating Gibraltar's football identity". The Gibraltar Magazine. 1 March 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  4. ↑ "Curry appointed to Irish FA role". BBC. 30 June 2009. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  5. ↑ "Desi Curry expecting 'tight match' against Malta". Belfast Newsletter. 19 June 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  6. ↑ "Curry exits post as IFA begin their restructure". Belfast Telegraph. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "FIFA and UEFA veteran is GFA's new Technical Director". Gibraltar Panorama. 11 January 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "GFA appoints Desi Curry as Technical Director". Gibraltar Chronicle. 10 January 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  9. ↑ "Jeff Wood no longer GFA national head coach". Gibraltar Chronicle. 20 February 2018. Archived from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  10. ↑ "Gibraltar 1–0 Latvia". Gibraltar FA. 25 March 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
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