Keith Long

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Keith Long
Personal information
Full name Keith Long
Date of birth (1973-11-14) 14 November 1973 (age 50)
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1990–1993 Stoke City 0 (0)
1993–1996 Dundalk 48 (1)
1996–2000 St Patrick's Athletic 59 (1)
2000–2005 Bray Wanderers 123 (0)
Total230(2)
Managerial career
2011–2012 Bray Wanderers
2014 Athlone Town
2014–2022 Bohemians
2023– Waterford
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Keith Long (born 14 November 1973) is an Irish football manager and former footballer. He is currently the manager of League of Ireland Premier Division team Waterford.

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Long is a former Bray Wanderers player, assistant manager and was previously caretaker manager before taking over in November 2011 from Pat Devlin. [1]

Long also played for Stoke City before joining Dundalk in 1993 and then St Patrick's Athletic before joining Bray Wanderers in 2000 where he played 138 games before retiring in 2005. [2]

His first league goal was the winner for Dundalk at Eamonn Deacy Park on 4 November 1995.

Long made a substitute appearance in the 1995–96 UEFA Cup at the Malmö Stadion [3]

On 29 April 2014, he was named as manager of Athlone Town. [4]

He could not prevent Athlone Town's relegation from the League of Ireland Premier Division and departed the club to become manager of Bohemians on 30 October 2014. [5] On 30 August 2022, a day after a 3–1 home defeat to St Patrick's Athletic, he was sacked by Bohs without winning a major trophy during his 8 years at the club. [6]

On 29 March 2023, Long was appointed manager of League of Ireland First Division club Waterford. [7]

Managerial statistics

As of maych played on 1 November 2024[ citation needed ]
TeamFromToRecord
GWDLWin %
Bray Wanderers 1 December 201115 September 2012337917021.21
Athlone Town 29 April 201425 October 20142441010016.67
Bohemians 30 October 201430 August 202229913363103044.48
Waterford 29 March 2023Present78391425050.00
Total43418396155042.17

Honours

As a player

St Patrick's Athletic

As a manager

Bohemians

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References

  1. "UCD 1 - 2 Bray Wanderers". Extratime.ie. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
  2. "Long named as Bray assistant manager". RTÉ Sport. 25 September 2006. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 14 November 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Keith Long appointed as Athlone Town manager | Goal.com". www.goal.com.
  5. "Bohs move quickly to appoint Long". 30 October 2014 via www.rte.ie.
  6. "Struggling Bohs part company with manager Keith Long". 30 August 2022 via www.rte.ie.
  7. "Waterford swoop to appoint Keith Long as new boss". 29 March 2023 via www.rte.ie.