Marc Kenny

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Marc Kenny
Personal information
Full name Marc John Kenny
Date of birth (1973-09-17) 17 September 1973 (age 50)
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1984–1991 Home Farm
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1991–1993 Liverpool 0 (0)
1993–1995 Bangor 32 (6)
1995–1996 Glenavon 6 (0)
1996–2003 Shamrock Rovers 162 (26)
2003 Kildare County 11 (2)
2004 Shamrock Rovers 5 (0)
2004 Dublin City F.C. 14 (1)
2005 Monaghan United 15 (0)
2005 Shamrock Rovers 14 (0)
Total259(35)
International career
1990 Republic of Ireland U17 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marc Kenny (born 17 September 1973) is an Irish former footballer.

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Kenny was captain of the Home Farm schoolboys team that got into the Guinness Book of Records for going six seasons without a defeat. [1]

A Republic of Ireland national under-17 football team international after three seasons at Liverpool he came home to play three seasons in the IFA Premiership with Bangor F.C. and Glenavon F.C.

He made his League of Ireland debut for Shamrock Rovers at Finn Harps on 12 October 1996.

A week later he scored on his full debut against Bohs in a 3-2 victory in Tolka Park.

He scored a memorable free kick against Glasgow Celtic in July 1998. [2]

Kenny left Rovers before the 2005 League of Ireland season. [3]

His last League of Ireland game was at Tolka Park in November 2005 as Rovers were relegated for the first time in their history. [4]

A tremendous free kick taker, Marc's connections to Rovers went back much further as older brother Harry Kenny spent 13 seasons at the club.

He now works as a Football In Community Development Officer for the Football Association of Ireland and coaches Phoenix F.C. in the Leinster Senior League (soccer). [5]

Kenny played in the 1990 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship qualifiers and the 1992 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship qualifiers.

European football

His first European game was for Bangor F.C. against APOEL in the 1993-94 European Cup Winners' Cup. His free kick led to Bangor's opener. In the second leg his corner led to Mark Glendinning's finish in Cyprus.

He was the only Glenavon player carded in the clash at Werder Bremen in the 1995-96 UEFA Cup.

For Rovers his free kick led to Derek Tracey's goal at Altayspor in the 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup. In the home leg he was sent off. [6]

Honours

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References

  1. ↑ Scott, Eamon (9 December 2008). "Home Farm honour '203 club' members". Herald.
  2. ↑ "Battling Rovers performance in Tolka". Shamrock Rovers FC. 7 July 2002. Archived from the original on 22 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "Kenny leaves Rovers". Breaking News.
  4. ↑ "Eircom League Play Off - Tolka Park - 25.11.05 - ko 7.45pm". Shamrock Rovers FC. 12 July 2012. Archived from the original on 3 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Unnamed user Profile Page". Football Association of Ireland. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011.
  6. ↑ "Rovers pipped at post". The Irish Times. 29 June 1998.
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