Paddy McLaughlin (footballer, born 1979)

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Paddy McLaughlin
Personal information
Full name Patrick McLaughlin
Date of birth (1979-10-10) 10 October 1979 (age 45)
Place of birth Derry, Northern Ireland
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
Glenavon (manager)
Youth career
1997 Derry City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1997–2005 Derry City
2005–2007 Institute
2007–2008 Finn Harps
2008–2011 Coleraine
2011 Finn Harps
2011–2015 Institute
Managerial career
2015–2017 Institute (assistant)
2017–2019 Institute
2019–2023 Cliftonville
2023-2024 Derry City (assistant)
2024– Glenavon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Patrick McLaughlin (born 10 October 1979) is a Northern Irish football manager and former footballer who is manager at Glenavon.

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Beginning his career at Derry City, he went on to play with Institute, Finn Harps, and Coleraine. At 'Stute he served as club captain, leading them to promotion to the Premiership after winning the 2013–14 NIFL Championship.

He retired from playing in 2015 to take on the role of assistant manager under newly appointed Institute boss Kevin Deery. [1] He spent two years as assistant manager before succeeding Deery as manager following his resignation. [2]

In his first season as manager he guided 'Stute back to the top flight of Northern Irish football by winning the 2017–18 NIFL Championship.

After receiving much praise for his team's attacking playing-style during their Premiership return, McLaughlin found himself linked with the vacant managerial positions at a number of clubs including Coleraine, Derry City and Cliftonville.

On 4 February 2019 he was confirmed as the new manager of Cliftonville after being approached for the position 5 days prior. [3]

On 13 March 2022 Paddy McLaughlin guided his Cliftonville side to victory over Coleraine in League Cup final at Windsor Park, to win the club's sixth league cup victory and his first major trophy at football club.

Honours

Playing

Institute

Manager

Institute

Cliftonville

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References

  1. "A new era' at Institute Football Club as Kevin Deery takes hotseat". derryjournal.com. Johnston Publishing . Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  2. "Paddy McLaughlin appointed Institute manager following the departure of Kevin Derry". derrynow.com. Derry News . Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  3. "Paddy McLaughlin quits Institute to take over at Cliftonville". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
  4. "Institute promoted as champions". BBC. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  5. "McLaughlin hails players as Institute clinch promotion". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 April 2018.