Tommy Dunne (footballer, born 1972)

Tommy Dunne (born 27 April 1972 in Dublin) is a former footballer. He most lately was the manager of SJK Akatemia in the Finnish second division, Ykkonen.

Tommy Dunne
Dunne at a press conference in 2015
Personal information
Full name Thomas Dunne
Date of birth (1972-04-27) 27 April 1972
Place of birth Dublin, Ireland
Position(s) Centre back
Team information
Current team
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Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1991 Home Farm 5 (0)
1991–1993 Dundalk 37 (1)
1993–1995 Shelbourne 52 (3)
1995–1997 Derry City 46 (2)
1997–2002 Shamrock Rovers 107 (1)
2002–2003 Kildare County 4 (0)
2005–2007 TP-Seinäjoki 21 (2)
International career
1992–1995 Republic of Ireland U21 5 (0)
Managerial career
2005–2007 TP-Seinäjoki
2008 SJK
2009 Cork City (assistant)
2010–2013 Cork City
2013–2016 Galway United
2019–2020 SJK (U20)
2019–2020 SJK Akatemia
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Dunne played for the Republic of Ireland national under-19 football team in the 1990 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship finals in Hungary. He also played in the 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship .[1]

A full back, Tommy made his League of Ireland debut for Home Farm against Longford Town on 25 November 1990. In February 1991 he joined Dundalk where he stayed until 1993 when he joined Shelbourne. After 3 years he joined Derry City where he won the League Championship.

Dunne joined Shamrock Rovers in 1997 where he stayed for 5 years making 2 appearances in European competition. His father Theo won the FAI Cup with Shels in 1960 and was assistant manager at Glenmalure Park from 1974 to 1976.

Management career

Dunne managed TP-Seinäjoki in Finland for three years.

Dunne was assistant manager to Paul Doolin at Cork City in 2009.

In February 2010, he was named as the manager of Cork City.[2]

Tommy Dunne is the son of former Shamrock Rovers Player and Coach Theo Dunne and is the first cousin of Ireland international and Aston Villa defender Richard Dunne.

On 3 August 2013 after a bad run of results Cork City released a statement reading; "Cork City FC and first team manager Tommy Dunne have parted company with immediate effect."[3]

Dunne was appointed manager of Galway United on 26 November 2013.[4] Tommy Dunne got Galway promoted to Premier Division in his first season in charge and guided United to the EA Sports Cup final, losing narrowly to St.Pats on penalties.

Tommy Dunne was sacked as Manager of Galway United on 29 September 2016 after Galway were defeated 5-3 by Cork City in Turners Cross, managerless Galway United were subsequently beat 5-0 by Cork City a few days later in Eamonn Deacy Park. Galway Utd were relegated to first division thereafter in 2017.[5]

On 30 January 2019, Dunne returned to SJK as an academy coach.[6] He was later promoted to manager of the club's U20 team. In August 2019 it was confirmed, that also would take charge of SJK Akatemia alongside his position as U20 manager.[7] On 13 November 2020 he left the club.[8]

Honours

Player
Derry City
Shelbourne
Shamrock Rovers

Manager
Cork City

References
  1. "Dunne statistics". FIFA Website. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  2. "Dunne appointed as manager at Cork". RTÉ Sport. 24 February 2010. Retrieved 24 February 2010.
  3. "Cork City end Dunne's reign as manager". RTÉ Sport. 3 August 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  4. "Dunne appointed as Galway boss". RTÉ Sport. 26 November 2013. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  5. McDonnell, Damiel (29 September 2016). "Galway United have parted company with manager Tommy Dunne". independent.ie. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
  6. Thomas Dunne SJK Akatemian valmennusryhmään, sjk.fi, 30 January 2019
  7. Thomas Dunnen komennossa lauantaina, sjk.fi, 23 August 2019
  8. "SJK kiittää seuran jättäviä pelaajia ja valmennusryhmän jäseniä". sjk.fi/ (in Finnish). Seinäjoen Jalkapallokerho. 13 November 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.

Sources
  • The Hoops by Paul Doolan and Robert Goggins (ISBN 0-7171-2121-6)
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