Wayne Cooney (born 23 March 1968) is a former footballer who played in the League of Ireland during the 1990s.
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Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1968-03-23) 23 March 1968 (age 54) | ||
Place of birth | Birmingham, England | ||
Position(s) | Full back | ||
Youth career | |||
000?–1988 | Norwich City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1988–1992 | Shamrock Rovers | ||
1992–1994 | Dundalk | ||
1994–1995 | Bohemians | ||
National team | |||
1984–1986 | Republic of Ireland U19 | ? | (?) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Born in Birmingham, Cooney started his career at Norwich City before returning to Dublin to sign for Noel King's Shamrock Rovers side in 1988. He made his debut on 4 September [1] and became a popular figure with the fans in his 4 years at Rovers. He made a total of 127 appearances scoring 6 times for the Hoops.
He then moved to Dundalk. After a couple of seasons at Oriel Park, he became Turlough O'Connor's first signing for Bohemians where he scored his debut for Bohs on 3 January 1994 in a 2-0 league win over Cobh Ramblers.[2] He made 4 appearances in European competition for Bohs, all of them in the 1995 Intertoto Cup.
Cooney earned caps for the Republic of Ireland national under-19 team.