Brendan Kennedy

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Personal information
Brendan Kennedy
Full name	Brendan Kennedy
Date of birth	December 7, 1974
Place of birth	Dublin, Ireland
Height	6 ft 2 in / 1.88 m
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Kildare County FC
Youth clubs
-	Cherry Orchard
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
?? 2004 2005 2006	Dublin City Kildare County Dublin City Kildare County	?? (?) 11 (0) ?? (?) 28 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20 November 2006. * Appearances (Goals)

Brendan Kennedy (born December 7, 1974 in Dublin) is an Irish football player who is currently playing with Kildare County FC in the Eircom League First Division.

Kennedy is famously the brother of Mark Kennedy - the ex-Irish international and ex-Liverpool player (and Brendan's sponsor during the 2003 and 2004 seasons.) Brendan, a goalkeeper nicknamed "Ping", served a lengthy apprenticeship in junior football with clubs such as Cherry Orchard (for whom he scored an FAI Cup goal), Ashtown Villa and Moyle Park before entering the League of Ireland ranks with Dublin City F.C. in 2002, where he disputed goalkeeping duties with the veteran Robbie Horgan for the best part of four seasons. Kennedy won the eircom League First Division championship with City in 2003 but was abruptly discarded by newly-installed manager Roddy Collins in the late summer of 2004, whereupon he joined Kildare County, making 11 first-team appearances at the tail-end of that season.

He rejoined Dublin City in 2005, but appeared only sporadically in the latter part of the season, the on-loan Finn Harps goalkeeper James Gallagher being Dermot Keely's preferred custodian of the City goal. Kennedy was, however, recalled for the promotion/relegation play-off in which City triumped over Shamrock Rovers to once more gain admission to the Premier Division. Despite this, Kennedy was not offered a new contract at the end of the 2005 season.

His present stint at Kildare County began in December [1]. He has been consistent in between the post throughout the season. His performances included a penalty save against Limerick in a league match in September. He brings great experience to the team and has been rewarded with the captain's armband many times during the season.

Towards the end of the 2006 season Kennedy has been struggling to hold on to his place due to competition with the promising new keeper - John Flynn.

Kennedy was released from Kildare County at the end of the 2006 season.