Andy Kennedy (footballer born 1964)
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Andy Kennedy | ||
Personal information | ||
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Full name | Andrew John Kennedy | |
Date of birth | October 8, 1964 | |
Place of birth | Stirling, Scotland | |
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |
Playing position | Centre-forward | |
Youth clubs | ||
Sauchie Athletic | ||
Senior clubs1 | ||
Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
1982–1985 1985–1988 1987 1988–1990 1990–1992 1991 1992–1994 1994–1995 1995– |
Rangers → Seiko (Hong Kong) (loan) Birmingham City → Sheffield United (loan) Blackburn Rovers Watford → Bolton Wanderers (loan) Brighton & Hove Albion Gillingham Portadown Shelbourne Happy Valley |
15 76 (19) 9 (1) 59 (23) 25 (4) 1 (0) 42 (10) 2 (0) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
Andrew John "Andy" Kennedy (born October 8, 1964 in Stirling, Scotland) is a former Scottish professional footballer who played as a centre-forward.
His first professional club was Rangers, but he only made a few first team appearances for the Glasgow side before being loaned out to Seiko (Hong Kong) and then sold to Birmingham City in March 1985. His goals helped ensure the club's promotion from the Second Division, and in 1985–86, his first full season, he was the club's leading scorer, but with only nine goals for a poor side which failed to avoid relegation. In 1987 he joined Sheffield United on loan, and then moved to Blackburn Rovers, also in the Second Division, followed by Watford in 1990–91. A loan spell at Division Three Bolton Wanderers was cut short after one game when Kennedy sustained a back injury. in 1992 he joined Division Two club Brighton & Hove Albion, spending two seasons there before finishing his Football League career at Gillingham. Still only 30 years of age, he next tried his luck in Northern Ireland with Portadown, then Shelbourne, and then back to Hong Kong with Happy Valley.[1] In 2005 he coached on the Rangers Soccer Schools programme.[2]
[edit] Honours
- with Birmingham City
- Second Division promotion 1985.
[edit] References
Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Breedon Books. ISBN 1-85983-010-2.
- ^ Andy Kennedy. Walking Down The Manny Road (a Bolton Wanderers fansite). Retrieved on 2007-09-05.
- ^ Gers Launch Soccer Schools In Canada. Rangers F.C. (2005). Retrieved on 2007-08-20.
[edit] External links
Profile at Neil Brown's statistics site.
Persondata | |
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NAME | Kennedy, Andrew John |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kennedy, Andy |
SHORT DESCRIPTION | Professional footballer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1964-10-08 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Stirling, Scotland |
DATE OF DEATH | |
PLACE OF DEATH |