Liam Kearney
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| Liam Kearney | ||
| Personal information | ||
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| Full name | Liam Kearney | |
| Date of birth | January 10, 1983 | |
| Place of birth | Conna, Ireland | |
| Playing position | Midfielder | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Cork City | |
| Number | 24 | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| Valley Rangers | ||
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
2003-2006 2006-2007 2007-Present |
Nottingham Forest Cork City Shelbourne Cork City |
10 (1) |
| National team | ||
| 2004-2005 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 7 (1) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Liam Kearney (born January 10, 1983, Ireland), is an Irish professional footballer who currently plays for Cork City in the Football League of Ireland Premier Division. Kearney plies his trade on the left wing. Liam has represented the Republic of Ireland U21 team on 7 occasions, scoring once.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Nottingham Forest
Liam Kearney joined Nottingham Forest from his youth club Valley Rangers. Whilst with Forest, Kearney appeared many times for several of the underage Irish national teams, from U16 to U20.
[edit] Cork City
Kearney returned to Ireland in 2003, joining Cork City. In 2004, Liam made his Republic of Ireland U21 debut against Italian oppostion. Liam won 7 U21 caps whilst with Cork. 2005 saw Cork City and Kearney embark on a campaign that would ultimately see them win the league title, and progress into the First Round of the UEFA Cup, having started as an unseeded side in the first qualifying round, eliminating FK Ekranas from Lithuania and the eventual Swedish champions Djurgårdens IF, before being knocked out by Slavia Prague. Liam left Cork City for Shelbourne in 2005 following Cork's title win.
[edit] Shelbourne
Kearney joined Shelbourne from the then league champions, Cork City, on a free transfer in January 2006. Liam was limited to few first team opportunities, making just 10 league appearances throughout the season, scoring once. Shelbourne manager Pat Fenlon agreed to a temporary freezing of Liam's contract whilst he took a few weeks away from football during the 2006 season to regain his hunger and focus. Kearney returned in time to take a left wing berth in a friendly against English Championship side Sunderland. Kearney failed to break into the first team upon his return, but was rewarded with his second league winners medal in two years, as Shelbourne clinched the title on the last day. He has described his time in Dublin as "disappointing."
[edit] Return to Cork City
Kearney departed Shelbourne on 22nd January 2007 to rejoin Cork City, signing a 2 year contract.
[edit] Honours
- League of Ireland Championship: 2
- Cork City - 2005
- Shelbourne - 2006
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