Tony Cousins
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| Tony Cousins | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Tony Cousins | |
| Date of birth | August 25, 1969 | |
| Place of birth | Dublin, Republic of Ireland | |
| Playing position | Striker | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1988-1990 1990-1993 1992-1993 1993 1993-1996 1996-2002 2002-2003 |
Dundalk Liverpool Hereford United F.C. Middlesbrough Bohemians Shamrock Rovers Bray Wanderers |
? (?) 0 (0) 3 (0) ? (0) ? (0) 145 (46) ? (0) |
| National team | ||
| 1989-1992 | Republic of Ireland U21 | 6 (4) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 2006-2008 | Galway United | |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Tony Cousins (born 25 August 1969 in Glenview) is an Irish football (soccer) manager and former player. His last job was as manager of Galway United, having been appointed on 14 June 2006 and sacked on March 31st 2008.
Cousins has been involved in football full-time since he was sixteen when he joined Chelsea. He spent two years at Stamford Bridge and throughout a decorated career played for Dundalk, Liverpool, Hereford United, Middlesbrough, Bohemians, Shamrock Rovers and Bray Wanderers.
He made his League of Ireland debut for Dundalk at Waterford on the 25th of September 1988. After two years at Oriel Park during which he shared the PFAI Young Player of the Year in 1989/90 he signed for Liverpool. Due to injury he failed to make a single first team appearnce before getting a free transfer to Middlesbrough at the end of the 1992/93 season. After 3 appearances for Hereford he came home to sign for Bohemians where he scored 22 goals in 83 league games in 3 seasons.
He signed for Shamrock Rovers in the summer of 1996 making his debut against Hearts in a pre season friendly. His first of many goals for the Hoops came in a friendly win against Crewe. Three weeks later he scored his first competitive goal in a 2-2 draw against Shels in the League Cup. His first league goal came against Bray on the 13th of September 1996.
In his first season he was the joint league top goalscorer [1] and the following season he was Rovers top goalscorer with 15 league goals.
During the turbulent six years he had at Rovers he scored 46 goals in 145 league appearances and a total of 65 in 190 appearances including one goal in 2 appearances in Europe [2]
He spent one season with Bray Wanderers before retiring.
Tony was capped six times by the Irish Under 21 team scoring four goals.
He was appointed U-21 manager at Shamrock Rovers before becoming assistant manager under Liam Buckley in 2003. A year and a half before joining Galway United he was appointed assistant manager at Drogheda United.
Upon joining Galway United, Cousins said "I am impressed with the structures in Galway United and the ambition and talent that is in the club. I want to be part of taking that forward and I am looking forward to the challenge."
He was welcomed by the Galway United chairman John Fallon:
"There was a lot of interest in the position from many quality candidates but throughout the process one person stood out and we are delighted that Tony Cousins will take charge of the side for the next two and a half seasons.
"He has all the skills and experience to take this club forward and he shares our ambition in restoring Galway United as one of the top clubs in the country," said Fallon.
His contract runs out at the end of the 2008 season.
Older brother of Andrew Cousins.
[edit] Honours
- FAI Super Cup: 1
- Shamrock Rovers 1998
- PFAI Young Player of the Year:
- Dundalk - 1989/90
