Ray Kenny

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Ray Kenny
Personal information
Full nameRaymond Noel Kenny
Date of birth (1973-12-11) 11 December 1973
Place of birthDublin, Ireland
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing positionDefender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1995-2000Bray Wanderers75(6)
2000–2001Kilkenny City5(0)
2001–2003Finn Harps74(4)
2003-2005Kildare County86(2)
2006Shamrock Rovers26(1)
2007–2008Bray Wanderers38(1)
2009Longford Town25(2)
Total329(16)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Ray Kenny (born 11 December 1973 in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland) is an Irish football defender, currently playing for Arklow Town in the Leinster Senior League.

Biography

Ray signed for Bray Wanderers from TEK United in 1995 and won the Shield and First Division title in his first season with the Club. He picked up a First Division runners-up medal in 1997/98 and despite missing most of the 1998/99 season he returned to play in all three games of the 1999 FAI Cup Final against Finn Harps (wore shirt no 15 for the matches). He played in Bray's two UEFA Cup games in August 1999.

He joined Kilkenny City in 2000-01, however his stay was short as he moved to Finn Harps with Graham O'Hanlon moving the other way.

Ray joined Kildare County from Finn Harps in the 2003 season. He was appointed team captain for 2004 and was named in the Professional Footballers Association of Ireland Division One team of the year. He made 101 appearances for Kildare his 101st arriving against Limerick F.C. in 2005. Ray was Kildare County's Player of the Year in 2004 .

He moved to Shamrock Rovers in 2006 making a total of 31 appearances in all competitions. With Rovers he won the First Division in 2006 and also made an appearance on a Futbol Mundial piece about Rovers in July 2006 .

Ray moved back to Bray Wanderers for the 2007 season. In February 2009 he signed for Longford Town before leaving at the end of the 2009 season.

Honours

    • Player of the Year:
    • Kildare County - 2004

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    Preceded by
    Damien Brennan
    Kildare County Senior Player
    2004
    Succeeded by
    Ger O’Brien
    Preceded by
    Colm Tresson
    Bray Wanderers Player of the Year
    2007
    Succeeded by
    Andrew Myler
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