Gareth Cronin

Gareth Cronin
Personal information
Full nameGareth Cronin
Date of birth18 February 1975
Place of birthCork, Ireland
Playing positionMidfielder
Youth career
1993-1995Sunderland A.F.C
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1995–2000Cork City178(5)
2000–2002Shamrock Rovers36(0)
2002–2003Cork City16(0)
2003-2004Kildare County30(2)
Total260(7)
National team
1991Republic of Ireland U172(1)
1998Republic of Ireland B1(0)
Teams managed
2006-2008Waterford United
2009Longford Town
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Gareth Cronin (born 18 February 1975 in Cork) is former Irish football player and manager.

Cronin had been assistant manager to Dermot Keely at Dublin City before the club went out of business in July 2006. The following month, Gareth Cronin became manager at Waterford United where he spent over two full seasons before leaving on the 17 November 2008. The Cork native took over as manager of Longford Town in June 2009 but left following the conclusion of the 2009 season.

He is now a member of the senior management team at Aviva, the world's sixth biggest insurance group, leading the audit teams for the Irish business and UK general insurance business.

Playing career

He played over 200 times for Cork City, where he won an FAI Cup medal in 1998. He signed for Shamrock Rovers in 2000 where he played for two seasons making 50 total appearances. After a spell back at Cork he signed for Kildare County in 2003 but a knee injury ended his career prematurely.

He has also been capped for Ireland at every level except Senior.

Honours

As a player

Cork City

As a manager

References