Johnny McKinstry

Johnny McKinstry

McKinstry in June 2013
Personal information
Date of birth16 July 1985
Place of birthLisburn, Northern Ireland
Club information
Current team
Rwanda (manaher)
Teams managed
YearsTeam
2013–2014Sierra Leone
2015–Rwanda

Johnny McKinstry (born 16 July 1985) is a football coach who is now manager of the Rwanda national football team, he previously managed the Sierra Leone national team.[1]

Career

On 11 April 2013, McKinstry was appointed as the caretaker manager of the Sierra Leone national football team following the resignation of Swedish coach Lars-Olof Mattsson.[2] McKinstry has spoken about his desire to be awarded the job on a permanent basis.[3] He was sacked in September 2014,[4] and later spoke about his time in the country, including the 2014 Ebola outbreak.[5]

In March 2015 he was confirmed as the new Rwanda manager.[6] He stated he was looking forward to the challenge.[7]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 19 July 2014.[8]
Team From To Record
G W D L Win %
Sierra Leone 11 April 2013 17 September 2014 8 3 3 2 37.50
Total 8 3 3 2 37.50

References

  1. ↑ "British Coaches Abroad: Johnny McKinstry". http://www.football365.com''. Football365. 5 May 2014. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  2. ↑ Mohamed Fajah Barrie (11 April 2013). "Sierra Leone appoints Irish coach". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  3. ↑ Mohamed Fajah Barrie (21 November 2013). "Johnny McKinstry targets permanent Sierra Leone job". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  4. ↑ Mohamed Fajah Barrie (17 September 2014). "Sierra Leone sack Northern Irish coach Johnny McKinstry". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  5. ↑ Ben Smith (19 December 2014). "Sierra Leone: How Ebola outbreak cost Johnny McKinstry his job". BBC Sport. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
  6. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/31803735
  7. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/32240289
  8. ↑ "Sierra Leone - Fixtures and Results". http://www.fifa.com''. FIFA. Retrieved 29 July 2014.

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