Wayne Cooney

Wayne Cooney
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-03-23) 23 March 1968
Place of birth Birmingham, England
Playing position Full back
Youth career
000?–1988 Norwich City
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1992 Shamrock Rovers ? (?)
1992–1994 Dundalk ? (?)
1994–1995 Bohemian ? (?)
National team
1984–1986 Republic of Ireland U19 ? (?)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Wayne Cooney (born 23 March 1968) is a former association football player who played in the League of Ireland during the 1990s.

Career

Bornin in Birmingham, Cooney started his career at Norwich City before returning to Dublin to sign for Noel King's Shamrock Rovers side in 1988. He made his debut on 4 September [1] and became a popular figure with the fans in his 4 years at Rovers. He made a total of 127 appearances scoring 6 times for the Hoops.

He then moved to Dundalk. After a couple of seasons at Oriel Park, he became Turlough O'Connor's first signing for Bohemians where he scored his debut for Bohs on 3 January 1994 in a 2-0 league win over Cobh Ramblers.[2] He made 4 appearances in European competition for Bohs, all of them in the 1995 Intertoto Cup.

Cooney earned caps for the Republic of Ireland national under-19 team.

References

  1. Bohemian FC match programme, Vol. 46, no. 5
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