Kenny Shiels
Football player
1956 –
Who is Kenny Shiels?
Kenny Shiels is a Northern Irish football player and manager, who last managed Greenock Morton. He spent all of his playing career at different levels in the Irish Football League.
Shiels then moved into coaching with the Northern Ireland national football team and English league side Tranmere Rovers. He moved to Scottish Premier League club Kilmarnock in 2010 to assist manager Mixu Paatelainen. Shiels was promoted to manager in 2011, after Paatelainen was appointed manager of Finland. Kilmarnock won the Scottish League Cup in his first season in charge, but he was sacked in June 2013 after he had been frequently punished by the Scottish Football Association for making controversial comments. Shiels was appointed manager of Scottish Championship club Greenock Morton in December 2013, and resigned in May 2014.
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- Born
- Apr 27, 1956
Magherafelt - Children
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Lived in
- Magherafelt
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on July 23, 2013
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